New Yorks Burned-Over District: A Documentary History McBride Spencer W
New Yorks Burned-Over District: A Documentary History McBride Spencer W In New York's Burned-over District, Spencer W. This renewed spiritual interest and fervor occurred in particularly high…
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New Yorks Burned-Over District: A Documentary History McBride Spencer W
In New York's Burned-over District, Spencer W. This renewed spiritual interest and fervor occurred in particularly high concentration in central and western New York where men and women actively sought spiritual awakening and new religious affiliation. McBride and Jennifer Hull Dorsey invite readers to experience the early American revivals and reform movements through the eyes of the revivalists and the reformers themselves.Between 1790 and 1860, the mass migration of white settlers into New York State contributed to a historic Christian revival.
Contemporary observers referred to the region as "burnt" or "infected" with religious enthusiasm; historians now refer to as the Burned-over District.New York's Burned-over District highlights how Christian revivalism transformed the region into a critical hub of social reform in
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