The Antebellum Period And The Second Great Awakening

Although there were some similarities between the Antebellum Period and the mid 20th century in terms of the impact of religion, there were also some differences. One difference was that during the Antebellum period, in the Second Great Awakening, people didn’t challenge Christianity, rather they challenged how God was viewed in relationship to his worshippers (essentially the view was that individuals had a direct relationship with God that was unmediated by a church officials and that human dignity required freedom of will). It was an undeniable fact of life during the 1800s that religion, specifically Christianity, was practiced by everyone in the country regardless of race or sex. However, in the mid 20th century, with the emergence of