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100 1 $aBender, Norman J.,$d1927-2013.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82258405
245 10 $aWinning the West for Christ :$bSheldon Jackson and Presbyterianism on the Rocky Mountain frontier, 1869-1880 /$cNorman J. Bender.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aAlbuquerque :$bUniversity of New Mexico Press,$c[1996], ©1996.
300 $axiii, 265 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 245-254) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tThe Evolution of a "Border Missionary" --$g2.$tSeizing Prominent Points --$g3.$tCreating a Proper Appearance --$g4.$tThe Role of the Field Commander --$g5.$tFinancing the Army in the Field --$g6.$tWomen's Auxiliaries for the Front Lines --$g7.$tEducation as a Weapon in the Presbyterian Arsenal --$g8.$tAttacking a Formidable Fortress --$g9.$tCombating the Legions of a "Foreign Pope" --$g10.$tA Clarion Call to "Uplift the Heathen" --$g11.$tA New Field for Conquest.
520 $aOn a high bluff overlooking Sioux City, Iowa, Sheldon Jackson (1834-1909) committed himself in prayer to "win the West for Christ" in the spring of 1869.
520 8 $aAs railroads opened the West after the Civil War and new communities sprang up along their tracks, Jackson began proselytizing on the frontier. When Jackson arrived in new towns he single-mindedly solicited members to organize Presbyterian churches. Within a decade he had established almost a hundred churches and missions as well as a number of schools. To sustain and expand his work, he trained and placed missionaries throughout the West.
520 8 $aHis zeal to spread the gospel included uncompromising campaigns against "the tidal wave of wickedness, the cesspools of iniquity, and the desperadoes." As allies he enlisted women's auxiliaries and others willing to pledge themselves and their money toward taming the West through churches and schools. This biography, the first since 1908, reinterprets Jackson in a sympathetic, yet balanced perspective.
600 10 $aJackson, Sheldon,$d1834-1909.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n89631173
650 0 $aPresbyterian Church$zWest (U.S.)$xClergy$vBiography.
650 0 $aMissionaries$zWest (U.S.)$vBiography.
650 0 $aPresbyterian Church$xMissions$zWest (U.S.)
651 0 $aWest (U.S.)$xChurch history$y19th century.
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