Religious Revivalism

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Charles Finney, "What a Revival of Religion Is" (1835)

Richard McNemar, The Kentucky Revival, or a Short History of the Late Extraordinary Out-Pouring of the Spirit of God, in the Western States of America (1808)

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Look at these two sources and examine why religious revivalism began in force when it did.

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What do these two preachers have in common? How are their writings different?

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How would revivalism in more urban areas differ from revivalism in rural America?

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