The politics of American religious identity : the seating of Senator Reed Smoot, Mormon apostle / Kathleen Flake.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flake, Kathleen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latter Day Saint churches--Apostles--History--20th century.

Latter Day Saint churches.

Legislators--United States--History--20th century.

Legislators.

Christianity and politics--United States--History--20th century.

Christianity and politics.

Polygamy--Religious aspects--Latter Day Saint churches--History of doctrines--20th century.

Polygamy.

United States. Congress. Senate--History--20th century.

United States.

Smoot, Reed, 1862-1941.

Smoot, Reed.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Between 1901 and 1907, a coalition of Protestant churches sought to expel newly elected Reed Smoot from the Senate for being a Mormon. Here, Kathleen Flake shows how the subsequent investigative hearing ultimately mediated a compromise between Progressive Era Protestantism and Mormonism and resolved the nation's long-standing "Mormon Problem."

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The American Idea of a Church; 2. The Man Who Served Two Masters; 3. Subordinating to the State; 4. The Common Good; 5. Re-Placing Memory; 6. Defining Denominational Citizenship; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-230) and index.

ISBN:

9798890877130

9780807863541

0807863548

OCLC:

70724102