American Religion in the Early 1800s

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This paper takes the point of view of a European visitor to the United States during the mid-1800s. It describes and reviews American religion and examines the viewpoints of many Europeans from that time period.

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"The European tourist of the 1830s was usually a member of either the professional or the aristocratic classes of his/her country. He/she would have felt a class inspired animus against the type of religious practices that was attended by members of the lower classes and which was characterized by "the spirit of enthusiasm." It is to be remembered that Methodism itself would have been suspect to persons of this class because of its association with working people's organizations in England (see Thompson 42-4)."

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