Barbara Lounsberry

The People Are Kind

History & Biography

“The People Are Kind offers the first comprehensive history of religion in Iowa from the land and its indigenous peoples to the present. The breadth and depth of Douglas’s research will astound: the most obscure belief system is tracked. A fascinating read. In short, pithy paragraphs and in twenty-four short vivid chapters—each launched with engaging epigraphs—Douglas seeks ‘to amplify and qualify national generalizations’ and show again and again how religious dissension led to Iowa’s notable religious diversity.”