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Religious Zeal and New Communities. By: Carrie Campbell and Milo Freese. Second Great Awakening. Renewed and passionate interest in religion Occurred because economic growth and expansion of democracy (led to optimism) . Revivalist. Participants in the large religious crowds and gatherings
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Religious Zeal and New Communities By: Carrie Campbell and Milo Freese
Second Great Awakening • Renewed and passionate interest in religion • Occurred because economic growth and expansion of democracy (led to optimism)
Revivalist • Participants in the large religious crowds and gatherings • Joined in huge, religious crowds • Listened to sermons • Sang hymns • Sought gods help in reforming their life • Influence because they believed people can attain salvation if sins were repented
Women during the Awakening • Often led prayer groups • Established and taught Sunday schools
Utopias • A community created to make a perfect society • Purpose: organize family life, property ownership and work
Shakers • Believed Christ will reappear • Difficulty recruiting people • No marriage • No children
Mormons • Members of the church of the latter-day saints • Most enduring in utopias • John smith • Claimed divine assistance enabled him to discover and translate teachings
Transcendentalism • Belief to rise above material things in life to reach a higher level of understanding • Perfection could be reached with knowledge about god, themselves, and the universe
Unitarians • Members of a religious reform movement • George Ripley founded Brook farms • Created to get away from industry and closer to nature