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Second Great Awakening
A new religious revival swept through the nation in the early nineteenth century. The Methodist Episcopal Church became an important religious community in the post-Revolutionary era and had a special appeal in the west, as outlined in a tract by the church’s western conference.
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In 1813 the Synod of Kentucky, concerned by the decay of religion, questioned the influence of Presbyterian ministers, whom they considered divisive. A series of articles in The Evangelical Record and Western Review explored the causes of the decay of religion in Kentucky and examined the rise of new sects, the Kentucky New Lights and the Rankinites.
Examine the religious broadside published by Lorenzo Dow warning that wars, pestilence, earthquakes, and famine would be the consequences of vice. Also read selections from The Life of the Pilgrim, Joseph Thomas for one account of the travels of an itinerant minister during the Second Great Awakening.
- What was the message of itinerant ministers?
- Why were more formal religious communities concerned about the spread of new evangelical sects?
