Religious Liberty and Latter-Day Saints: Historical and Global Perspectives

by Robert T. Smith and John C. Thomas

"Joseph Smith penned the Wentworth Letter that produced the eleventh and twelfth articles of faith, in which Latter-day Saints "claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience" and the duty of "obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law." These statements have occasionally been in tension: claiming free exercise of religion while pledging to uphold the law. This volume offers historical and global perspectives...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1950304434
• ISBN13: 9781950304431
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Brigham Young University Press
• Length: 536 Pages