... , and the decline of Puritan fundamentalist doctrine, mismanagement of the Anglican church, and continued persecution of Catholics further depressed the spirituality of Americans during this period. Africans suffered the worst "uprooted from their native lands, separated from their tribes, and forced into the indescribably repressive institution of slavery, they experienced a near-total "spiritual holocaust."" ... It would take reforms in the Anglican and Puritan establishments and an entirely new Christian revival to reverse this decline in faith and deliver Americans from a spiritual l...

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