Spiritual revival like the Second Great Awakening is always met with powerful opposition.  Several false philosophies and religions arose in the 1800s to challenge Biblical Christianity.

    Unitarianism        denies the deity of Christ,  the Trinity
                                  and man's sinful nature
 

    Transcendentalism      taught a person could transcend or overcome
                      reason by trusting in himself and in his own abilities

                     Proverbs 28:26

    1.  Ralph Waldo Emerson   American essayist

    2.  Henry David Thoreau  spent 2 years
                              communing with nature

   3.  Walt Whitman;  poet, wrote Leaves of Grass

   4.  Few people accepted this false philosophy
                                     and the movement soon died out

           Communal Societies
 

  Brook Farm    some transcendentalists purchased a farm where they
               started a community designed  to allow its members time to
               commune with nature, write and develop

        Failed because of financial problems
                     and arguments
 
 

        Robert Owen   New Harmony

Lesson Objectives Students will learn OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to: 1. list 2. explain the difference between 3. describe the 4. chart on a map the 5. define the terms 6. Explain the significance of Knowledge: Recall of data. Comprehension: Understand the meaning, translation, interpolation, and interpretation of instructions and problems. State a problem in one's own words. Application:
Use a concept in a new situation or unprompted use of an abstraction. Applies what was learned in the classroom into novel situations in the workplace. Analysis:
Separates material or concepts into component parts so that its organizational structure may be understood. Distinguishes between facts and inferences.  Synthesis:
Builds a structure or pattern from diverse elements. Put parts together to form a whole, with emphasis on creating a new meaning or structure.

Evaluation:
Make judgments about the value of ideas or materials.