Essay on Great Awakening
The Great Awakening was the evangelical revival in America during the 18th Century that lasted for thirty years. The Awakening combined unsophisticated mass evangelism with the Enlightenment. In 1842, Joseph Tracey came up with the term “Great Awakening.” This widespread social movement grew because of dissatisfaction in the White American community. The community had a deterministic and formalistic Protestantism style, which denied a lot of people salvation. Basing on the fact that America was a Protestant nation; the Anglican Church purged emotional Christian Faith. Christianity at that time in America was ceremonial. The Great Awakening, following a new commitment that dictated religion in the heart- a personal and …show more content…
The Great Awakening fostered mutual white-black acculturation because of its influence of the African American society. This period saw revivalists appealing to people of all races emphasizing on equality in spirit. It was also during this period that the Baptist, Presbyterian, evangelical Anglican and Methodist churches allowed black people to worship together with the Whites and the members of these biracial churches referred to each other as sister or brother. The black church members served