William Ellery Channing correct answers the foremost Unitarian preacher in the United States in the early nineteenth century and, along with Andrews Norton, one of Unitarianism's leading theologians. He was known for his articulate and impassioned sermons and public speeches, and as a prominent thi...
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William Ellery Channing correct answers the foremost Unitarian preacher in the United States in
the early nineteenth century and, along with Andrews Norton, one of Unitarianism's leading
theologians. He was known for his articulate and impassioned sermons and public speeches, and
as a prominent thinker in the liberal theology of the day
Unitarianism correct answers belief that God existed in only one person (hence unitarian), and
not in the orthodox Trinity; denied the divinity of Jesus; stressed the essential goodness of
human nature rather than its vileness; believed in free will and the possibility of salvation
through good works; God as a loving father rather than stern Creator; followed by Ralph Waldo
Emerson; appealed to intellectuals whose rationalism and optimism naturally made them not
support the hellfire doctrines of Calvinism (especially predestination and human depravity)
Peter Cartwright correct answers Born in 1785, he was the best known of Methodist "Circuit
riders". He was a traveling frontier preacher. Ill-educated but still powerful, he reigned for 50
years going from Tennessee to Illinois. He converted thousands of people doing this. He also
liked to pick a fight if someone spoke against his religion.
God's Plowman correct answers John A. Butler
Charles G. Finney correct answers This Presbyterian minister appealed to his audience's sense of
emotion rather than their reason. His "fire and brimstone" sermons became commonplace in
upstate New York, where listeners were instilled with the fear of Satan and an eternity in Hell.
He insisted that parishioners could save themselves through good works and a steadfast faith in
God. This region of New York became known as the "burned-over district," because this
minister preached of the dangers of eternal damnation across the countryside
Lectures on Revivals correct answers twenty-three lectures that the theologian Charles Finney
gave to his church during the middle of the 19th century.
New Measures correct answers Protracted meetings, allowed women to testify, advertised,
anxious bench for potential converts, created by Finney in Second Great Awakening
Lyman Beecher correct answers Presbyterian clergyman, temperance movement leader and a
leader of the Second Great Awakening of the United States.
Transcendentalists correct answers Followers of a belief which stressed self-reliance, self-
culture, self-discipline, and that knowledge transcends instead of coming by reason. They
promoted the belief of individualism and caused an array of humanitarian reforms.
Oneida Community correct answers It was founded by John Humphrey Noyes. It was a group of
socio-religious perfectionists who lived in New York. They practiced polygamy, communal
property and communal raising of children. (Utopian society).
, John Humphrey Noyes correct answers Founder of the Oneida community, at first gathered a
group of "Perfectionists" and created the doctrine of "complex marriage," but was kicked out of
Vermont and fled to NY and formed the Oneida community.
Robert Dale Owen correct answers a longtime exponent in his adopted United States of the
socialist doctrines of his father, Robert Owen, as well as a politician in the Democratic Partyhe
was an intellectual leader of the Working Men's Party. In contrast to many other Democrats of
the era, Owen and Wright were opposed to slavery, though their artisan radicalism distanced
them from the leading abolitionists of the time. (Lott, 129)
Owenites correct answers Experiments that have values typical of Robert Owen. He believed the
experiments should be villages of cooperation in which every resident worked and lived in total
equality.
Barton Stone correct answers Presbyterian preacher in Kentucky, preached at camp meetings.
Thought the Trinity was just power of God.
Thomas Campbell correct answers Western Penn. Gave rise to an independent movement called
the Campbellites.
They would become the Disciples of Christ (Christian Church)
Joined with a group called the "Christians" led by Barton Stone in 1832.
Still a rather large denomination today across America.
Alexander Campbell correct answers Presbyterian minister and reformer in the second great
awakening, founded Disciples of Christ, part of the Stone-Campbell tradition
Joseph Smith correct answers Founded Mormonism in New York in 1830 with the guidance of
an angel. 1843, Smith's announcement that God sanctioned polygamy split the Mormons and let
to an uprising against Mormons in 1844; translated the Book of Mormon and died a martyr.
Book of Mormon correct answers Published by Joseph Smith in 1830. It was named for the
ancient prophet who was claimed to have written in. It was, he said, a translation of gold tablets
he had found in the hills of New York, revealed to him by an angel of God. It told the story of
two successful ancient American civilizations, whose people had anticipated the coming of
Christ and were rewarded when Jesus actually came to America after his resurrection. Ultamitly,
however, both civilizations collapsed.
Shakers correct answers A millennial group who believed in both Jesus and a mystic named Ann
Lee. Since they were celibate and could only increase their numbers through recruitment and
conversion, they eventually ceased to exist.
Mother Ann Lee correct answers The founder of the United Society of Believers in Christ's
Second Appearing, or Shakers. During the 1770s she emigrated from England to the town of
Watervliet, New York to avoid persecution. The method of worship she and others followed was
one of ecstatic dancing or "shaking", which dubbed them as the Shaking Quakers. She never
married.
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