Religion and Reform

After reading chapter 10 on Revival and Religious Change my thought have changed just a little on America's view about religion during that time period. During this day and time, American's are allowed to believe in or worship whatever they want without anyone making them change their mind or make them do otherwise. With that being said, many people still have their own religion like Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism, ect. Though America is like this today, it was not the same many years ago. In chapter 10 it talks about how priests and people that worked for the church would go around on horse back, spreading the word of the Lord. People would stop what they were doing and go straight to the town to hear the lesson. Once these people would hear these priests teaching and preaching, they would spread the word. This was called the Second Great Awakening. People would come from everywhere just to hear these preachers talk and teach the Gospel. One of the largest events during the Second Awakening, occurred in a place called Cane, Ridge Kentucky. These people would meet anywhere just to hear the Gospel. And the preachers would preach anywhere such as many preached in makeshift pulpits that could stand over the crowd so people could see them or they would stand on stumps from old trees to preach. Anywhere to get the word out. Events like Cane, Ridge was what sparked changes in America's beliefs.