American Scene: Religious Liberty, Revivalism, and Slavery

What is the “grand” contribution by Baptists to the Christian tradition?

religious liberty

Which belief did the Southern Colonies of Virginia, the Carolinas, and George follow?

Church of England (Anglican) with no bishops

What about Catholicism

Maryland (tolerated protestants)

What about the Puritans

New England: Massachusetts Bay Colony

What about Rhode Island, where they puritan since they are in new England?

No, focused on religious freedom (Roger Williams)

Who were focused on religious toleration and liberty?

Mid-Atlantic colonies - Penn & NY

What are the 3 areas of Revivalism

conversion experience, heart religion (pietism), emotionalism

Who were the key figures in the Revivalism movement

Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield

What was the foundation of American evangelicalism

revivalism

When and where were slaves first imported

Virginia 1619

Where slaves allowed by their owners to be baptized?

No

In context to slavery, what did the Christian tradition prohibit?

holding fellow believers in slavery

What did the law in Virigina in 1667 say about slaves who believed in God

It did not change their status

A move towards _________ raised idea of freedom for all

Indepedence

Who became a consistent voice for abolition and what did they do to members who held slaves?

Quakers - they expelled them

The establishment of American Methodism in 1784 included what?

a banishment of slaveholder members

Who was the Baptist that stood against slavery and what did he claim

John Leland - slavery was a “transgression of Divine Law”

Why were slaves attracted to Christianity?

Africans had a strong connection to spiritual world (water was divine), emotional religious experiences, sense of dignity, gospel says God loves all people

What was slave’s worship context like?

racist sermons from whites, hush arbors (secret gatherings)

What were the 2 main use of pro-slavery biblical stories

Mark of cain and curse of ham