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Winning the West for Christ : Sheldon Jackson and Presbyterianism on the Rocky Mountain frontier, 1869-1880 / Norman J. Bender.

By: Bender, Norman J, 1927-2013
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [1996]Copyright date: ©1996Edition: First editionDescription: xiii, 265 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0826316700Subject(s): Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909 | Presbyterian Church -- West (U.S.) -- Clergy -- Biography | Missionaries -- West (U.S.) -- Biography | Presbyterian Church -- Missions -- West (U.S.) | West (U.S.) -- Church history -- 19th centuryDDC classification: 266/.51 LOC classification: BX9225.J25 | B46 1996Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-254) and index.
Contents:
The evolution of a "border missionary" -- Seizing prominent points -- Creating a proper appearance -- The role of the field commander -- Financing the army in the field -- Women's auxiliaries for the front lines -- Education as a weapon in the Presbyterian arsenal -- Attacking a formidable fortress -- Combating the legions of a "foreign pope" -- A clarion call to "uplift the heathen" -- A new field for conquest.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-254) and index.

The evolution of a "border missionary" -- Seizing prominent points -- Creating a proper appearance -- The role of the field commander -- Financing the army in the field -- Women's auxiliaries for the front lines -- Education as a weapon in the Presbyterian arsenal -- Attacking a formidable fortress -- Combating the legions of a "foreign pope" -- A clarion call to "uplift the heathen" -- A new field for conquest.

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