A Peculiar PeopleAnti-Mormonism and the Making of Religion in Nineteenth-Century AmericaFluhman, J. Spencer.creatortextbibliographyElectronic books.Church history.Controversial literature.History.ncuChapel HillThe University of North Carolina Press2012monographiceng1 online resource (240 pages)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.n-us---Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsControversial literatureMormon ChurchControversial literatureChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsHistoryMormon ChurchHistoryUnited StatesChurch history19th centuryChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter Day SaintsControversial literatureChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day SaintsHistoryMormon ChurchControversial literatureMormon ChurchHistoryUnited StatesChurch history19th centuryRELIGIONChristianityChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon)Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.Mormon ChurchUnited StatesRELIGION / Christianity / Denominations
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