Comments on: Revivalism in the Burned-over District Part 3 http://midwestoutreach.org/blogs/revivalism-in-the-burned-over-district-part-3 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:30:58 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Andrew Suttles http://midwestoutreach.org/blogs/revivalism-in-the-burned-over-district-part-3/comment-page-1#comment-25752 Andrew Suttles Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:45:09 +0000 http://midwestoutreach.org/blogs/revivalism-in-the-burned-over-district-part-3#comment-25752 Another excellent post! I'm sure a rather direct line can be drawn from the Social Gospelism of the early 20th Century and the Social Reform movements of the 60s - at least the ones led by "religious" community activits (now called community organizers). It's also ironic to note that both the social gospelites and their ardent oponents, the Fundamentalists, were both to a great extent shaped by the Burned Over District. In one branch, revivalism turns into moral reform, which turns into a social gospel. In the other branch, revivalism turns into moral reform and prophecy conferences. Another excellent post! I’m sure a rather direct line can be drawn from the Social Gospelism of the early 20th Century and the Social Reform movements of the 60s – at least the ones led by “religious” community activits (now called community organizers).

It’s also ironic to note that both the social gospelites and their ardent oponents, the Fundamentalists, were both to a great extent shaped by the Burned Over District. In one branch, revivalism turns into moral reform, which turns into a social gospel. In the other branch, revivalism turns into moral reform and prophecy conferences.

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