Congregationalist and Anglicans. However, by 1800 Evangelical Methodism and Baptists were the fastest-growing religions. This particular movement is best known for its large “camp meetings”16. There would be several priests preaching on the same time focusing on different groups of people. Because there were a lot of people participating in these meetings sometimes the noise was compared with the noise of the Niagara Fall17. Preaching to a huge audience led extraordinary numbers of people to convert. This is one of the differences between the Great Awakening and the Second one. The second one was preaching to members and non-members of the church, with no exception. The great success of the Second Great Awakening was also pushed by evangelical …show more content…
Many religious groups in the Calvinist tradition had emphasized the deep immorality of human beings and believed they could only be saved through the grace of God19. However, the new evangelical movement placed greater emphasis on human’s ability to change their situation for the better20. The Second Great Awakening offered an optimistic view of the human beings condition. Lastly, both Great Awakenings made America a deeply Protestant country. An important issue that is related to this paper’s topic is the main sects of Christianity in the US. One of the sects that is part of Protestantism is Mainline Protestantism. Their religious doctrine is concentrated in social justice (the need for Christians to work on social justice) and personal salvation. They were known for the pacifistic approach21. However, the justification that they provided for the WWII made their pacifistic approach dubious. Since the 1960s, the percentage of Mainline Protestant has decreased significantly making them part of the minority group of Protestants in the …show more content…
It was established by the African slaves. The first Black church dates back in 1758. They relied heavily on their churches and considered it as an escape from their everyday lives. Moreover, the religion offered to them a mean of catharsis. The Black churches were politically and spiritually organized. This means that their churches were not only to give teachings of Christianity, but they also served as a way to address specific issues that affected their members. Furthermore, for many African-American Christians the Black churches were a representation of their religion, community, and home. Scholars have repeatedly asserted that Black history and Black church history overlap enough to be virtually