| Description |
1 online resource (x, 284 pages) |
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Studies in religion |
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Studies in religion (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
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| Contents |
The Origins of Mormonism -- The Book of Mormon as a Republican Document -- Social Disorder and the Resurrection of Communal Republicanism among the Mormons -- The Rise of Anti-Mormonism -- Anti-Mormonism Becomes Violent -- Republican Dissent in the Kingdom of God -- Republican Virtue "Exterminated" in Missouri -- Anti-Mormonism Reappears in Illinois -- To Redeem the Nation -- America the Corrupt |
| Summary |
Using the concept of ""classical republicanism"" in his analysis, Kenneth Winn argues against the common view that the Mormon religion was an exceptional phenomenon representing a countercultural ideology fundamentally subversive to American society. Rather, he maintains, both the Saints and their enemies affirmed republican principles, but in radically different ways. Winn identifies the 1830 founding of the Mormon church as a religious protest against the pervasive disorder plaguing antebellum America, attracting people who saw the libertarianism, religious pluralism, and market capi |
| Analysis |
United States Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, history |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-276) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Mormonen |
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Latter Day Saints -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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HISTORY.
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Latter Day Saints
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Mormonen.
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Geschichte (1830-1846)
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United States -- History -- 1815-1861.
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United States -- Church history -- 19th century.
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United States
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USA
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| Genre/Form |
Church history
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
88023291 |
| ISBN |
0807866350 |
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9780807866351 |
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