Second Great Awakening Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==New movements== ===Adventism=== The [[Adventism|Advent]] Movement emerged in the 1830s and 1840s in North America, and was preached by ministers such as [[William Miller (preacher)|William Miller]], whose followers became known as [[Millerism|Millerites]]. The name refers to belief in the soon [[Second Advent of Jesus]] (popularly known as the [[Second coming]]) and resulted in several major religious denominations, including [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Adventists]] and [[Advent Christian Church|Advent Christians]].<ref>Gary Land, ''Adventism in America: A History'' (1998)</ref> ===Holiness movement=== {{main|Holiness movement}} Though its roots are in the First Great Awakening and earlier, a re-emphasis on [[Wesleyanism|Wesleyan]] teachings on [[sanctification]] emerged during the Second Great Awakening, leading to a distinction between Mainline Methodism and Holiness churches. ===Restoration Movement=== {{main|Restoration Movement}} The idea of restoring a "primitive" form of Christianity grew in popularity in the U.S. after the [[American Revolution]].<ref name="Allen & Hughes 1988">C. Leonard Allen and Richard T. Hughes, ''Discovering Our Roots: The Ancestry of the Churches of Christ,'' Abilene Christian University Press, 1988, {{ISBN|0-89112-006-8}}</ref>{{rp|89β94}} This desire to restore a purer form of Christianity without an elaborate hierarchy contributed to the development of many groups during the Second Great Awakening, including the [[History of the Latter Day Saint movement|Latter Day Saints]], [[Baptists in the United States|Baptists]] and [[Shakers]].<ref name="Allen & Hughes 1988"/>{{rp|89}} Several factors made the restoration sentiment particularly appealing during this time period:<ref name="Allen & Hughes 1988"/>{{rp|90β94}} * To immigrants in the early 19th century, the land in the United States seemed pristine, edenic and undefiled β "the perfect place to recover pure, uncorrupted and original Christianity" β and the tradition-bound European churches seemed out of place in this new setting.<ref name="Allen & Hughes 1988"/>{{rp|90}} * A primitive faith based on the Bible alone promised a way to sidestep the competing claims of the many denominations available and for congregations to find assurance of being right without the security of an established national church.<ref name="Allen & Hughes 1988"/>{{rp|93}} The Restoration Movement began during, and was greatly influenced by, the Second Great Awakening.<ref name="Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Great Awakenings">Douglas Allen Foster and Anthony L. Dunnavant, ''The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Christian Churches/Churches of Christ, Churches of Christ'', Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2004, {{ISBN|0-8028-3898-7}}, {{ISBN|978-0-8028-3898-8}}, 854 pages, entry on ''Great Awakenings''</ref>{{rp|368}} While the leaders of one of the two primary groups making up this movement, [[Thomas Campbell (clergyman)|Thomas Campbell]] and [[Alexander Campbell (clergyman)|Alexander Campbell]], resisted what they saw as the spiritual manipulation of the camp meetings, the revivals contributed to the development of the other major branch, led by [[Barton W. Stone]].<ref name="Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Great Awakenings"/>{{rp|368}} The Southern phase of the Awakening "was an important matrix of Barton Stone's reform movement" and shaped the evangelistic techniques used by both Stone and the Campbells.<ref name="Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Great Awakenings"/>{{rp|368}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page