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A Peculiar People

Paperback • 2014 • 1. edition

A Peculiar People

By J. Spencer Fluhman

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About the book

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 insig...Show more

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9781469618852

Publisher

The University of North Carolina Press

Published year

2014

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1

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A Peculiar People

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Paperback

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