Evangelicalism In The 19th Century

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The major shift from calvinism to a more self involved salvation process germinated at the beginning of the nineteenth century. The spirit of independence clashed with calvinism and gave way to evangelicalism. North America was in between the great awakenings, especially the great metropolis in the northeast. Great preachers from the northeast influence reached almost every corner of America. According to the textbook Experience History Volume one, The United States to 1877, James West Davidson et. al, 2010, McGraw-Hill, the transformation was altering for life in that age. The single reason the change occurred was because of the new ways of thought found in the heirs of the Revolution. Which explains why they could no longer believe in a …show more content…

Which resulted in making the churches dedicated powerful forces to be reckoned with in the United States. Thus making some Evangelicals delighted with the heavy influence they had over people through their …show more content…

When changes like urbanization and industrialization brought about new ideas of theology that weakened the power of evangelicalism. However, Evangelical Protestantism stayed as a powerful presence within American culture. “Evangelicalism as a Social Movement” (Donald Scott, 2000, National humanities center/Queens college) explains the transformation of American Evangelicalism not only as a religious movement but also as a social movement. The sole cause the transformation occurred was because of a deep need in American families for structure and direction in their lives. Which explains the need for changes that accommodated to their ever changing styles of living. The events that arose to achieve the movement began with institutional organizations meant to structure American lives. Firstly The Second Great Awakening became an extremely successful organization procedure. On the ground for religious recruitment which was locally based dew people only to local congregations. Then if the people decide to adhere to a specific denomination they will become connected to a wider network of evangelical campaign. Next came the printing of a wide variety of papers, newspapers, and new print media that were taken for the use of evangelism.Then missionaries, preachers, and religious agents all came to distributing religious materials. Finally, the new

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