A Cautious Enthusiasm Analysis

Samuel C. Smiths A Cautious Enthusiasm presents us with a piece of work that examines the relationship between the Evangelicalism and Anglican establishment in the Colonial and Revolutionary lowcountry of the United States. The author analyzes the Evangelical influences in the lowcountry and how influential Anglican parishioners reacted to the distinctive spirituality of Evangelicalism. The impact that the Evangelical fervor had on Anglicans in the lowcountry during the Great Awakening brings a new meaning to the time of revivalism and the European touches that molded it into what it is known today. Evangelical’s unique religious practice helped bring about the political and social accord in the lowcountries of the South, influenced by the Anglican elite, constructed a new thought around the idea of slavery in the Christian institution, and helped with unification that brought about radicalism during the Revolutionary War.[1]

In a way, it could be said that Evangelicalism has been in Christianity since the beginning, seeing as how faith in Christ has been a major belief in the Christian faith since the beginning.[2] The Anglican establishment is interchangeable with, the Church of England. The Churches Anglican leaders, such as Richard Hooker and Lancelot Andrewes, brought their separate approaches to their practice, which surprisingly also held Evangelical influences.[3] During the early 1700s, these kinds of thoughts started to infiltrate the Anglican Church. All of these new influences were being seen in the colonial south, as a signifying time to have a