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Loading... Exiles in a Land of Liberty: Mormons in America, 1830-1846 (Studies in Religion) (edition 1989)by Kenneth H. Winn
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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 No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)973.5History and Geography North America United States 1809-1845LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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