Exiles in a land of liberty [[electronic resource] ] : Mormons in America, 1830-1846 / / by Kenneth H. Winn
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Winn Kenneth H
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| Titolo: |
Exiles in a land of liberty [[electronic resource] ] : Mormons in America, 1830-1846 / / by Kenneth H. Winn
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| Pubblicazione: | Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c1989 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 973.5/088283 |
| Soggetto topico: | Latter Day Saints - United States - History - 19th century |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States History 1815-1861 |
| United States Church history 19th century | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-276) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Origins of Mormonism; 2. The Book of Mormon as a Republican Document; 3. Social Disorder and the Resurrection of Communal Republicanism among the Mormons; 4. The Rise of Anti-Mormonism; 5. Anti-Mormonism Becomes Violent; 6. Republican Dissent in the Kingdom of God; 7. Republican Virtue ""Exterminated"" in Missouri; 8. Anti-Mormonism Reappears in Illinois; 9. To Redeem the Nation; 10. America the Corrupt; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Using the concept of ""classical republicanism"" in his analysis, Kenneth Winn argues against the common view that the Mormon religion was an exceptional phenomenon representing a countercultural ideology fundamentally subversive to American society. Rather, he maintains, both the Saints and their enemies affirmed republican principles, but in radically different ways.Winn identifies the 1830 founding of the Mormon church as a religious protest against the pervasive disorder plaguing antebellum America, attracting people who saw the libertarianism, religious pluralism, and market capi |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Exiles in a land of liberty |
| ISBN: | 979-88-908676-0-5 |
| 0-8078-6635-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910808014503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Studies in religion (Chapel Hill, N.C.)