USA HISTORY

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783

THE SECOND GREAT AWAKENING CHARLES FINNEY AND RELIGIOUS REVIVAL

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
a meeting usually conducted by a preacher to increase religious beliefs and emotions, or to make converts
A
camp meeting
B
revival
C
reform
D
piety
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Revival movements took up traditional themes such as the salvation of sinners through Christ’s sacrifice on the cross, insisting on the experience of sin and rebirth. They were inspired by the Swiss theologian Alexandre Vinet, one of the leading thinkers of the revival and liberal movements.

Detailed explanation-2: -: one who conducts religious revivals. specifically : a member of the clergy who travels about to conduct revivals. : one who revives or restores something disused. revivalist adjective.

Detailed explanation-3: -Church revivals, also called revival meetings, are religious services within the Christian church that are held to inspire, or reawaken, the spiritual vigor of a group of believers. Historically, revival meetings have been held for Christian communities and churches, that tend to be largely Protestant.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Great Awakening was a religious revival that impacted the English colonies in America during the 1730s and 1740s. The movement came at a time when the idea of secular rationalism was being emphasized, and passion for religion had grown stale.

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