My dissertation project, Mormons at the World's Fair: A Study of Religious and Cultural Agency and Transformation looks at a pivotal period of transition within the American religious and political national culture (1880–1907). Using Mormonism as an important focal point of nati…
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The United States has a tradition of spawning innovative religious groups. When exceptional religious groups offensive to mainstream society have developed in areas thoroughly settled or controlled by effective state or local law enforcement agencies, mainstream society has ofte…
I argue that the Mormon's blending of religious beliefs with the constitutional argument fostered a constitutional theology whereby the Mormons believed the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights proved to be God-ordained, prophetic documents. Therefore, they believed that the fed…
Nauvoo, Illinois is a small town, known today as a summer tourist destination because of rich religious history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS or Mormons) and other branches of the Mormon restoration movement such as the Community of Christ church. The l…