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The '''burned-over district''' was an area of [[New York]] state that experienced a number of religious revivals during the [[Second Great Awakening]]. The area encompassed the central and western areas of the state which had seen significant levels of religious [[evangelism]] in the early 19th century.
The '''burned-over district''' was an area of [[New York]] state that experienced a number of religious revivals during the [[Second Great Awakening]]. The area encompassed the central and western areas of the state which had seen significant levels of religious [[evangelism]] in the early 19th century.
A number of religious groups were formed in this area, including the [[Latter Day Saints|Church of Latter Day Saints]], [[Robert Matthews|The Kingdom]], radical [[abolitionism]], [[spiritualism]], [[Seventh-day Adventist|Seventh-day Adventism]], [[feminism]] and [[Jehovah's Witnesses]]. The term came from historian Charles Finney who wrote that the area had no fuel (converts) left to burn (be converted).<ref>http://www.crookedlakereview.com/books/saints_sinners/martin1.html Martin, John H (2005). "An Overview of the Burned-Over District". Saints, Sinners and Reformers: The Burned-Over District Re-Visited.</ref>
A number of religious groups were formed in this area, including [[The [Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints]], [[Robert Matthews|The Kingdom]], the [[Churches of Christ]], radical [[abolitionism]], [[spiritualism]], the [[Seventh-day Adventist]]s, [[feminism]], and (later in the century) [[Jehovah's Witnesses]].
The term came from historian and evangelist [[Charles Finney]] who wrote that the area had no "fuel" (converts) left to "burn" (be converted).<ref>http://www.crookedlakereview.com/books/saints_sinners/martin1.html Martin, John H (2005). "An Overview of the Burned-Over District". Saints, Sinners and Reformers: The Burned-Over District Re-Visited.</ref>
To this day, this part of the United States has yet to see any spiritual revival, and is generally considered secular.
To this day, this part of the United States has yet to see any spiritual revival, and is generally considered secular.