Plea for the West
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Plea for the West is a 19th-century religious and social commentary in which Lyman Beecher warns against perceived moral and religious decline in the American West and advocates for Protestant influence in the region.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
religious commentary ⓘ social commentary ⓘ |
| advocatesFor | Protestant influence in the American West ⓘ |
| aimsTo | mobilize Eastern support for Western missions ⓘ |
| arguesThat |
religion is necessary for social order
ⓘ
the American West will shape the nation’s future ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement | Second Great Awakening ⓘ |
| author | Lyman Beecher ⓘ |
| concerns |
national morality
ⓘ
role of religion in republican government ⓘ spread of evangelical Protestantism ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| focusesOnRegion |
American frontier
ⓘ
western United States ⓘ
surface form:
Western United States
|
| genre |
Protestant literature
ⓘ
religious literature ⓘ social criticism ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Antebellum period
ⓘ
surface form:
antebellum United States
|
| influenced | 19th-century American Protestant activism ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Protestant revivalism ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
American policymakers
ⓘ
Eastern philanthropists ⓘ Protestant leaders ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Old West
ⓘ
surface form:
American West
Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Protestantism
church-state relations ⓘ education ⓘ moral reform ⓘ religious decline ⓘ |
| opposes | state support for Catholic institutions ⓘ |
| placeInBeecherCareer | major public intervention on national religious policy ⓘ |
| politicalOrientation | Pro-republican institutions ⓘ |
| proposes |
establishment of Protestant schools and colleges
ⓘ
expansion of Protestant churches in the West ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| publicationForm | book-length treatise ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1835 ⓘ |
| relatedWorkOfAuthor | Six Sermons on Intemperance ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Congregationalism
ⓘ
Presbyterianism ⓘ |
| theologicalPerspective |
Calvinism
ⓘ
surface form:
Calvinist
|
| timePeriodDescribed | early 19th-century American frontier ⓘ |
| warnsAgainst |
Catholic influence
ⓘ
irreligion ⓘ moral decline ⓘ religious decline ⓘ |
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