Essay On The Second Great Awakening

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The Second Great Awakening was a time of religious experimentation and spiritual gain to the newly formed nation of America. The British colonies were settled by many individuals who were looking for a place to worship their own Christian religion, without the fear of persecution. America then arose as a religious nation. With these newly found, but strong beliefs came a fear of secularism. The fear of secularism had arisen during the Enlightenment and resulted in the First Great Awakening. The Second Great Awakening occured in 1800.
What Was the Great Revival?
In the beginning of the Second Great Awakening, preachers brought their message to the people with great fanfare and excitement in the form of a traveling revivals. In the beginning, these focused on the Appalachian frontier. However, they quickly moved into the area of the original colonies. These revivals were looked upon as a social event where faith was renewed. The Baptists and Methodists often worked together in these revivals. Both religions believed in free will with …show more content…

They belive that Joseph Smith was called to be a prophet for the church and given the task of translating the book of mormon. The Book of Mormon is Another testament of Jesus Christ, similar to the Bible. He soon founded his own church and began converting people to his faith. Soon persecuted for their beliefs, they left New York moving first to Ohio, then Missouri, and finally Nauvoo, Illinois where they lived for five years. At that time, an anti-Mormon lynch mob found and killed Joseph and his brother Hyrum Smith. Brigham Young then became Smith's successor as the second prophet of the church, and led the Mormons away to Utah where they settled at Salt- Lake-

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