Exiles in a Land of Liberty: Mormons in America, 1830-1846

by Kenneth H. Winn

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807843008
• ISBN13: 9780807843000
• Release Date: August 1990
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.3"