Religious Reform

1. Religious Reform By: Megan Moreland and Maggie Zangara

2. Second Great Awakening • Evangelical Christian religious movement that spread throughout the United States. • Members involved participated inrevivals. • Occurred because economic growth and rapid social change led Americans to turn to religious faith for direction.

3. Continued.. • The revivals and personal sermons appealed to ordinary Americans. As a result, membership increased in various Protestant denominations

4. New Religious Movements • Utopias werecommunities designed to create a perfect society • 90 different utopias were created in America during the 1800’s and 1850’s

5. Shakers! • Shook bodies during worship • Believed in Christ’s second appearance • Did not allow marriage and reproduction so the religion faded

6. Mormons! • Founder was Joseph Smith • Believed in plural marriage • Opposition to Mormon practices often led to violence Joseph Smith

7. Unitarians! • Members of a religious reform movement that arose among New England Protestants in late 1700’s • Rejected puritan beliefs • Believed people could become “perfect”

8. Transcendentalism • Philosophy that people can rise above material things in life to reach a higher level of understanding • Believed that human beings could reach perfection by acquired acknowledge about God, themselves, and the Universe

9. The End!!