In Rogers’ article, she indicates that since the steamship revolutionize travel in the second half of the 19th century, and it facilitated pilgrimage to the Holy Land by American pilgrims, especially by upwardly mobile American protestant pilgrims. These newly mobile American protestants were searching for renewal and fulfilment of religious identity (Rogers 1). This came on the heels of the second great awakening, which took place between 1700 and 1845. The second great awakening stopped new popular movements, including missions venturing abroad. The earliest and most influential American…