Posts from July 2012 (Page 2)

We transition this week from the Reformation of sixteenth-century western Europe to the movement of revival in early nineteenth-century United States. Charles Yrigoyen, Jr. writes, “The most prominent religious development in early nineteenth-century America was the Second Great Awakening. This movement of religious fervor spread across the nation…While its intensity and accompanying phenomena varied in different sections of the nation, its major thrust was to convert sinners. In revivals and camp meetings throughout the country, there was an unprecedented effort…