The People Are Kind
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AlbakiReads Editorial Iowa’s religious history as a story of plurality and public life
Iowa’s religious history as a story of plurality and public life
Bill R. Douglas traces how Iowa’s religious landscape developed without a single tradition securing dominance. German Lutheran, Catholic, and Congregationalist efforts appear alongside the widespread presence of Methodists, as well as Inspirationists, Freethinkers, and Meskwakis. The book links this variety to questions of cooperation, civic life, and the state’s wider historical identity. Its wide-ranging cast includes figures from Black Hawk and Amelia Bloomer to Henry A. Wallace, Ann Landers, and Robert Ray, while individual episodes address civil rights, nuclear weapons, disputes with the Vatican, and Iowa’s place in debates over American religious consensus.
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- Readers interested in Iowa history and regional religious history
- Those exploring Christianity’s relationship to social and civic issues
- Readers seeking biographies and episodes connected by a shared historical setting
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Religious pluralismIowa historyFaith and public lifeCooperation across traditionsCivil rights and social issues
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Book Overview What religion the newly opened, recently indigenous territory of Iowa would become was a matter of concern to German Lutherans, Austrian ...
What religion the newly opened, recently indigenous territory of Iowa would become was a matter of concern to German Lutherans, Austrian and French Catholics, and New England Congregationalists. But their funding proved no match for the myriad of choices Iowans had. Methodists were everywhere, and Inspirationists, Freethinkers, and Meskwakis all added to the chorus suggesting that hegemony was not a possibility and cooperation a better strategy. Religious Iowans Black Hawk, Amelia Bloomer, Annie Wittenmeyer, James B. Weaver, Billy Sunday, John R. Mott, Luigi Ligutti, Henry A. Wallace, Ann Landers, Harold Hughes, and Robert Ray all make appearances. How did Sioux City pastor George Haddock get his name on streets in California? How did Rev. George Slater contribute to civil rights? Which state was the go-to for journalists looking for an American religious consensus? How did Dubuque seminary professors feel about nuclear weapons? How did Sr. Pat Farrell parry Vatican accusations of heresy? The answers to those and many other questions the reader never thought to ask lie within. With humor, incisive analysis, and sympathy, Douglas paints a tapestry that contributes not just to religious history but argues for its importance to the history of Iowa.
Book Details Format: Hardcover | Publisher: RESOURCE PUBN | ISBN: 9798385224
FormatHardcover
ISBN9798385224
EAN9798385224463
PublisherRESOURCE PUBN
Publication Date2024-12-30
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeHARD COVER BOOKS
Weight1.81 Pounds
Length9.0 Inches
Width6.0 Inches
Height1.06 Inches
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