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Contingent Citizens: Shifting Perceptions of Latter-Day Saints in American Political Culture
Contributor(s): McBride, Spencer W. (Editor), Rogers, Brent M. (Editor), Erekson, Keith A. (Editor)

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ISBN: 1501749544     ISBN-13: 9781501749544
Publisher: Cornell University Press
OUR PRICE: $34.60  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: May 2020
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christianity - Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints (mormon)
- History | United States - General
- Political Science | Public Policy - Cultural Policy
Dewey: 289.373
LCCN: 2019037679
Age Level: 18-UP
Grade Level: 13-UP
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 9" L (1.01 lbs) 312 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Christian
- Religious Orientation - Mormonism/Lds
Features: Bibliography, Index, Price on Product
 
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Contingent Citizens features fourteen essays that track changes in the ways Americans have perceived the Latter-day Saints since the 1830s. From presidential politics, to political violence, to the definition of marriage, to the meaning of sexual equality--the editors and contributors place Mormons in larger American histories of territorial expansion, religious mission, Constitutional interpretation, and state formation. These essays also show that the political support of the Latter-day Saints has proven, at critical junctures, valuable to other political groups. The willingness of Americans to accept Latter-day Saints as full participants in the United States political system has ranged over time and been impelled by political expediency, granting Mormons in the United States an ambiguous status, contingent on changing political needs and perceptions.

Contributors: Matthew C. Godfrey, Church History Library; Amy S. Greenberg, Penn State University; J. B. Haws, Brigham Young University; Adam Jortner, Auburn University; Matthew Mason, Brigham Young University; Patrick Q. Mason, Claremont Graduate University; Benjamin E. Park, Sam Houston State University; Thomas Richards, Jr., Springside Chestnut Hill Academy; Natalie Rose, Michigan State University; Stephen Eliot Smith, University of Otago; Rachel St. John, University of California Davis

 
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