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God and Politics Matthew L. Harris, ed., Thunder from the Right: Ezra Taft Benson in Mormonism and Politics

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God and Politics Matthew L. Harris, ed., Thunder from the Right: Ezra Taft Benson in Mormonism and Politics

In the mid-twentieth century, Ezra Taft Benson was an important political figure who despised communism and feared that the United States was on the road to moral decay. He decried the rise of feminism and…

Matthew L. Harris, ed., Thunder from the Right: Ezra Taft Benson in Mormonism and Politics

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God and Politics Matthew L. Harris, ed., Thunder from the Right: Ezra Taft Benson in Mormonism and Politics

In the mid-twentieth century, Ezra Taft Benson was an important political figure who despised communism and feared that the United States was on the road to moral decay. He decried the rise of feminism and…

Matthew L. Harris, ed., Thunder from the Right: Ezra Taft Benson in Mormonism and Politics

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The Church and Collective Bargaining in American Society

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The Vietnam War Through the Eyes of a Mormon Subculture

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The Reorganization in the Twentieth Century

Revolution and Mormonism in Asia: What the Church Might Offer a Changing Society

Three Myths About Mormons in Latin America

Mormons in the Third Reich: 1933-1945

Moderation in All Things: Political and Social Outlooks of Modern Urban Mormons

The Politics of B.H. Roberts

Watergate: A Personal Experience

Hanging by a Thread: Mormons and Watergate

Church and Politics at the IWY Conference

During the spring of 1977, Utah’s two major newspapers began their coverage of what was to become one of the hottest political controversies of the year: the Utah Women’s Conference authorized by the National Commission…

Out of the Slot: Patriarchs and Politics: The Plight of Mormon Women by Marilyn Warenski

The World of Evangelism: Redemptorama: Culture, Politics, and the New Evangelism by Carol Flake

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The Holy War Surrounding Evan Mecham

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A Valuable Addition to the Literature: Church, State, and Politics: The Diaries of John Henry Smith

A Strange Phenomena: Ernest L. Wilkinson, the LDS Church, and Utah Politics

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Professional Myths About Latter-day Therapy

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In the Service of Peace, in the Defense of War: Reflections on War of a Liberal Catholic in Mormon Utah

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Anabaptism, the Book of Mormon, and the Peace Church Option

However, Mennonites and Latter Day Saints may be spiritual cousins. A sympathetic comparison of the origins of both movements may illuminate their past and also assist in contemporary living of the gospel of shalom.

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The Possibilities of Mormon Peacebuilding

Reed Smoot and the Twentieth-Century Transformation of Mormonism: The Politics of American Religious Identity: The Seating of Senator Reed Smoot, Mormon Apostle by Kathleen Flake

A National Conspiracy?: Junius & Joseph: presidential Politics and the Assassination of the First Mormon Prophet by Robert S. Wicks and Fred R. Foister

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The Political Is Personal

An Evangelical Perspective

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Mormon History Association Conference: To Forsake Thy Father and Mother: Mary Fielding Smith and the Familial Politics of Conversion

America and the One True Church: What My Church Taught Me about My Country

Review: Liberalism and the American Mormon: Three Takes David E. Campbell, John C. Green, and J. Quin Monson. Seeking the Promised Land: Mormons and American Politics Richard Davis. The Liberal Soul: Applying the Gospel of Jesus Christ in Politics Terryl