Mormonism and American politics
Joseph Smith's presidential ambitions / Richard Lyman Bushman -- Unpopular sovereignty : Brigham Young and the U.S. government, 1847-1877 / John G. Turner -- Polygamy in the nation's capitol : Protestant women and the 1899 campaign against B.H. Roberts / Jana Riess -- Eternal progression :...
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| Language: | English |
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New York
Columbia University Press
[2016]
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| In: | Year: 2016 |
| Reviews: | Mormonism and American Political Life - Seeking the Promised Land (2017) (Wilson, J. Matthew)
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| Volumes / Articles: | Show volumes/articles. |
| Series/Journal: | Religion, culture, and public life
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Mormon Church
/ Politics
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| Further subjects: | B
Religion And Politics (United States)
B Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Political activity B Mormon Church Political activity B Conference program |
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| Summary: | Joseph Smith's presidential ambitions / Richard Lyman Bushman -- Unpopular sovereignty : Brigham Young and the U.S. government, 1847-1877 / John G. Turner -- Polygamy in the nation's capitol : Protestant women and the 1899 campaign against B.H. Roberts / Jana Riess -- Eternal progression : Mormonism and American progressivism / Matthew Bowman -- Ezra Taft Benson and the conservative turn of "those amazing Mormons" / Jan Shipps -- Testimony and theology : the Mormon struggle with America's civil religion / Russell Arben Fox -- Chosen land, chosen people : religious and american exceptionalism among the Mormons / Philip L. Barlow -- Like father, unlike son : the governors Romney, the Kennedy paradigm, and the Mormon question / Randall Balmer -- A politically peculiar people : how Mormons moved into and then out of the political mainstream / David E. Campbell, Christopher F. Karpowitz, and J. Quin Monson -- "Twice-told tale" : telling two histories of Mormon-black relations during the 2012 presidential election / Max Perry Mueller -- Mormon women talk politics / Claudia L. Bushman -- On the "underground" : what the Mormon "yes on 8" campaign reveals about the future of Mormons in American political life / Joanna Brooks -- Mitt, Mormonism, and the media : an unfamiliar faith takes the stage in the 2012 U.S. presidential election / Peggy Fletcher Stack |
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| Item Description: | "The papers in this volume, with the exception of three essays ... were first presented at a Conference on Mormonism and Politics, held at Columbia University, February 3-4, 2012" - Introduction Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0231165986 |