1800-1860: Religion
1800-1860: Chapter Nine: Religion
by CYNTHIA JO INGHAM
CONTENTS
CHRONOLOGY 264
OVERVIEW 269
TOPICS IN THE NEWS
The Christians and Disciples of Christ 278
Peter Cartwright, Methodist Preacher 280
The Mormons 281
The Book of Mormon 283
Native Americans: Religious Practices in the West 288
Native Americans: Response to Christianization 291
Kennekuk’s Religion 292
The Religious Crisis of Removal 294
Sacred Encounters: Missionary Impulse to Native America 296
Hazelwood Republic 297
Spreading the Faith: The “Macedonian Cry” from the Columbia Plateau 301
The Waiilatpu Mission and the Whitmans 304
Mary Walker: From Missionary to Martriarch 306
Western Jesuits 307
HEADLINE MAKERS
Joseph Smith 311
Tenskwatawa, the Shawnee Prophet 312
PUBLICATIONS 316
Sidebars and tables are listed in italics.
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