The Second Great Awakening was a series of religious revivals sponsored by Timothy Dwight in 1795. The sermons spoke of a good and kind God who desired all men, women, and children to be saved by believing in Jesus Christ, unlike the Puritan predictions of a vengful God's judgement.
The Revival spread quickly across the American frontier and converted thousands.
One thing that was allowed at these revivals unlike before was the great attendance of women and slaves. This was not a common thing back then and it allowed more recognition to these minor groups. Although it did cause different church denominations to split up over their difference in belief on how slaves and women should be treated.
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