02740nam 2200625Ia 450 991045190030332120200520144314.00-8078-6354-8(CKB)1000000000452651(EBL)413279(OCoLC)70724102(SSID)ssj0000223902(PQKBManifestationID)12078272(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000223902(PQKBWorkID)10206783(PQKB)10942673(MiAaPQ)EBC413279(Au-PeEL)EBL413279(CaPaEBR)ebr10075634(CaONFJC)MIL929340(OCoLC)57707347(EXLCZ)99100000000045265120030625d2004 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe politics of American religious identity[electronic resource] the seating of Senator Reed Smoot, Mormon apostle /Kathleen FlakeChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20041 online resource (254 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8078-5501-4 0-8078-2831-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-230) and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The American Idea of a Church; 2. The Man Who Served Two Masters; 3. Subordinating to the State; 4. The Common Good; 5. Re-Placing Memory; 6. Defining Denominational Citizenship; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; 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."Mormon ChurchApostlesHistory20th centuryLegislatorsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryChristianity and politicsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryPolygamyReligious aspectsMormon ChurchHistory of doctrines20th centuryElectronic books.Mormon ChurchApostlesHistoryLegislatorsHistoryChristianity and politicsHistoryPolygamyReligious aspectsMormon ChurchHistory of doctrines328.73/092Flake Kathleen976445MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451900303321The politics of American religious identity2224364UNINA