In New York's Burned-over District, Spencer W. 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. Â Between 1790 and
1860, the mass migration of white settlers into New York State
contributed to a historic Christian revival. 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. Contemporary
observers referred to the region as "burnt" or "infected" with
religious enthusiasm; historians now refer to as the Burned-over
District. Â New York's Burned-over District highlights how
Christian revivalism transformed the region into a critical hub of
social reform in nineteenth-century America. An invaluable
compendium of primary sources, this anthology revises standard
interpretations of the Burned-over District and shows how the
putative grassroots movements of the era were often coordinated and
regulated by established religious leaders.
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