Imperial Zions: religion, race, and family in the American West and the Pacific
The race and sex of God -- The bonds between sisters : early Latter-day Saint ideas about the family -- Redeeming the Lamanites in Native America and the Pacific -- Creating polygamous domesticities -- Making kin : Latter-day Saints and the politics of interracial intimacy -- Native Zions.
| Résumé: | The race and sex of God -- The bonds between sisters : early Latter-day Saint ideas about the family -- Redeeming the Lamanites in Native America and the Pacific -- Creating polygamous domesticities -- Making kin : Latter-day Saints and the politics of interracial intimacy -- Native Zions. "Imperial Zions explores the importance of the body in Mormon theology with the faith's attempts to spread its gospel as a "civilizing" force in the American West and the Pacific to highlight the intertwining of Latter-day Saint theology and American ideas about race, sexuality, and the nature of colonialism"-- |
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| Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1496214609 |