The Politics of American Religious Identity: The Seating of Senator Reed Smoot, Mormon ApostleBetween 1901 and 1907, a broad coalition of Protestant churches sought to expel newly elected Reed Smoot from the Senate, arguing that as an apostle in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Smoot was a lawbreaker and therefore unfit to be a law |
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The American Idea of a Church | 12 |
The Man Who Served Two Masters | 34 |
Subordinating to the State | 56 |
The Common Good | 82 |
RePlacing Memory | 109 |
Defining Denominational Citizenship | 138 |
Epilogue | 159 |
Notes | 179 |
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References to this book
David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism Gregory A. Prince,William Robert Wright Limited preview - 2005 |
Joseph Smith, Jr.: Reappraisals After Two Centuries Reid L. Neilson,Terryl L. Givens Limited preview - 2008 |
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Politics of American Religious Identity: The Seating of Senator Reed Smoot, Mormon Apostle The Politics of American Religious Identity: The Seating of Senator Reed Smoot, Mormon Apostle, Kathleen Flake |
| Author | Kathleen Flake |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Univ of North Carolina Press, 2004 |
| ISBN | 0807855014, 9780807855010 |
| Length | 238 pages |
| Subjects | › › Law / Constitutional Political Science / American Government / Legislative Branch Religion / Christianity / Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) Religion / Clergy |
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