Index
A
African Methodist Episcopal Church, 2
Afterlife, views of, 21 , 32 -42, 141 n8
American destiny, views of, 25 , 97 , 132 n5
Azusa Street revival, 117
Ashcraft, Harry, 106
Asians in California. See Ethnic groups
Attitudes toward religion, 2 -3, 12 , 14 , 21 -22, 52 , 127 , 134 n22, 148 n29
B
Baptist Church ix , 4 , 7 , 9 , 76
Bartlett, Dana, 101
Bible, uses of, 23 , 50 -52, 66
Blavatsky, Helena P., 63
Bourdeau, D. T., 48
Bresee, Phineas F., 103 , 107 -14, 116 -19
Broderick, David, 48
Brown, Charles Reynolds, 80 -81, 84 -87
Buddhism:
criticism of, 79 ;
influence of, 92 ;
preparation for, 129
Burdette, Clara, 76
Burdette, Robert, 76 , 80 , 101 , 150 n9
C
Campbell, James M., 81 , 87 -90
Channing, William Ellery, 21
Chapman, J. Wilbur, 91
Childs, Orzo, 60
Church of Christ, Scientist (Christian Science), xi , 62 , 66 -70, 92 ;
criticism of, 79 -88.
See also Metaphysical religions
Church of Divine Science, 65 , 72
Church of Religious Science, 65 , 156 n8
Church of the Nazarene, xiii , 103 -8, 116 -18
Churches, membership in:
Protestant, x -xi, 5 , 147 n25, 153 -54n35;
metaphysical, xiii , 72 , 120 , 152 n22;
holiness and pentecostal, 116 -17, 163 n27, 163 n30
Churches, role of, 3 -6, 43 -45, 76 -77, 127 -28;
in settlement of California, 60 , 63 , 68 , 149 n3.
See also names of denomination
College of California, 6 , 38 , 60
Congregational Churches, ix , 3 , 4 , 6 , 9 , 83 , 87
Cramer, Malinda, 77 , 151 -52n18
Cullis, Charles, 155 -56n6
D
Davis, Andrew Jackson, 40
Davis, Emma S., 68
Disciples of Christ, ix , 7 , 45
Downey, John, 60
Durant, Henry, 38
E
Earle, A. B., 37 , 103 -4, 135 n23
Eddy, Mary Baker, 66 -70.
See also Church of Christ, Scientist
Edwards, Jonathan, 28 , 37 , 139 n6
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 21 , 71 , 90 , 92 , 120 , 122 , 138 n51
Emery, J. S., 38
Emmanuel Movement, 157 n17
Emotionality in religion, 6 , 9 -11, 37 -40, 115 , 142 n12
Eternal punishment, doctrine of, 33 -37.
See also Afterlife, views of
Ethnic groups, xiii , 2 , 7 , 14 , 62 , 126 -27
institutions of, ix ;
and roots of holiness movement, 103 , 116
Evans, Warren Felt, 64
F
Ferguson, T. P. and Manie, 106 -7
Fields, Stephen (Justice), 48
Finney, Charles Grandison, 103
Fitzgerald, O. P., 15 -16
G
Gordon, Adironam Judson, 156 n6
H
Hamilton, Laurentine, 30 , 32 -42, 52 , 71
Harris, Thomas Lake, 140 n1
Health issues:
important in California, 59 -60;
and faith healing, 80 , 155 -56n6;
in the metaphysical religions, 79 -80, 84 -88, 124 ;
in Widney's thought, 99
Hellman, Isaias, 60
Heresies, 32 -34.
See also Dryden, D. A.; Hamilton, Laurentine
Hinduism:
criticism of, 79 ;
preparation for, 129
Holiness movement, xiii , 62 , 116 -18, 150 n9;
history of, 103 -5;
language of, 112
Holiness Church, 106
Holmes, Ernest and Fenwicke, 156 n8
Hough, C. A., 48
I
Inskip, John S., 104
J
Jesus, views of, 24 , 41 , 50 , 66 , 70 , 82 , 90 , 93 -95, 98
K
Keswickians:
conferences, 105 ;
King, Thomas Starr, xii , 18 -30, 43 , 52 , 71 , 98 -99, 120 , 124
Krishnamurti, 63
L
Liberalism, xii , 10 , 21 , 30 -33, 52 , 62 , 71 , 80 , 90
Locke, Charles Edward, 80 -83
Loomis, A. W., 14
Los Angeles, religious development of, 60 -62, 69 -76, 91
M
Mahan, Asa, 103
McKee, S. B., 38
Maclay, Charles, 149
McClure, D., 38
McIntyre, Robert, 91
McPherson, Aimee Semple, 117 -18, 129
Materialism in California, 7 -8, 29 , 126 , 135 n28
Mental healing. See Health issues
Metaphysical religions, xii -xiii, 63 -68, 70 -71;
appeal of, 77 ;
compared with Muir, 124 ;
Methodist Church, ix , 2 -4, 6 , 9 , 15 , 41 -42;
and holiness movement, 103 -7, 109 , 150 n9;
Widney's connection to, 96
Methodist Church, South, 7 , 15 , 54
Mexican heritage in California, 8 , 13 , 47 -48, 75 -76
Mills, Benjamin Fay, 81 , 90 -95
Moody, D. L., 53 , 135 n23, 137 n34
Mysticism:
as part of alternative tradition, xi -xiv, 70 , 80 , 90 , 128 ;
in metaphysical religions, 64 , 87 ;
in the thought of Bresee, 109 , 113 , 118 ;
in Mills, 94 -95;
in Muir, 124 -25;
in Widney, 98 -100;
in Wiley, 115 -16;
criticized by Hamilton, 142 n17
N
National Camp Meeting Association for the Promotion of Holiness, 105
Nature:
attitudes toward, 15 -16, 22 -24, 30 , 94 , 138 n51, 144 n28;
and John Muir, 120 -25
New England:
influence on California, 1 -3, 69 ;
New Thought, xii , 62 , 64 -66, 69 , 72 ;
criticism of, 79 , 84 , 88 -90;
compared with Bresee's thought, 113 -14;
influence on Mills, 91 -92.
