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Religion and Society in Frontier California (Paperback)
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Religion and Society in Frontier California (Paperback)
Series: Yale Historical Publications Series
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The chaotic and reputedly immoral society of the California mining
frontier during the gold rush period greatly worried Protestant
evangelicals from the Northeast, and they soon sent missionaries
westward to transplant their religious institutions, beliefs, and
practices in the area. This book tells the story of that
enterprise, showing how it developed, why it failed, and what
patterns of religious adherence evolved in the West in place of
evangelical Protestantism. Laurie Maffly-Kipp begins by analyzing
the eastern-based religious ideology that underlay the movement
westward and by investigating the motives behind the founding of
home mission boards dedicated to the spread of Christianity and
civility among new settlers. Drawing on the diaries, letters, and
journals of hundreds of California "argonauts," Maffly-Kipp
describes those missionaries and their wives sent to California
after 1848 and the virtually all-male mining society that resisted
the missionaries' notions of moral order and in turn created new
religious beliefs and practices. Maffly-Kipp argues that despite
its alleged immorality, the California gold rush was actually one
of the most morally significant events of the nineteenth century,
for it challenged and brought into conflict the cherished values of
antebellum American culture: a commitment to spiritual and social
progress; a concern with self-discipline, moral character, and
proper gender roles; and a thirst for wealth fostered by the spirit
of free enterprise.
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