Mormans Vs Shakers

The Mormans and the shakers were products of the religious movements that were formed during the Second Great Awakening in early 19th Century America. Both religions were influenced by the social changes and the time, with the ideas of universal salvation and religious free will being major ideas at the time. These two religions show two different sides to the awakening, with Mormonism still being a power in religion today and the rapid decline of The Shakers.

The Second Great Awakening was a mass movement of religious freedom throughout the United States, being seen as a protestant revival for many religions. It saw a rise in a plethora of religious groups, with emotional preaching and a purpose to improve morality in society. As compared

The Mormans have a distinct scripture that was dedicated to go alongside the Bible. Looking to have modern ways of thinking about God and thinking about what they perceive to be family values. They take back the idea of ancient priesthood, as an authoritative figure and is key to spreading the ideas and words about God. In this, the belief of Mormonism is that everyone is family. As compared to the Shakers, communal living, celibacy and pacifism are the pillars that this religion stands on. The shakers were of the belief that male and females were equal, though they were segregated in the way that they lived, they were given the same opportunities. Driving from a small branch of English Quakers, they adopted practices of shaking, dancing, whirling, and supposedly singing in tongues. Unlike the Mormons who were notably polygamists, the Shakers practised celibacy, which had later become a reason for their decline. Overall, Mormons and Shakers were both wanting to build communities within their religion, but fundamentally their practices are different. The social hierarchy of the Mormans and the Shakers are both completely different, following different ways that religion can be viewed. Mormans stuck to the clear leadership roles within religion, with the prophets spreading the word and developing churches throughout the

Mormons on the one hand wanted to integrate into the society, as they wanted to show that you could choose good over evil. As the Shakers were seemingly quite content in their own societies. The Mormans, just after the Second Great Awakening, faced persecution in 1844 and had to flee their settlement in Nauvoo, Illinois and took refuge in Utah. Due to the reservations of the community around them. The Shakers had around 19 communities in the Northeast of America, they took a simplistic approach to life on earth, working from the land and talking as simplistically as possible. They often referred to the people who lived outside of their communities as “the World”. Overall, both the Mormons and Quakers are outsiders to American society but show the impact of the Second Awakening. It saw social freedom but also the divide in religion throughout the