Exiles in a land of liberty : Mormons in America, 1830-1846 / by Kenneth H. Winn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Winn, Kenneth H.

Series:

Studies in religion (Chapel Hill, N.C.)

Studies in religion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latter Day Saints--United States--History--19th century.

Latter Day Saints.

United States--History--1815-1861.

United States.

United States--Church history--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c1989.

Language Note:

English

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

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Origins of Mormonism; 2. The Book of Mormon as a Republican Document; 3. Social Disorder and the Resurrection of Communal Republicanism among the Mormons; 4. The Rise of Anti-Mormonism; 5. Anti-Mormonism Becomes Violent; 6. Republican Dissent in the Kingdom of God; 7. Republican Virtue ""Exterminated"" in Missouri; 8. Anti-Mormonism Reappears in Illinois; 9. To Redeem the Nation; 10. America the Corrupt; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-276) and index.

ISBN:

9798890867605

9780807866351

0807866350

OCLC:

826483580