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Contents

Home Page

Title Page

Brief Contents

Foreword to 2004 Edition

Preface to 1986 Edition

PART 1 : A Collection of Essays

Universalists on the Prairie

Theme

Background

Prairie States (1830–1860)

Universalism From 1865–1900

Prairie States (1865–1900)

Turn of the Century

Early Twentieth Century on the Plains

The Withering—Why?

Resources

Women Ministers in the Prairie Star District

Humanism on the Plains

Ever Onward and Upward: A History of Religious Education in the Prairie Star District

Religious Education and the Prairie Star District Organization

Bibliography

Devotional Literature from Plain and Prairie

I. Introduction

II. Hymns for the Celebration of Life

III. The Blue Hymnal and the Red Hymnal: A Contrast

IV. Responsive Readings and Great Companions

V. The Western Conference and “Things Commonly Believed Among Us”

VI. Unity Hymns and Chorals

VII. Conclusion

VIII. Resources

PART 2 : Congregation Histories

IOWA

Ames

Burlington

Cedar Falls

Cedar Rapids

Clinton

Davenport

Des Moines

Dubuque

Iowa City

Mason City

Sioux City

KANSAS

Lawrence

Overland Park

Shawnee Mission

Topeka

Wichita

MINNESOTA

Angora

Bloomington

Brainerd

Duluth

Excelsior

Hanska

Mankato

Minneapolis (First Unitarian Society)

Minneapolis (First Universalist Church)

Minnetonka (Wayzata)

Rochester

St. Cloud

St. Paul

Underwood

Virginia

White Bear (Mahtomedi)

Willmar

MISSOURI

Kansas City

NEBRASKA

Lincoln

Omaha (First)

Omaha (Second)

NORTH DAKOTA

Bismarck

Fargo

SOUTH DAKOTA

Brookings

Sioux Falls

Rapid City

WISCONSIN

Eau-Claire

Menomonie

Rice Lake