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Zion in the courts : a legal history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1900 / Edwin Brown Firmage and Richard Collin Mangrum.
LIBRA KF4869.M6 F57 1988
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Firmage, Edwin Brown.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--History.
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- Latter Day Saints--Legal status, laws, etc--United States--History.
- Latter Day Saints.
- Ecclesiastical courts--United States--History.
- Ecclesiastical courts.
- Latter Day Saint churches--History.
- Latter Day Saint churches.
- History.
- Latter Day Saints--Legal status, laws, etc.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 430 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1988]
- Summary:
- The Mormon commitment to the creation of Zion-the Kingdom of God on Earth-decisively influenced Mormon legal conflicts with the state. In this first legal history of the Mormon experience, Firmage and Mangrum draw upon a broad range of church documents and archival materials to provide a comprehensive overview of a unique religious minority's encounters with the law and legal institutions.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages [399]-412.
- ISBN:
- 0252014987
- OCLC:
- 17107769
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