"A Peculiar People" : Anti-Mormonism and the Making of Religion in Nineteenth-Century America

Though the U.S. Constitution guarantees the free exercise of religion, it does not specify what counts as a religion. From its founding in the 1830s, Mormonism, a homegrown American faith, drew thousands of converts but far more critics. In A Peculiar People, J. Spencer Fluhman offers a comprehensiv...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fluhman, J. Spencer
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints > History.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints > Controversial literature.
Mormon Church.
RELIGION > Christianity > Denominations.
RELIGION > Christianity > Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon)
Mormon Church > History.
Mormon Church > Controversial literature.
United States.
États-Unis > Histoire religieuse > 19e siecle.
United States > Church history > 19th century.
History.
Controversial literature.
Church history.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Though the U.S. Constitution guarantees the free exercise of religion, it does not specify what counts as a religion. From its founding in the 1830s, Mormonism, a homegrown American faith, drew thousands of converts but far more critics. In A Peculiar People, J. Spencer Fluhman offers a comprehensive history of anti-Mormon thought and the associated passionate debates about religious authenticity in nineteenth-century America. He argues that understanding anti-Mormonism provides critical insight into the American psyche because Mormonism became a potent symbol around which ideas about religion.
Physical Description:1 online resource (240 pages).
ISBN:9781469601595

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