[PDF.34ki] The Politics of American Religious Identity: The Seating of Senator Reed Smoot, Mormon Apostle

The Politics of American Religious Identity: The Seating of Senator Reed Smoot, Mormon Apostle

[PDF.uk95] The Politics of American Religious Identity: The Seating of Senator Reed Smoot, Mormon Apostle

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 | #665027 in Books |  The University of North Carolina Press |  2004-03-22 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.20 x.60 x6.40l,.82 | File type: PDF | 256 pages

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||14 of 14 people found the following review helpful.| Almost perfect|By I am the|This is a superbly written book, and one of the few works of professional, objective history that examines 20th century Mormonism. Flake's central thesis is that pressure from the US Government in the form of the Smoot hearings forced the church to abandon polygamy once and for all. Faced with the loss of its most cogent identity marker, the Mormon|From Publishers Weekly|This outstanding historical study focuses on the national outrage a century ago when Reed Smoot, an apostle in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was elected to serve as a Senator from Utah. Millions of Americans signed petit

Between 1901 and 1907, a broad coalition of Protestant churches sought to expel newly elected Reed Smoot from the Senate, arguing that as an apostle in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Smoot was a lawbreaker and therefore unfit to be a lawmaker. The resulting Senate investigative hearing featured testimony on every peculiarity of Mormonism, especially its polygamous family structure. The Smoot hearing ultimately mediated a compromise between Progressive E...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.The Politics of American Religious Identity: The Seating of Senator Reed Smoot, Mormon Apostle   |  Kathleen Flake. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.

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