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"A Peculiar People": Anti-Mormonism and the Making of Religion in Nineteenth-Century America
J. Spencer Fluhman
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Paperback. Peculiar People: Anti-Mormonism and the Making of Religion in Nineteenth-Century America Num Pages: 229 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HRAX; HRCC99. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
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 and the state took shape.
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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 and the state took shape.
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Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9781469618852
SKU
V9781469618852
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About J. Spencer Fluhman
J. Spencer Fluhman is assistant professor of history at Brigham Young University.
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