America's Religious CrossroadsBetween 1790 and 1850, waves of Anglo Americans, African Americans, and European immigrants flooded the Old Northwest (modern day Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin). They brought with them a mosaic of Christian religious belief. Stephen T. Kissel draws on a wealth of primary sources to examine the foundational role that organized religion played in shaping the social, cultural, and civic infrastructure of the region. As he shows,