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Mormonism and American politics / edited by Randall Balmer and Jana Riess.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Balmer, Randall Herbert, editor.
Riess, Jana, editor.
EBSCOhost.
Class of 1953 Fund.
Series:
Religion, culture, and public life
Religion, Culture, and Public Life
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Political activity.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Latter Day Saint churches--Political activity.
Latter Day Saint churches.
Religion and politics--United States.
Religion and politics.
Political participation.
United States.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiii, 244 pages) : illustrations.
Place of Publication:
New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]
System Details:
text file
Contents:
Joseph Smith's presidential ambitions / Richard Lyman Bushman
Unpopular sovereignty : Brigham Young and the U.S. government, 1847-1877 / John G. Turner
Polygamy in the nation's capitol : Protestant women and the 1899 campaign against B.H. Roberts / Jana Riess
Eternal progression : Mormonism and American progressivism / Matthew Bowman
Ezra Taft Benson and the conservative turn of "those amazing Mormons" / Jan Shipps
Testimony and theology : the Mormon struggle with America's civil religion / Russell Arben Fox
Chosen land, chosen people : religious and american exceptionalism among the Mormons / Philip L. Barlow
Like father, unlike son : the governors Romney, the Kennedy paradigm, and the Mormon question / Randall Balmer
A politically peculiar people : how Mormons moved into and then out of the political mainstream / David E. Campbell, Christopher F. Karpowitz, and J. Quin Monson
"Twice-told tale" : telling two histories of Mormon-Black relations during the 2012 presidential election / Max Perry Mueller
Mormon women talk politics / Claudia L. Bushman
On the "underground" : what the Mormon "yes on 8" campaign reveals about the future of Mormons in American political life / Joanna Brooks
Mitt, Mormonism, and the media : an unfamiliar faith takes the stage in the 2012 U.S. presidential election / Peggy Fletcher Stack.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1953 Fund.
ISBN:
9780231540896
0231540892
Publisher Number:
99966763352
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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