Effects Of The Second Great Awakening

The Second Great Awakening was the second wave of Evangelism which was known as a revival movement during the early 19th . After the American Revolution, the establishment of new denominations gave way to more democratic sects. Fears that secularism was taking off sparked the Second Great Awakening. Anglicanism (church of England) got pushed to the back behind the newly found Methodist and Baptist, which began to attract large congregations. Baptist and Methodist preacher led the movement by hosting revivals in which people would attend and be spiritually and emotionally moved. The movement led to a shift away from Calvinism as well, and many people believed the way of Calvinist until Baptist and Methodist came in to the equation. Charles Finney was a
Not only did Finney want to help women and slaves, but he also wanted reforms for alcoholism, prostitution and war. The French Revolution stirred peoples’ curiosity and the interest in Deism increased. Many different people (groups of people) began to take interest in criticizing conventional religion. Deists weren’t believers in every word stated in the bible. They were very skeptical and often times questioned the divinity of Jesus. They defended free speech but opposed religious coercion.
The reform movements were very important aspects when it came to the Second Great Awakening. There were three reform movement phases: the moral American bible society, social prison reform and the radical major cultural change. The American bible society was a group of various denominations who came tighter to help other sustain their faith after revivals had ended. They helped people by handing out free bibles to new converts in hopes that they would continue their walk in their new-found faith. Then we move to the social prison reforms which in itself had three