Some called him a madman‚ others viewed him as a prophet. The Kingdom of Matthias is the story of Robert Matthews who deems himself as “The Spirit of Truth” and persuades others to partake in his unorthodox beliefs (Wilentz and Johnson‚ p.5). During the first half of the 19th century many parts of the United States were in turmoil as the Second Great Awakening begins to unfold. The Kingdom of Matthias takes place during the Burned-Over District which refers to an area in western New York during
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The Kingdom of Matthias In The Kingdom of Matthias‚ Paul E. Johnson retells the tale of a religious cult that was founded in the 1820s-1830s. Robert Matthews‚ an emigrant who grew up in Cambridge‚ New York‚ was a member of the orthodox Scots Presbyterian Church‚ which at the time was an incredibly strict religion that basically taught and believed that people naturally do wrong and commit sinful acts. Elijah Pierson‚ who later came to be called Elijah the Tishbite was a descendant of Puritans
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The Kingdom of Matthias Paul E. Johnson Online Information For the online version of BookRags’ The Kingdom of Matthias Premium Study Guide‚ including complete copyright information‚ please visit: http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-the-kingdom-of-matthias/ Copyright Information ©2000-2007 BookRags‚ Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. The following sections of this BookRags Premium Study Guide is offprint from Gale’s For Students Series: Presenting Analysis‚ Context‚ and Criticism on Commonly Studied
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Plot Summary The Kingdom of Matthias tells the story of Robert Matthews‚ who later took on the name Matthias the Prophet. A religious charlatan in 1830s New York‚ Matthews established a "Kingdom" of fanatical followers‚ causing a nationwide scandal. Matthews’ most fervent follower was Elijah Pierson‚ who was born into a strict Calvinist church upbringing but who quickly got swept up in the evangelical‚ "perfectionist" movement upon his move to New York as a merchant. Elijah married a missionary
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The Kingdom of Matthias‚ is a book that explains the journey of a man‚ Matthias and some of his followers in the mid-1800s. Matthias himself‚ claimed to be a leader of a “new Christian faith‚” but his true faith was never revealed. However‚ it never held up and eventually had its downfall. In the end Matthias was thrown in jail and later released in 1835. From there he headed to Kirtland in search of a Mormon Prophet named Joseph Smith (pg 3). When confronting Smith‚ Matthias gave a fake name and
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Starting in the early 1600’s English settlers began migrating to the Americas in search for liberty and the right to govern themselves in what they deemed a Christian manner. Thomas Morton‚ was one of the first to write about the Indians of New England. He condemned their religious beliefs claiming it was similar to devil like worship. (VOF‚4) The Native Americans were seen to be living a much happier life even without religion‚ law and a king. This daunted Christian and they did not understand how
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The Kingdom of Matthias tells the story of a very bizarre religious cult that was founded in New York City in the 1820s. Poor men who were forced by economic necessity took to this religion. Many felt the need to join because of the need for the cult because of the culture of New York City and its members having too much individual ambition. The leader of the religion was Robert Matthews‚ an emigrant who grew up in upstate New York. He had been a member of the orthodox Scots Presbyterian Church
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History 105 Section April 15‚ 2014 The Kingdom of Matthias The Kingdom of Matthias was one of the biggest and dramatic scandals of the nineteenth century. This narrative follows the lives of Elijah Pierson and Robert Matthews it becomes obvious there is a whole lot more happening than just the scandalous attractions that take place. Many social roles‚ economic changes and culture of the Market Revolution and The Second Great Awakening are shown. Race‚ class‚ and gender were discussed in this
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Abbey Martin 11/18/14 Revivalism‚ Utopianism‚ and the Kingdom of Matthias Revivals and utopias in the 19th and 20th centuries had enormous impact on the religious lives of American people. Revivalism and Utopianism stirred up the spiritual landscape and led to people questioning what they believed and how they believed it. Ultimately‚ revivalism and utopianism in this period of time produced radical thinking in regards to stereotypical gender roles and women in power as well as the integration
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In the nineteenth century‚ the legal rights of women and men were highly affected by gender and race‚ both positively and negatively. In the book‚ “Kingdom of Matthias‚” by Paul Johnson and Simon Wilentz‚ they describe the life of two females‚ Isabella Van Wagenen and Isabella Matthews Laisdell which whom were affected by slavery and high influences of higher power from men. In the nineteenth century it was believed that males were to support the family by working and earning a wage as a husband
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