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The Language Of The Clergy: Religious And Political Discourse In Revolutionary America, 1754-1783, Cristine E. Maglieri
The Language Of The Clergy: Religious And Political Discourse In Revolutionary America, 1754-1783, Cristine E. Maglieri
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"Faithful Child Of God": Nancy Towle, 1796-1876, Judith Bledsoe Bailey
"Faithful Child Of God": Nancy Towle, 1796-1876, Judith Bledsoe Bailey
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"So Long As The Sunne And Moone Endureth": Religion And Empire In England, 1576-1614, Sharon Sauder
"So Long As The Sunne And Moone Endureth": Religion And Empire In England, 1576-1614, Sharon Sauder
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Religious Change And Plateau Indians: 1500 -1850, Larry Cebula
Religious Change And Plateau Indians: 1500 -1850, Larry Cebula
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This study is an ethnohistorical examination of Indian religious responses to contact with Euroamericans on the Columbia Plateau, from 1600 to 1850. Plateau natives understood their encounter with European civilization primarily as a momentous spiritual event, and sought new sources of spiritual power to cope with their rapidly changing world. White people seemed to the Indians to have an abundance of spirit power, and many native religious efforts were aimed at capturing some of this power for themselves. These efforts included the protohistoric Prophet Dance, the syncretic "Columbian Religion" of the fur trade era, and the initial enthusiastic response to …