05188cam a2200853Mi 4500 ocn811502668 OCoLC 20200709055543.0 m d cr |n| 120920s2012 ncu ob 001 0 eng d MHW eng pn MHW YDXCP CN3GA OCLCQ MEAUC JSTOR OCLCF OCLCA E7B OCLCQ OCLCO N$T 868951868 903051502 9781469601595 electronic bk. 1469601591 electronic bk. 9780807837405 electronic bk. 0807837407 electronic bk. 1469618850 9781469618852 9780807835715 (cloth ; alk. paper) NZ1 15914130 (OCoLC)811502668 (OCoLC)868951868 (OCoLC)903051502 464093 (N$T) 22573/ctt6319k JSTOR n-us--- BX8645 .F58 2012 REL046000 bisacsh HIS036040 bisacsh REL 094000 bisacsh 289.309/034 289.309034 N$TA Fluhman, J. Spencer. A Peculiar People [electronic resource] : Anti-Mormonism and the Making of Religion in Nineteenth-Century America. Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2012. 1 online resource (240 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Print version record. Though the U.S. Constitution guarantees the free exercise of religion, it does not specify what counts as a religion. From its founding in the 1830s, Mormonism, a homegrown American faith, drew thousands of converts but far more critics. In A Peculiar People, J. Spencer Fluhman offers a comprehensive history of anti-Mormon thought and the associated passionate debates about religious authenticity in nineteenth-century America. He argues that understanding anti-Mormonism provides critical insight into the American psyche because Mormonism became a potent symbol around which ideas about religion. Cover; Contents; PROLOGUE. On Familiarity and Contempt; INTRODUCTION. Religious Liberty as an American Problem; CHAPTER 1. "Impostor": The Mormon Prophet; Authenticity and Disestablishment; Interlopers in the Protestant Historical Pantheon; Counterfeiters of Faith and Currency; CHAPTER 2. "Delusion": Early Mormon Religiosity; Mormon Spirituality and the Threat of Enthusiasm; Religion, Madness, and the Search for Rational Faith; Enlightened Christianity and the Problem of Mormon Evidence; CHAPTER 3. "Fanaticism": The Church as (Un)Holy City; The Political Burden of the Mormon Gathering. The Discovery of a Mormon TheologyThe Politics of Expulsion; CHAPTER 4. "Barbarism": Rhetorics of Alienation; Empire(s) in the West; The Problem of Mormon Whiteness; Mormon Women, the Ungrateful Objects of American Pity; CHAPTER 5. "Heresy": Americanizing the American Religion; Mormonism in the Crowd of World Religions; Textbook Mormons and the Weight of Mormon History; Conclusion: Mormonism (Almost) Defanged; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z. Includes bibliographical references and index. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Controversial literature. Mormon Church Controversial literature. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints History. Mormon Church History. United States Church history 19th century. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Controversial literature. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints History. Mormon Church Controversial literature. Mormon Church History. United States Church history 19th century. RELIGION Christianity Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) bisacsh Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. fast (OCoLC)fst00549691 Mormon Church. fast (OCoLC)fst01026221 United States. fast (OCoLC)fst01204155 RELIGION / Christianity / Denominations bisacsh 1800 - 1899 fast Electronic books. Church history. fast (OCoLC)fst01411629 Controversial literature. fast (OCoLC)fst01423907 History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 Print version: 9780807835715 Ebook Library http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=1014766 ebrary http://librarytitles.ebrary.com/id/10753771 JSTOR http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5149/9780807837405_Fluhman EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=464093 ebrary EBRY ebr10753771 YBP Library Services YANK 9622228 EBSCOhost EBSC 464093 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 51385 51385