19th Century Religions in America

1. Religions in The 19th
Century
Mario Zaky, Muad Saeed and Guillermo Fonseca

2. Latter Day Saint movement/ AKA Mormonism
1830
Summary: The Latter Day Saint movement is the collection of independent church groups that trace
their origins to a Christian Restorationist movement founded by Joseph Smith in the late 1820s
❖ Creed:
➢ Joseph Smith at the age of 14 was visited and spoken to by Christ to revive christianity in The
United State. Thus becoming the first restoration of Christianity in The United States.
❖ Code:
➢ King James Version of the Bible.
➢ The Book of Mormon
❖ Cultis:
➢ Pioneer Day on July 24- Marking the date the first Mormons arrived at Utah's Salt Lake Valley
❖ Community
➢ Mormon communities are primarily found in Utah which represents more than one third of the
Mormon faith in The United States

3. Jehovah's Witnesses
1870
❖ Charles Taze Russell
❖ Bible Student movement
❖ Pittsburg PA
❖ Millenarian restorationist Christian denomination with nontrinitarian beliefs
❖ God's Kingdom is a literal government in heaven, ruled by Jesus Christ and 144,000 "spirit-anointed" Christians

4. Church of Christ, Scientist (Christian
Science), 1879
Christian science wa founded in 1879 by Mary Baker Eddy in the United states.
❖ The 10 commandments
❖ Spiritual healing
❖ Church of Christ

5. Quiz
1. What religion did jehovah’s witnesses originally convert from?
❏ A) Athiests
❏ B) Catholics and Protestants
❏ C) Judaism
2. What major event is celebrated on Pioneer Day in the Mormon faith.
❏ A) The Day Joseph Smith was visited by Christ.
❏ B) The Birth of Joseph Smith
❏ C) Marks the day the first Mormons arrived at Utah's Salt Lake Valley
3. Who is the founder of Christian Science ?
❏ A) Mary Baker Eddy
❏ B) Jesus
❏ C) Mohamad

6. Work Cited
❖ Andersen, Kurt. Fantasyland. Random House UK, 2018.
❖ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_Student_movement
❖ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Taze-Russell
❖ https://www.britannica.com/topic/Jehovahs-Witnesses
❖ https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/title-page?lang=eng