We had seen “the largest and most systematic projects- centering in the 1820s and 1830s – stemmed from broad evangelical groups, first the Congregationalists and Presbyterians, then the Baptists and Methodists” (Butler, Wacker and Balmer 187- 188). On the other hand, “evangelical religion, espoused especially by lower-class and lower-middle-class whites and slaves, challenged the culture of honor….. Besides mission, evangelical reformers spearheaded the growth of literacy in general and the Bible knowledge in particular. For example, in 1824 they formed the American Sunday School Union” (Butler, Wacker and Balmer 189).
In The Democratization of American Christianity, during time of the Second Great Awakening, the author traces this really
In The Democratization of American Christianity, during time of the Second Great Awakening, the author traces this really