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The '''Second Great Awakening''' (1800–1830s) was a major religious movement in the U.S. that reached out to the unchurched and brought large numbers of people to a vivid experience of Christianity, fueling the rapid growth of numerous denominations, especially the Methodists, Baptists, and Disciples. It came a half century after the [[First Great Awakening]] and consisted of renewed personal salvation experienced in revival meetings. Major leaders included [[Charles Grandison Finney]], [[Lyman Beecher]], [[Barton Stone]], [[Peter Cartwright]] and [[James B. Finley]].

The '''Second Great Awakening''' (1800–1830s) was a major religious movement in the U.S. that reached out to the unchurched and brought large numbers of people to a vivid experience of Christianity, fueling the rapid growth of numerous denominations, especially the [[United Methodist Church|Methodists]], Baptists, and Disciples. It came a half century after the [[First Great Awakening]] and consisted of renewed personal salvation experienced in revival meetings. Major leaders included [[Charles Grandison Finney]], [[Lyman Beecher]], [[Barton Stone]], [[Peter Cartwright]] and [[James B. Finley]].

==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.  

* Smith, Timothy L. ''Revivalism and Social Reform: American Protestantism on the Eve of the Civil War'' 1957, a major interpetation [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=7947474 online edition]

* Smith, Timothy L. ''Revivalism and Social Reform: American Protestantism on the Eve of the Civil War'' 1957, a major interpetation [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=7947474 online edition]

*  Wigger, John H..  and Nathan O. Hatch. ''Methodism and the Shaping of American Culture'' (2001) [http://www.amazon.com/Methodism-Shaping-American-Culture-Wigger/dp/0687048540/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195465108&sr=1-2 excerpt and text search]

*  Wigger, John H..  and Nathan O. Hatch. ''Methodism and the Shaping of American Culture'' (2001) [http://www.amazon.com/Methodism-Shaping-American-Culture-Wigger/dp/0687048540/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195465108&sr=1-2 excerpt and text search]

===Primary Sources===

===Primary Sources===

*  Lyman Beecher, ''The Autobiography of Lyman Beecher,'' ed. by Barbara M. Cross, 2 vols. (1961).   

*  Lyman Beecher, ''The Autobiography of Lyman Beecher,'' ed. by Barbara M. Cross, 2 vols. (1961).   

==See also==

==See also==

* [[First Great Awakening]]

* [[First Great Awakening]]

* [[Third Great Awakening]]

* [[Third Great Awakening]]

[[Category:United States History]]

[[Category:United States History]]

[[Category:Christian History]]

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