1865

Franciscan missionary sisters founded

1867

Brotherhood of the New Life (Spiritualist) founds colony in Brocton, New York

Preaching.
"Camp Meeting of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Sing Sing." Harper's Weekly, Aug. 1867, p.501.

1869

Koreshan Unity Movement founded

1870

First Vatican Council promulgates doctrine of papal infallibility

Sanctified Sisters (later called the Women’s Commonwealth) created in Belton, TX

1871

Immaculate Heart Sisters (Roman Catholic) founded

1872

Charles Russell founds Jehovah’s Witnesses

1873

Union of American Hebrew Congregations formed

Sisters of Charity (Roman Catholic) arrive in United States from Germany

1874

Hutterite immigrants establish Bon Homme, first colony in South Dakota

First Felician Sisters from Poland and Notre Dame Sisters from Germany (Roman Catholic) arrive in United States

Women’s Commonwealth (Sanctified Sisters) founded in Belton, Texas

Beecher-Tilton scandal, involving Congregational minister Henry Ward Beecher

1875

Evangelist Dwight Moody returns from Britain and begins a nationwide American tour

First Catholic cardinal in the United States appointed

First Poor Clares (Roman Catholic) arrive in United States

Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health, establishes basis for Christian Science

Theosophical Society founded in New York City

Untitled.
"Camp Meeting of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Sing Sing." Harper's Weekly, Aug. 1867, p.501.

1876

Felix Adler founds Ethical Culture Society, New York

Sacred Heart Franciscans (Roman Catholic) founded

Brotherhood of the New Life (Spiritualist) founds colony in Fountain Grove, California

1878

Alexander Winchell, professor of geology at Vanderbilt, is fired for contradicting biblical chronology in his lectures

1880

Cloistered Dominican nuns (Roman Catholic) founded

Swiss-American Federation of Benedictines (Roman Catholic) founded in United States

Salvation Army founded in the United States

1882

Knights of Columbus founded in New Haven, Connecticut

Dominican Sisters (Roman Catholic) founded in United States

First Good Shepherd Sisters (Roman Catholic) arrive in United States from Canada

Jewish agricultural colonies estabilshed in Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, and Virginia

1883

Indian Shaker Church founded

Oblates (Roman Catholic) established in United States

1884

Shalam (Spiritualist) colony founded in New Mexico

1885

Holy Family Sisters (Roman Catholic) arrive in United States from Italy

1886

Dwight Moody founded Bible Institute for Home and Foreign Missions

The Circuit Preacher.
Harper's Weekly, Oct. 1867, p.641.

1887

Olivetan Benedictine Sisters (Roman Catholic) formed in Arkansas

1889

Catholic church disbands and excommunicates last Penitentes, a lay brotherhood in the Southwest

Prophecies of Paiute visionnary Wovoka initiate spread of Ghost Dance among western Indian peoples

1890

Massacre of Sioux Ghost Dancers at Wounded Knee, South Dakota

Mormon Church officially renounces doctrine of polygamy, paving the way for Utah statehood

1891

Salvation Army opens Lighthouse shelter in New York City

Orello Cone publishes Gospel Criticism and Historical Christianity

1893

World’s Parliament of Religions, Chicago

Mormon Temple dedicated at Salt Lake City, Utah

Shiloh Movement (Church of the Living God) organized in Maine

Swami Vivekanada of India tours the United States; Vedanta Movement founded

Zion City (theocratic colony) founded in Illinois

1894

Pope Leo XIII issues encyclical Rerum Novarum on industrialization and labor

Shaker colony founded in Narcoosee, Florida

Altruria Colony (Christian Socialist) formed in California

1895

Evangelist Billy Sunday begins his preaching career

Formation of National Baptist Convention of the USA, largest black denomination in the country

Shiloh community (Church of the Living God) founded in Maine

Vedanta Movement forms first communal ashrams in US cities

Willard Cooperative Colonies (Christian Prohibitionist) founded in North Carolina and Tennessee

Salvation Army denounces lynching

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, The Woman’s Bible

1896

Charles M. Sheldon, In His Steps, or, What Would Jesus Do?

Father John Zahm publishes Evolution and Dogma; suppressed by the Vatican

Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary founded, first yeshiva in the country

Christian Commonwealth Colony founded in Columbus, Georgia

Christian Corporation, a socialist colony, founded in Lincoln, Nebraska

1897

Jewish Daily Forward begins publication in New York

Theosophical Movement founds Temple of the People in Syracuse, New York, and Point Loma Colony in San Diego, California

1898

Christian Commercial Men’s Association (Gideons International) founded

Christian Cooperative colonies founded in Kansas, Georgia, and Washington

Salvation Army forms unemployment colonies in California, Colorado, and Ohio

Shaker colony founded in White Oak, Georgia

1899

Pope Leo XIII issues Testem Benevolentiae, warning against “theological Americanism”

Christian Social Association colony founed in Sarona, Wisconsin

View of Auditorium During the General Conference.
"The Evangelistic Work Under the Direction of Dwight L. Moody at Northfield, Massachusetts." Harper's Weekly, Aug. 1899, p.811.

1900

Sisters of St. Francis (Roman Catholic) formed

Southern Cooperative Association of Apalachicola (Swedenborgian) founded in Florida

Vedanta Movement forms first rural commune in California

1901

American Standard Version of the Bible is published

Pentacostal movement begins at Charles Fox Parnahm’s Bible School, Topeka, KS

Brotherhood of Light movement (Spiritualist) founds colonies in Colorado

1902

William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience

Rabbi Solomon Schechter assumes leadership of Jewish Theological Seminary, New York; develops ideas that will underlay Conservative Judaism

Zitkala-Sa, “Why I Am a Pagan,” Atlantic Monthly