Gospel of Gold: Unearthing Religious Spaces in the Nineteenth-Century American West

Like much of the American West, a history of material conquest and natural resource extraction has precluded sustained study of Montana's religious past. This article uses the case of gold miners in the southwestern corner of the Territory of Montana from 1862 to 1889 to argue for the value of...

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Published in:Religion and American culture 2021-12, Vol.31 (1), p.106-135
Main Author: Keegan, Brennan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
19th century
Activities of daily living
Appropriation
Borders
Community
Cultural heritage
Evangelism
Everyday life
Extraction
Gender relations
Gold
Gold mines & mining
Landscape
Minerals
Miners
Mining
Mining industry
Missionaries
Natural environment
Natural resources
Religion
Religious missions
Statehood
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