A peculiar people
J. Spencer Fluhman · 2012
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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. - Jacket flap.
Book details
- Year
- 2012
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- University of North Carolina Press
- Editions
- 3
- Pages
- 229
- ISBN
- 9780807835715
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