Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List Of Illustrations vii
4. Introduction ix
5. Part I: Origins And Tensions
6. 1. Joseph Smith’S Presidential Ambitions 3
7. 2. Unpopular Sovereignty: Brigham Young And The U.S. Government, 1847–1877 14
8. 3. Polygamy In The Nation’S Capitol: Protestant Women And The 1899 Campaign Against B. H. Roberts 32
9. 4. Eternal Progression: Mormonism And American Progressivism 53
10. Part II: Shifting Alliances
11. 5. Ezra Taft Benson And The Conservative Turn Of “Those Amazing Mormons” 73
12. 6. Testimony And Theology: The Mormon Struggle With America’S Civil Religion 85
13. 7. Chosen Land, Chosen People: Religious And American Exceptionalism Among The Mormons 102
14. 8. Like Father, Unlike Son: The Governors Romney, The Kennedy Paradigm, And The Mormon Question 115
15. Part III: Into The Twenty-Fi Rst Century
16. 9. A Politically Peculiar People: How Mormons Moved Into And Then Out Of The Political Mainstream 133
17. 10. “Twice-Told Tale”: Telling Two Histories Of Mormon-Black Relations During The 2012 Presidential Election 155
18. 11. Mormon Women Talk Politics 175
19. 12. On The “Underground”: What The Mormon “Yes On 8” Campaign Reveals About The Future Of Mormons In American Political Life 192
20. 13. Mitt, Mormonism, And The Media: An Unfamiliar Faith Takes The Stage In The 2012 U.S. Presidential Election 210
21. Contributors 227
22. Index 231