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The '''Third Great Awakening''' was a period of religious activism in American history from the late 1850s to the 1900s. It energized [[pietistic]] or evangelical Protestant denominations<ref>The pietistic or "evangelical" denomonations stressed personal relations with Christ, while the rival [[liturgical]] denominations stressed formal observances.</ref>  and generated a strong sense of social activism, known as the [[Social Gospel]].  It gathered strength from the [[postmillennial]] theology that the Second Coming of Christ would come after mankind had reformed the entire earth. The [[Social Gospel]] Movement gained its force from the Awakening, as did the worldwide missionary movement. New groupings emerged, such as the [[Pentecostalism]], [[Holiness Movement|Holiness]] and [[Church of the Nazarene|Nazarene]] movements.

The '''Third Great Awakening''' was a period of religious activism in American history from the late 1850s to the 1900s. It energized pietistic or evangelical Protestant denominations<ref>The pietistic or "evangelical" denomonations stressed personal relations with Christ, while the rival [[liturgical]] denominations stressed formal observances.</ref>  and generated a strong sense of social activism, known as the [[Social Gospel]].  It gathered strength from the postmillennial theology that the Second Coming of Christ would come after mankind had reformed the entire earth. The [[Social Gospel]] Movement gained its force from the Awakening, as did the worldwide missionary movement. New groupings emerged, such as the [[Pentecostalism]], [[Holiness Movement|Holiness]] and [[Church of the Nazarene|Nazarene]] movements.

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