Similarities Between First And Second Great Awakening

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Professor
AMH2010
20 November 2013
The First Great Awakening versus the Second Great Awakening When trying to define the great awakening, one would say it’s a period of time that consisted of numerous religious revivals that took place in American colonies during the 18th and 19th century. A revival is an upturn in the state or strength of something. However, when talking about the great awakening a revival is used in a spiritual context because it means an escalation in spiritual interest, awareness, and belief. There are two great awakenings that took place during the 18th century and the 19th century. These two great awakenings are known as the First Great Awakening and the Second Great Awakening. There are comparisons
Also the Church of England was recognized as the governing church; this meaning that the people came to an agreement that, that was the only religion that was allowed, consequently suppressing all other religions. Subsequently this event made everyone think everything was okay because when looking at it from a political stand point there seemed to be some type of solidity or order in society since everyone practiced the same religion. This however did not make things better instead it caused a uncritical satisfaction, like when you eat junk food to satisfy your hunger but in the long run, slowly but surely, its bad for your body and harms your body. After a few decades in the 18th century a young minister from Yale University named Johnathan Edwards declined to convert to the Church of England. Edwards felt that people were losing sight of what was really important. He felt that people lost their purpose in this world and instead they became excessively disturbed by the worldly materials around them. Edwards did not like what he saw and what the people were portraying and who they were becoming so he spoke out and said “God is an angry judge, and humans were sinners!” He spoke with so much irritation and rage that when he did speak people assembled and congregated to listen, thus igniting what we know as the First Great
This was an event that was not at all associated with religion, which is a little shocking since it took place after the first great awakening. The Founding Fathers showed a great disapproval of the conjoining of religion and politics in the first amendment by instituting the parting of church and state. As a result of religion not be controlled by political leaders, revivals started up again. This leading to what we know as the second great awakening, taking place between the endings of the 18th century till the second half of the 19th century. In the beginning of the American Revolution there three main large dominations known, the Congregationalists, Anglicans, and Quakers. However as the second great awakening began Evangelical Methodism and Baptist were becoming very well-known and popular. The second great awakening took place all over the United States, however it was more exclusive in the Northeast and the Midwest. The Second Great Awakening manifested an essential transition in American religious life. The earlier American religious groups believed people could only be saved through salvation because of how wicked mankind is. However, the new movement was to place a greater emphasis on mankind ability to change who they are to be a better