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Religious Reform During the Second Great Awakening

The Second Great Awakening was an Evangelical Christian religious movement in the US due to social change, focusing on revivals and new religious movements like the Shakers, Mormons, and Unitarians. Explore the impact of this religious reform on American society.

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Religious Reform During the Second Great Awakening

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  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!!

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