TY - BOOK AU - Flake,Kathleen TI - The politics of American religious identity: the seating of Senator Reed Smoot, Mormon apostle SN - 0807863548 AV - BX8695.S74 F57 2004eb U1 - 328.73/092 22 PY - 2004///] CY - Chapel Hill, London PB - The University of North Carolina Press KW - Smoot, Reed, KW - Smoot, Reed. KW - United States KW - Congress KW - Senate KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints KW - gnd KW - fast KW - Mormon Church KW - Apostles KW - Legislators KW - Christianity and politics KW - Polygamy KW - Religious aspects KW - History of doctrines KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Government KW - Legislative Branch KW - bisacsh KW - Religiöse Identität KW - USA KW - swd KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-230) and index; The American idea of a church -- The man who served two masters -- Subordinating to the state -- The common good -- Re-placing memory -- Defining denominational citizenship; Electronic reproduction; [S.l.]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - Between 1901 and 1907, a coalition of Protestant churches sought to expel newly elected Reed Smoot from the Senate for being a Mormon. Here, Kathleen Flake shows how the subsequent investigative hearing ultimately mediated a compromise between Progressive Era Protestantism and Mormonism and resolved the nation's long-standing "Mormon Problem." UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=127496 UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=127496 UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=e000xna&AN=127496 ER -