Title America's religious crossroads : faith and community in the emerging Midwest / Stephen T. Kissel

Published Urbana, Chicago : University of Illinois Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource Contents Introduction: The religious crossroads -- The family altar -- Engaging with the Word -- Salvation through education -- Sacred centers of community -- Stewards of civil order -- An active faith -- Conclusion: A religious mosaic Summary "This book examines the role of religion in shaping the social, cultural, and civic infrastructure of the antebellum Old Northwest. Between 1790 and 1850, waves of Anglo-Americans, African Americans, and European immigrants flooded the territories of the Northwest (Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin), creating a mosaic of ethnically and socially diverse antebellum communities. Among these settlers journeyed Protestant ministers, Catholic priests, and entire companies of religious societies who viewed the region as fertile ground for building new outlets of religious unity and fervor. This surge transformed the Northwest into a metaphorical crossroads of religious activity, adding to the region's already diverse population. Thanks to the simultaneous commencement of the Second Great Awakening, Christianity facilitated many of the region's earliest advances in literacy, formal education, civic and moral accountability, charitable public outreach, and social reform. Fingerprints of religious influence can be regularly observed in the region's domestic life, civic involvement, and local townscapes-a dynamic that affected believers and nonbelievers alike. Offering fresh insight into the bonds, networks, and encounters that shaped early Midwestern communities of the nineteenth century, this book highlights a crucial religious influence that accelerated and shaped the region's early growth and development"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 10, 2022) Subject Christianity -- Influence SOCIAL SCIENCE / General Christianity -- Influence SUBJECT Northwest, Old -- Church history -- 19th century Middle West -- Church history -- 19th century Northwest, Old -- History -- 19th century Middle West -- History -- 19th century Subject Middle West United States -- Old Northwest Genre/Form Church history History Form Electronic book LC no. 2021034802 ISBN 9780252053191 0252053192

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