S1E10 Religion & Reform: Second Great Awakening & Social Movements

In Episode 10 of Star-Spangled Studies, Dr. G explores how faith ignited reform and shaped antebellum America. Key topics include:• Second Great Awakening & Finney’s new theology• Camp meetings, circuit riders & the rise of Baptists & Methodists• “Burned-over District,” new sects & utopian experiments• Transcendentalism: Emerson, Thoreau & self-reliance• Benevolent Empire: temperance, asylums & public schools• Radical abolitionism: Walker, Garrison & Douglass’s “What to the Slave…”• Women in reform: Grimké sisters, Mott, Stanton & the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention• Debates over social control vs. genuine revivalStay connected with Dr. G and the podcast community:📘 Facebook 📸 Instagram: @star_spangled_studiesDon’t forget to subscribe, rate, and share Star-Spangled Studies with fellow history lovers!Episode 10 of Star-Spangled Studies dives into the Second Great Awakening and the reform wave it unleashed—revivals, utopian communities, transcendentalism, abolitionism, temperance, and the origins of the women’s rights movement.