A Peculiar People : Anti-Mormonism and the Making of Religion in Nineteenth-Century America.
by
Fluhman, J. Spencer.
Title
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A Peculiar People : Anti-Mormonism and the Making of Religion in Nineteenth-Century America.
Author
:
Fluhman, J. Spencer.
ISBN
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9781469601595
9780807837405
Publication Information
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Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2012.
Physical Description
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1 online resource (240 pages)
Abstract
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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.
Corporate Subject
:
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Controversial literature.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- History.
Subject Term
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Mormon Church -- Controversial literature.
Mormon Church -- History.
Electronic Access
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Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | [[missing key: search.ChildField.HOLDING]] | Status |
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Online Library | E-Book | 376774-1001 | ONLINE | | Elektronik Kütüphane |