The most notable and widely circulated sermons of Rev. Lyman Beecher during the Second Awakening involved his sermons

A) preaching temperance or abstaining from alcohol.
B) advocating humane prison reform geared to successful prisoner reentry into society.
C) advocating the abolition of slavery.
D) advocating sending foreign missionaries abroad to Christianize Africans.


Answer: A

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