J B Haws

The Mormon Image in the American Mind

Fifty Years of Public Perception

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Produktbeschreibung

What do Americans think about Mormons, and why do they think what they do? J.B. Haws reveals the dramatic transformation of American thought about Mormons over a period of forty years, showing how a surprising range of personalities, organizations, and events helped to shape the American public's understanding of Mormon history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 426
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 161mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 755g
• ISBN-13: 9780199897643
• ISBN-10: 0199897646
• Artikelnr.: 37724791

Autorenporträt

J.B. Haws is Assistant Professor in the Church History and Doctrine Department at Brigham Young University.

Inhaltsangabe

* Acknowledgements
* Chapter 1 Framing a Collage
* Chapter 2 ''George W. Romney is ready and has the faith'': Mormonism
in a Presidential Campaign Season
* Chapter 3 Church Rites vs. Civil Rights
* Chapter 4 The Politics of Family Values: 1972-1981
* Chapter 5 Familiar Spirits, Part One: The Early Eighties
* Chapter 6 Familiar Spirits, Part Two: The Eighties and Early Nineties
* Chapter 7 Standing a Little Taller: 1995-2005
* Chapter 8 Familiar Faces: Mormons and American Popular Culture in a
New Millennium
* Chapter 9 Suspicions-and Surprises: The 2008 Campaign Season
* Chapter 10 ''Don't Think This Is Really a Moment'': Proposition 8,
Broadway Plays, Presidential Campaigns Part Two - and Paradoxes
* Bibliography