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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 [[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]].

The '''Second Great Awakening''' (1800–1840s) 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]]. 

 

[[William Miller]] led a premillennial movement in New York that predicted the Second Coming on Oct. 22, 1844; after that non-event, a remnant formed the [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]].

==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.  

Historian Robert H. Abzug (1994) stresses the understanding common among participants of reform as being a part of God's plan. As a result, individual Christians contemplated their roles in society in purifying the world through the individuals to whom they could bring salvation.

Historian Robert H. Abzug (1994) stresses the understanding common among participants of reform as being a part of God's plan. As a result, individual Christians contemplated their roles in society in purifying the world through the individuals to whom they could bring salvation.

Nord (1984, 1993) has emphasized the use of new communications media by the revivalists, especially high speed printing pressees which allowed the production of large numbers of inexpensive Bibles, tracts and magazines.

Nord (1984, 1993) has emphasized the use of new communications media by the revivalists, especially high speed printing presses which allowed the production of large numbers of inexpensive Bibles, tracts and magazines.

The abolitionist movement especially was a product of the Second Great Awakening in the Northeast.  The Congreagational and presbyterian churches were especially influential. Men were the leaders but women were more numerous, and over 200 women's antislavery societies were organized. The men gave speeches and wrote pamphlets. The women's groups raised funds, distributed pamphlets, collected signatures to petition Congress, networked with women from the English antislavery movement, and welcomed black women abolitionists.<ref> Beth A. Salerno, ''Sister Societies: Women's Antislavery Organizations in Antebellum America.'' (2005) </ref>

The abolitionist movement especially was a product of the Second Great Awakening in the Northeast.  The Congregational and presbyterian churches were especially influential. Men were the leaders but women were more numerous, and over 200 women's antislavery societies were organized. The men gave speeches and wrote pamphlets. The women's groups raised funds, distributed pamphlets, collected signatures to petition Congress, networked with women from the English antislavery movement, and welcomed black women abolitionists.<ref> Beth A. Salerno, ''Sister Societies: Women's Antislavery Organizations in Antebellum America.'' (2005) </ref>

==See also==

==See also==