m (Removed link to The Ancestor Hunt site per DB) |
m (Text replacement - "(\|disp=FHL)([\s_])[\s_]*" to "|disp=FS$2Library$2") |
||
| Line 20: | Line 20: | ||
------ | ------ | ||
==Historical Background== | ==Historical Background== | ||
Between 1820 and 1850, missionaries of many churches visited [[Hawaii Genealogy|Hawaii]]. By 1900 the largest religious groups in the islands were [[Records of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], [[Congregational Church in the United States|Congregational]] (United Church of Christ), [[Presbyterian Church in the United States|Presbyterian]], and [[Roman Catholic Church in the United States|Roman Catholic]]. Later, the Buddhists became a major group.<ref name="religious history">Sydney E. Ahlstrom, ''A Religious History of the American People'' (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1972). {{WorldCat|536068|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}} {{FHL|282712|item|disp= | Between 1820 and 1850, missionaries of many churches visited [[Hawaii Genealogy|Hawaii]]. By 1900 the largest religious groups in the islands were [[Records of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], [[Congregational Church in the United States|Congregational]] (United Church of Christ), [[Presbyterian Church in the United States|Presbyterian]], and [[Roman Catholic Church in the United States|Roman Catholic]]. Later, the Buddhists became a major group.<ref name="religious history">Sydney E. Ahlstrom, ''A Religious History of the American People'' (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1972). {{WorldCat|536068|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}} {{FHL|282712|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 K2ah}}.</ref><br> | ||
For an excellent introduction, see: | For an excellent introduction, see: | ||
*Mulholland, John F. ''Hawaii's Religions''. Rutland, Vt.: Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1970. {{WorldCat|66974|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|218363|item|disp= | *Mulholland, John F. ''Hawaii's Religions''. Rutland, Vt.: Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1970. {{WorldCat|66974|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|218363|item|disp=FS Library Book 996.9 K2m}} | ||
See also | See also | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1833434 Robert Benedetto, ''The Hawaii journals of the New England missionaries 1813-1894 : a guide to the holdings of the Hawaiian Mission Children Societies Library'' Honolulu, Hawaii : Hawaiian Mission Children's Society, c1982 FHL 996.9 A3b] | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1833434 Robert Benedetto, ''The Hawaii journals of the New England missionaries 1813-1894 : a guide to the holdings of the Hawaiian Mission Children Societies Library'' Honolulu, Hawaii : Hawaiian Mission Children's Society, c1982 FHL 996.9 A3b] | ||
edits