America’s Religious Crossroads Faith and Community in the Emerging Midwest 1st Edition by Stephen T Kissel 9780252053191 0252053192

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• ISBN 10: 0252053192
• ISBN 13: 9780252053191
• Author: Stephen T Kissel

Between 1790 and 1850, waves of Anglo-Americans, African Americans, and European immigrants flooded the Old Northwest (modern-day Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin). They brought with them a mosaic of Christian religious belief. Stephen T. Kissel draws on a wealth of primary sources to examine the foundational role that organized religion played in shaping the social, cultural, and civic infrastructure of the region. As he shows, believers from both traditional denominations and religious utopian societies found fertile ground for religious unity and fervor. Able to influence settlement from the earliest days, organized religion integrated faith into local townscapes and civic identity while facilitating many of the Old Northwest’s earliest advances in literacy, charitable public outreach, formal education, and social reform. Kissel also unearths fascinating stories of how faith influenced the bonds, networks, and relationships that allowed isolated western settlements to grow and evolve a distinct regional identity. Perceptive and broad in scope, America’s Religious Crossroads illuminates the integral relationship between communal and spiritual growth in early Midwestern history.

Table contents:

Chapter 1. The Family Altar

Chapter 2. Engaging with the Word

Chapter 3. Salvation through Education

Chapter 4. Sacred Centers of Community

Chapter 5. Stewards of Civil Order

Chapter 6. An Active Faith

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