America today has a broad diversity of cultures amongst its civilization that includes the secular culture, Christian culture, and other religious cultures. In my opinion, I don’t see America today ever actually settling but continuing to have many different cultures and religious aspects especially as the country loses more of its Christian values. In addition, there must be a restoration of the Christian culture that was witnessed in the Great Awakenings. With that said, this does not necessarily mean that the country must become an all Christian society but that the Christian values must represent most of what we do and think as individuals. “It is rooted in what people think and what they think will determine how they act” (Schaeffer, n.d.).
Unit 2 Paper: Daniel Olvera During the Ohio and Missouri period, the church faced numerous challenges, experienced rapid growth, and encountered significant opposition. Several important events unfolded during this time, shaping the church's history and its members' faith. The first major event of the Ohio Period occurred in 1831 when Joseph Smith received a revelation instructing him and other church leaders to relocate to Kirtland, Ohio.
The Great Awakening was the most important event of American religion in the eighteenth century, it was a series of emotionally based religious revivals that swept across the American colonies in the 1730s and 1740s with the first awakening and again from the 1790s to the 1830s in the second. This awakening allowed for a new breed of preachers to step forth, one that was dynamic in speech with the ability to excite the masses in the colonies, spreading the Word of God through the colonies preaching fire and brimstone. The preaching style of fire and brimstone was a revivalist form that used fiery and highly descriptive language, thundering that people that did not establish a personal relationship with God would be damned to hell. The book
The Second Great Awakening positively affected American culture. It is known for their revivals and their religious turn around, as well as how the culture of American people changed. Revivals were these camp meetings that 100s-1000s of people attended. There was singing, preaching, emotions and conversions. The Second Great Awakening was about people changing their freedom.
Starting when America was first diverging from a Christian
Reading Review 2 - Chapters 5-10 Grace Williamson An important slave revolt that happened during the time period 1700-1775 was the New York slave revolt. The New York slave revolt took place in 1712 after enslaved African Americans helped to build the country with their labor, but still had no freedom.
Religion was the main driving force throughout the entire period of European colonization of America. Most Europeans were motivated by desire for wealth, land, economic opportunity, and religious freedom. The First Great Awakening, although a religious revolution, had a huge impact on the class and colonial politics. This revolution helped formed a unity among colonists, allowed religious pluralism, and started the notion of state rule as a contract with the people. However, the downside of this revolution is that it combines religion and government together as well as created a fear and hatred of Catholicism.
The First Great Awakening was a religious movement that took place between 1720 and 1750, affecting every colony and greatly affecting history. People started feeling that religion was dull and not as important as it once was seen. Preachers began to fill like people were not putting their emotions on their faith. They wanted people to be physically and emotionally involved. This is where Chrtians began to turn away from the standard approach of worship.
Religious Renovations A Revival of Worship in The Great Awakening Throughout a great deal of history, humankind has often been guided by religious beliefs and religious convictions. At times, it has afforded a profound level of cultural progress, but it has also served as one of the most destructive forces possible, inciting long-lasting wars, instigating ethnic cleansing, and insurrecting culturally biased behaviors. Well into “middle age” for the current life span of an American male, my brother and I were not raised with a lick of religion in our household.
Second Great Awakening: The Second Great Awakening was an Evangelical Protestant revivals that swept over America in the early 19th century. The movement began around 1790 and gained momentum by 1800 and after 1820 membership rose rapidly among the Baptist and Methodist congregation whose preacher led the movement Fugitive Slave Law 1850: The Fugitive Slave Law was passed in 1850. this federal law made it easier for slave owners to recapture runaway slaves; it also made it easier for kidnapper to take free blacks.
“Independence, free will, and personal effort are considered primary virtues that contribute not only to personal achievement but also to the success and well-being of the nation.” This quote, stated by Charles Finney, means that people must be able to choose for themselves and make their own decisions in order for the country to become better than it is. The Second Great Awakening began for several different reasons, consisted of many different church revivals and leaders, and ultimately had a lasting impact for several more years after the end of the Second Great Awakening. There were several different factors that led up to the Second Great Awakening. Some such factors are listed by Richard Kaplan in his article titled, The Second Great
Religion in the Southern colonies wasn’t as big of a deal like it was in the Middle, and Northern colonies. The main religion in the south was, Anglican. The economy in the south was like no other. The South has warm weather and a good amount of rainfall. The two main crops included: tobacco and rice.
The Second Great Awakening, beginning in about 1790, influenced a reform movement that encouraged mandatory, free, public education. In 1805, the New York Public School Society was created by wealthy businessmen and was intended to provide education for poor children. In 1817, a town meeting in Boston, Massachusetts called for establishment of free public primary schools. Many wage earners opposed this proposal. Josiah Quincy, mayor of Boston, supported the idea that education should be a priority by saying, “(By) 1820, an English classical school is established, having for its object to enable the mercantile and mechanical classes to obtain an education adapted for those children whom their parents wished to qualify for active life, and thus
This is continued in the turn of the century as people began to justify expansion using America’s rising power because of Manifest Destiny and and Social Darwinism as a reason. At this point I can use document 4, in which Beveridge mentions religion and how America was God’s “chosen people”, who could lead the world. This is Manifest Destiny because he says how it was God’s mission and America’s duty to expand. Also, it can be related to Social Darwinism because it is a competition among races, even though Beveridge makes it clear that America is the “fittest” and most successful. Taking into
The American Enlightenment and the Great Awakening were two very important motivators that changed the colonial society in America through religious beliefs, educational values, and the right to live one’s life according to each individual’s preference. The Great Awakening and the American Enlightenment movements were two events in history that signaled a grand distinction to the teachings among religious believers. New beliefs of how a person should worship in order to be considered in “God’s good graces” soon became an enormous discussion among colonists across the land. “Men of the cloth,” such as George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards were well respected and closely followed when preaching about the love of God and damnation.
Christian teachings emphasize the profound significance of love, describing it as a divine connection that unites humanity and transcends all boundaries. Love, as described in 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, embodies compassion, selflessness, and the commandment to deal with others as one would deal with himself. Yet, after exploring the enthralling world of William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," it becomes obvious that the play's whimsical and mischievous depiction of love strays from the ideals upheld in Christian teachings. Hermia and Helena’s relationship shows a lack of trust and selflessness as prescribed by the Cristian teachings, Lysander’s love for Hermia does not persevere through the hardships of the play and Titania and Oberon's relationship displays envy and selfishness. In contrast to Christian teachings that emphasize love, compassion, and selflessness, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" depicts love as whimsical and lacking of the virtues through the relationships of Hermia and Helena, Lysander and Hermia, and Titania and Oberon.