List of religious movements that began in the United States

A list of notable religious movements that had their origins in the United States or the colonies which would form the United States.

18th century

  • Louisiana Voodoo (c. 1720) (French: Vaudou louisianais) describes a set of spiritual beliefs and practices developed from the traditions of the West and Central African diaspora in Louisiana.[1][2]
  • Old Lights and New Lights (c. 1730 – 1740) were terms first used during the First Great Awakening in British North America to describe those that supported the awakening (New Lights) and those who were skeptical of the awakening (Old Lights).[a][3][4]
  • River Brethren (1770).
  • Methodist Episcopal Church (1783).
  • Universalist Church of America (1793).
  • Longhouse Religion (1799).

19th century

20th century

21st century

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ The terms Old Light and New Lights have been adopted by a wide variety of movements to describe a change and contrast within a wider community.

References

  1. ^ Hall, Gwendolyn Midlo (1995). Africans in Colonial Louisiana: The Development of Afro-Creole Culture in the Eighteenth Century. Louisiana State University Press.
  2. ^ Ravitz, Jessica (November 24, 2008). "Unveiling New Orleans Voodoo". The Salt Lake Tribune.
  3. ^ Smith, John Howard (2014). The First Great Awakening: Redefining Religion in British America, 1725–1775. London: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press.
  4. ^ Bonomi, Patricia U. (1986). Under the Cope of Heaven: Religion, Society, and Politics in Colonial America. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199729111.

Bibliography

  • Hall, D. D. (2019). The Puritans: A transatlantic history. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
  • Koester, N. (2015). Introduction to the history of Christianity in the United States: Revised and expanded. London: Fortress Press.
  • Noll, M. (2019). A history of Christianity in the United States and Canada (2nd ed.). New York: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.

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