See also Metaphysical religions
Nordhoff, Charles, 59 , 74 , 149 n1
O
Oakland:
religious developments in, 35 , 38 -39;
Adventists in, 49 ;
Mills in, 91
Olcott, Henry S., 63
Old California, 75 -76
P
Pacific Coast Holiness Association, 106
Pacific School of Religion, 114
Palmer, Phoebe, 103
Panama-Pacific Exposition, 69 , 191
Parker, Theodore, 21 , 25 , 138 n51
Pasadena University, 114
Peniel Missions, 107
Pentecostalism, 117 -18
Plank, Hiram, 57 -58
Point Loma Theosophical Community, 63 -64, 79
Political campaign of 1882, 53 -55
Presbyterian Church, ix , 3 , 4 , 7 , 9 , 11 , 60 ;
liberal trends in, xii ;
Mills's connection to, 90 -91;
Promotion:
of California compared with Oregon, 136 n30;
of southern California, 59 , 72 -73
Psychology:
and metaphysical religions, 82 -83;
and Wiley's theology, 115 -16.
See also Suggestion
Q
R
Rationalism, xii ;
in Hamilton's theology, 32 -42;
metaphysical religions and, 127 ;
opposed by mysticism, 115
Reform associations. See Social concerns
Revivals:
as evangelical instrument, ix -x, 6 -7, 103 , 137 n37;
denunciation of, 32 , 37 -38, 41 , 142 n12;
in holiness movement, 106 , 108 ;
in pentecostalism, 119 ;
lack of, 10 ;
Roman Catholicism:
opposed to evangelicalism, ix -x;
Seventh-day Adventist views of, 50
Roosevelt, Theodore, 124
Royce, Josiah, 6 , 12 , 164 n9
S
Sabbath:
debates on, 35 , 47 -58, 145 n1;
observance maintained, ix
San Diego, 63 -65
San Francisco Vigilance Committee, 6 , 11 , 134 n21, 135 n23
Scudder, Henry M., 15
Serra, Junipero, 18
Seventh-day Adventist Church, 32 -33, 44 -55;
campaign locations, 49 , 54 -55
Seymour, William, 117
Sierra Club, 124 -25
Simpson, Albert B., 155 -56n6
Socio-economic conditions in California, 20 -21, 127 , 137 n37;
in Oakland, 38 -40;
in southern California, 61 -62, 73 -74
Social concerns:
in thought of Bresee, 109 , 161 n8;
of Protestant churches, 64 , 90 , 100 ;
and reform associations, 5 ;
and Social Gospel, 80 , 100 , 101
Southern California and Arizona Holiness Association, 106
Speer, William, 14
Spiritualism, xiii , 30 , 32 -34, 37 , 40 , 49 , 52 , 63 , 140 -41n1, 143 n23
Spirituality, 22 , 27 -29, 87 , 128
Spurgeon, Charles, 37
State Societies, 74 -75
Stokes, Darius, 2
Suggestion, 64 -65, 85 -87, 90
Swedenborg, Emanuel, 40
Swing, David, 98 -99
T
Tansey, John R., 60
Taylor, William, 7
Terry, David (Justice), 48 , 53
Theology:
Metaphysical, xiii , 63 -68, 70 , 82 , 88 -90;
Protestant, xi , 9 -10, 22 , 33 -34, 70 , 88 -89, 101 , 118 ;
of Bresee, 109 -13;
of Campbell, 87 -90;
of Mills, 93 -94;
of Muir, 122 -24;
of Widney, 97 -99;
of Wiley, 115 -16.
See also Afterlife, views of
Theosophy, xii , xiv , 62 -64, 69 ;
criticism of, 79 ;
influence of, 91 ;
compared with Widney's thought, 99 -100
Thorndyke, Mrs. E. P., 30
Transcendentalism, xii -xiii, 21 , 30 , 71 , 100 , 118 , 120 , 125
U
Unitarianism, xii , xiii , 9 , 18 , 20 -21, 30 , 33 , 37 , 71 , 90 -91, 141 n8
United States Sanitary Commission, 20
Unity:
among Protestant churches, 12 ;
as spiritual teaching, 22 , 26 , 65 -66, 71 , 93 , 124 -25
Unity School of Christianity, 65 , 69 , 72 , 151 n18
Universalism, xii , 11 , 19 -20, 33 , 141 n8
University of the Pacific, 6
University of Southern California, 60 , 96
V
Vincent, John, 107
W
Wallace, Harden, 105 -6
Warrington, Albert Powell, 63
Washburn, James and Josephine, 106
Washburn, B.A., 106
Waugh, Lorenzo, 2 , 5 , 132 n6
West, Nathaniel, 74
Wheeler, O. C., 7
White, Ellen G. and James, 49 -50
Widney, Joseph Pomeroy, 30 , 81 , 95 -100;
Widney, Robert Maclay, 60 , 95
Wiley, H. Orton, 114 -16
World's Parliament of Religions, 69
Y
Young, William Stewart, 101
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