[Rezension von: Jortner, Adam Joseph, No Place for Saints: Mobs and Mormons in Jacksonian America]
Adam Jortner has written a thoughtful and accessible volume on the early years of Mormonism and its reception by American Gentiles. His book has many merits: it is engagingly written; it contains a strong argument; and it fills a gap in the literature. This readable volume is well suited to undergra...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Oxford University Press
2023
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A journal of church and state
Year: 2023, Volume: 65, Issue: 2, Pages: 287-289 |
| Review of: | No place for saints (Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021) (Simeone, James)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mormon Church
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| IxTheo Classification: | KBQ North America SA Church law; state-church law |
| Further subjects: | B
Book review
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| Summary: | Adam Jortner has written a thoughtful and accessible volume on the early years of Mormonism and its reception by American Gentiles. His book has many merits: it is engagingly written; it contains a strong argument; and it fills a gap in the literature. This readable volume is well suited to undergraduate classes needing a case study of how antebellum freedom of religion was lived and negotiated. Because it artfully combines a sophisticated understanding of theology with an eye to foregrounding problems we face today, the book will prove useful to those concerned with understanding an enduring and problematic fault line in American politics ... |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csad009 |