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==New England==
==New England==
In New England, the renewed interest in religion inspired a wave of social activism centered in the colleges where religion had previously been disregarded. President [[Timothy Dwight]] of [[Yale College]] took the lead in chapel sermons and classroom discussions which motivated the students and prepared the way for a renewed religious interest. A revival began in 1802 that resulted in the conversion of a third of the Yale student body. The Awakening spread to other colleges and soon a stream of young college graduates was entering every form of religious work, particularly the Christian ministry and education and home and foreign mission enterprises.
In New England, the renewed interest in religion inspired a wave of social activism centered in the colleges where religion had previously been disregarded. President Timothy Dwight of [[Yale College]] took the lead in chapel sermons and classroom discussions which motivated the students and prepared the way for a renewed religious interest. A revival began in 1802 that resulted in the conversion of a third of the Yale student body. The Awakening spread to other colleges and soon a stream of young college graduates was entering every form of religious work, particularly the Christian ministry and education and home and foreign mission enterprises.
In western New York, the spirit of revival encouraged the emergence of new new denominations, especially the [[Mormons]] and the [[Holiness movement]]. In the west especially—at Cane Ridge, Kentucky and in Tennessee—the revival strengthened the Methodists and the Baptists and introduced into America a new form of religious expression—the Scottish [[camp meeting]].<ref>On Scottish influences see Long (2002) and Elizabeth Semancik, "Backcountry Religious Ways" at [http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ug97/albion/areligio.html]</ref>
In western New York, the spirit of revival encouraged the emergence of new denominations, especially the [[Mormons]] and the Holiness movement. In the west especially—at Cane Ridge, Kentucky and in Tennessee—the revival strengthened the Methodists and the Baptists and introduced into America a new form of religious expression—the Scottish camp meeting.<ref>On Scottish influences see Long (2002) and Elizabeth Semancik, "Backcountry Religious Ways" at [http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ug97/albion/areligio.html]</ref>
Guelzo (1997) highlights the key role of [[Charles Grandison Finney]] (1792-1875) by placing him in the tradition of [[Jonathan Edwards]]'s Calvinism. Finney was not a rebel against the New England theology, he was actually an heir to this tradition and resistant to popular notions of free will that challenged the New England culture. Such a reevaluation questions the view that the Second Great Awakening fits into a "declension" model in American religious history and forces a new understanding of the connection between this movement and American commercial markets.
Guelzo (1997) highlights the key role of [[Charles Grandison Finney]] (1792-1875) by placing him in the tradition of [[Jonathan Edwards]]'s Calvinism. Finney was not a rebel against the New England theology, he was actually an heir to this tradition and resistant to popular notions of free will that challenged the New England culture. Such a reevaluation questions the view that the Second Great Awakening fits into a "declension" model in American religious history and forces a new understanding of the connection between this movement and American commercial markets.