Review:
Second Great Awakening
overall review score: 4.1
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The Second Great Awakening was a Protestant religious revival movement in the United States during the early 19th century.
Key Features
- emphasis on individual salvation
- new denominations and sects formed
- emotional preaching style
- emphasis on social reform
- increase in missionary work
Pros
- Encouraged individual spiritual growth and salvation
- Led to the formation of new religious denominations
- Inspired social reform movements such as abolitionism and temperance
Cons
- Some elements of religious fanaticism and extremism
- Controversial methods used in evangelism
- Contributed to division within existing churches