During the Second Great Awakening-roughly comprising the first half of the nineteenth century-very fervent displays of emotional religion, such as revivalist camp meetings, abounded throughout the United States. Of particular intensity were the areas of western New York-the so called "Burned-Over District"-and northeastern Ohio, known as the Connecticut Western Reserve. However, in Northwest Pennsylvania, specifically Erie and Crawford Counties, emotional religion was far less manifest. This book explores the origins of that anomaly and the factors that brought it forth. It also attempts to...
During the Second Great Awakening-roughly comprising the first half of the nineteenth century-very fervent displays of emotional religion, such as rev...
