https://padlet.com/1015228/vrw5qkjy1tqf Junesoo Jun, Stephen On, Elyn Lam, Shehani Perera en-us 2017-11-01 19:04:38 UTC 2025-04-19 20:53:43 UTC hello@padlet.com 10114571 https://padlet.com/1015228/vrw5qkjy1tqf/wish/202678331 The Second Great Awakening was significant in that it created a new society in America that focused on religion, and gave equal opportunity to all members of society by opening up the possibility for social movement. Many conversations in this new society focused on religion.]]> 2017-11-01 19:07:52 UTC https://padlet.com/1015228/vrw5qkjy1tqf/wish/202678331 1015228 https://padlet.com/1015228/vrw5qkjy1tqf/wish/202682045 Starting roughly during the 1790s, the Second Great Awakening was a sudden surge in religious fervor that haphazardly arose and swept throughout the United States, across the western frontier and the northeastern U.S. The Second Great Awakening was a series of religious revivals, during which revivalists attracted followers with powerful messages of religious fellowship. ]]> 2017-11-01 19:16:11 UTC https://padlet.com/1015228/vrw5qkjy1tqf/wish/202682045 1015228 https://padlet.com/1015228/vrw5qkjy1tqf/wish/202682215 The Second Great Awakening was started by evangelical denominations, a new sect of Universalists who repudiated Calvinism (opposing the concept of predestination) and preached universal salvation, which meant anyone was entitled to salvation.]]> 2017-11-01 19:16:36 UTC https://padlet.com/1015228/vrw5qkjy1tqf/wish/202682215 1015228 https://padlet.com/1015228/vrw5qkjy1tqf/wish/202682250 The Second Great Awakening resulted in a search for social reform, shaking up normal social routines and significantly altering the country. A new religious spirit was infused into public life, making the U.S. a genuine Christian society. ]]> 2017-11-01 19:16:40 UTC https://padlet.com/1015228/vrw5qkjy1tqf/wish/202682250 1011497 https://padlet.com/1015228/vrw5qkjy1tqf/wish/202688811 One such revivalist was Charles Finney, who found a new way to propagate religious values.  Finney stressed conversion, rather than doctrine, attracting members of the new middle class, who welcomed common fellowship in Christ.]]> 2017-11-01 19:32:35 UTC https://padlet.com/1015228/vrw5qkjy1tqf/wish/202688811 1015228 https://padlet.com/1015228/vrw5qkjy1tqf/wish/202689027 Revivals were mass meetings, in which religious speakers attempted to convert the audience. James McGready (a Presbyterian minister) initiated the first camp gathering/revival in Kentucky in 1799. Revivals often took place in camp meetings, where attendees would repent for their sins, publicly acknowledge    God´s saving grace, and vow a new religious commitment. ]]> 2017-11-01 19:33:03 UTC https://padlet.com/1015228/vrw5qkjy1tqf/wish/202689027 1011231 https://padlet.com/1015228/vrw5qkjy1tqf/wish/202690461 2017-11-01 19:36:26 UTC https://padlet.com/1015228/vrw5qkjy1tqf/wish/202690461 1011497 https://padlet.com/1015228/vrw5qkjy1tqf/wish/202691864 Religion became a main component of society, bringing a sense of religious renewal to the United States. There was also a vast increase in membership in Protestant churches, and growth in decidedly American religions (including Baptists and Methodists).]]> 2017-11-01 19:40:19 UTC https://padlet.com/1015228/vrw5qkjy1tqf/wish/202691864