Question

When did the majority of religious revivals occur? At the start of the Second Great Awakening, what were the largest religions? By 1800, what were the largest growing religions? What was a camp meeting? What were the political views of evangelists? How did the evangelical churches spread their religion to unsettled areas? How were the ideas of the evangelical church different than those of Calvinist churches? How were the roles of women and African Americans changed by the Second Great Awakening?

Answer 1

Answer 1:

The Great Awakening leads to a number of periods of religious awakening in American Christian history. Historians and philosophers identify three or four waves of extended religious activity happening between the early 18th century and the late 20th century. Each of these "Great Awakenings" was identified by extensive revivals led by religious Protestant ministers, a sharp escalation of interest in religion, a deep sense of conviction and redemption on the part of those concerned, an increase in religious church membership, and the development of new religious movements and denominations.

Answer 2:

The Second Great Awakening was a Protestant spiritual awakening during the early 19th century in the United States. The movement started around 1790, increased momentum by 1800 and, after 1820, membership rose quickly amongst Baptist and Methodist congregations whose preachers led the transition.

Answer 3:

At the start of the Revolution, the biggest categories were Congregationalists (the 18th-century descendants of Strict churches), Anglicans (identified after the Revolution as Episcopalians), and Quakers. But by 1800, Evangelical Methodism and Baptists were shifting the fasting-growing religions in the nation.

Answer 4:

The camp meeting is a kind of Protestant Christian religious service arising in England and Scotland as an evangelical event in cooperation with the communion season. It was retained for worship, informing and communion on the American frontier during the Second Great Awakening of the beginning of 19th century.

Answer 5:

The EVANGELICAL impulse at the heart of the Second Great Awakening experienced some of the egalitarian pressure of Revolutionary ideals. Evangelical churches frequently had a populist orientation that supported ordinary people over elites. For example, individual piety was recognized as more essential for salvation than the formal university education required for ministers in traditional Christian churches.

Answer 6:

In the United States, evangelicalism is an umbrella association of Protestant Christians who believe in the requirement of being born again, highlight the value of evangelism, and insist traditional Protestant teachings on the power and the historicity of the Bible. Almost a quarter of the US population, evangelicals are different and extracted from a variety of denominational backgrounds, including Baptist, Mennonite, Methodist, Holiness, Pentecostal, Reformed and non-denominational churches.

Answer 7:

Calvinist a significant branch of Protestantism that supports the theological culture and customs of Christian practice set down by John Calvin and other Reformation-era theologians. Whereas Evangelical insisted on individuals' strength to improve their position for the greater. It emphasized that men could declare their determination in preferring to be saved.

Answer 8:

Both blacks and white women started to participate in evangelical services connected with the Second Great Awakening at the end of the 18th century. From these preaching developed the origins of both the feminist moments and the abolitionist movements.

Answer 2

1) The majority of religious revivals occured between the early 18th century and the late 20th century. In this period four waves of increased religious enthusiasm took place. Each of these periods were known as the "Great Awakenings". The revivals were led by evangelical Protestant ministers and characterized by a sharp increase of interest in religion, a profound sense of conviction and redemption on the part of those affected, an increase in evangelical church membership, and the formation of new religious movements and denominations.

2) At the start of the Second Great Awakening the largest religions were Congregationalists, the 18th-century descendants of Puritan churches, Anglicans and Quakers . The desire to restore a purer form of Christianity without an elaborate hierarchy contributed to the development of many groups.

3) By 1800 the largest growing religions were Evangelical Methodism and Baptists.

4)The camp meeting is a form of Protestant Christian religious service originated in England and Scotland. Originally camp meetings were held in frontier areas, where people without regular preachers would travel on occasion from a large region to a particular site to camp, pray, sing hymns, and listen to itinerant preachers at the tabernacle. Many people converted through an enthusiastic style of preaching and audience participation.

5) As regards politics, Evangelists believe that personal morality is important in a president and in all members of politics.

6) The answer is: by sending missionaries or itinerant preachers with the intention to preach and evangelize people who lived in those areas.

7) The Calvinist tradition emphasized the deep depravity of human beings and believed they could only be saved through the grace of God. However, the new Evangelical movement emphasized on humans' ability to change their situation for the better. It stressed that individuals could assert their "free will" in choosing to be saved and suggested that salvation was open to all human beings,

8) The various revivals made United States a much more Protestant nation than it had been before. The Second Great Awakening included greater public roles for white women and much higher African-American participation in Christianity than ever before.