California's Spiritual Frontiers: Religious Alternatives in Anglo-Protestantism, 1850-1910

California's Spiritual Frontiers: Religious Alternatives in Anglo-Protestantism, 1850–1910 offers a profound exploration of how Anglo-Protestantism evolved and adapted in California during a period of rapid cultural and societal transformation. In a region where evangelical Protestantism initially sought to dominate, the book reveals how traditional religious norms were challenged by liberal ideologies and metaphysical movements, including Christian Science, New Thought, and Theosophy. Thes...