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==History==
==History==
American Baptists emerged in the 18th century with bases in Rhode Island, Virginia and Pennsylvania. Influenced by the [[First Great Awakening]] they adopted [[revivals]]. By 1800-1830 they were major participants in the [[Second Great Awakening]]. Most historians view these evangelicals as radicals who were on society's fringe during the colonial period, only to become conservative by the nineteenth century after they had achieved social acceptance.<ref>But for an alternative view see Janet Moore Lindman, ''Bodies of Belief: Baptist Community in Early America'' (2008)</ref>
American Baptists emerged in the 18th century with bases in Rhode Island, Virginia and Pennsylvania. Influenced by the [[First Great Awakening]] they adopted [[revival]]s. By 1800-1830 they were major participants in the [[Second Great Awakening]]. Most historians view these evangelicals as radicals who were on society's fringe during the colonial period, only to become conservative by the nineteenth century after they had achieved social acceptance.<ref>But for an alternative view see Janet Moore Lindman, ''Bodies of Belief: Baptist Community in Early America'' (2008)</ref>
===Growth===
===Growth===
The denomination grew very rapidly throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, becoming the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S. by the 1870s. After 1945 it began to expand outside the South, first to the western states then to the north. Patterson (1979) attributes the growth of Southern Baptists since the 18th century, apart from sociological, demographic, and cultural influences, to religious factors:
The denomination grew very rapidly throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, becoming the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S. by the 1870s. After 1945 it began to expand outside the South, first to the western states then to the north. Patterson (1979) attributes the growth of Southern Baptists since the 18th century, apart from sociological, demographic, and cultural influences, to religious factors: