Topics in Kansas History: Community & Daily Life

Religion

A great variety of religious denominations built missions and churches in Kansas. The majority came from the Protestant Christian tradition, but large numbers of Catholics and Eastern Orthodox came to parts of the state. Blended into the mix were a few Jews and Free-Thinkers. read more

Find resources on religion.

• "The Baptists, the Methodists, and the Shawnees: Conflicting Cultures in Indian Territory, 1833-1834," Kansas History, Autumn 1994
• "A Holy Battleground: Methodist, Baptist and Quaker Missionaries Among the Shawnee Indians, 1830-1844." Kansas History, Summer 1998

Letters, documents, objects, and photographs

• Delaware Indian Mission communion set
• Missionary's cap, Potawatomi Baptist Mission
• Statue of St. Therese of Lisieux

Bibliographies, finding aids, and guides to the collections

Kansas History, our scholarly journal

• "Before Bleeding Kansas: Christian Missionaries, Slavery, and the Shawnee Indians in Pre-Territorial Kansas, 1844-1854," Spring 2001
• "A Holy Battleground: Methodist, Baptist and Quaker Missionaries Among the Shawnee Indians, 1830-1844," Summer 1998, article also online
• "The Jehovah's Witness Upbringing of President Eisenhower,", Autumn 1998
• "Zion Valley: The Mormon Origins of St. John, Kansas," Summer 2001

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