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A #MormonAmerica thread on my new @ReligPolitics essay, charting the divergent trajectories of modern Mormon conservatism.In short: Mike Lee is resurrecting an LDS tradition of conspiratorial & reactionary politics. /1https://religionan
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There’s few more consequential figures in Mormon studies than D. Michael Quinn, who worked for LDS church, taught at BYU, was excommunicated, & published a series of books that reshaped
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It's Sunday night, the election is (mostly) over, so how about we reflect on what 2020 says about the Mormon vote? A #MormonAmerica thread. /1 First, for some background: here
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While Frederick Douglass is being recognized more and more nowadays, and his powerful anti-racist arguments are increasingly popular, I think there's another part of his legacy that is overlooked.This is
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There’s been a lot said about whether BH Roberts lost faith in the Book of Mormon. I think much of the debate is misplaced: what he was argued was not
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Okay, now that I have a bit more time, here's a (hopefully) quick thread on the rise & fall of the independent Mormon vote in 2016, and what would be
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I thought I'd provide historical context, from my #MormonAmerican research, to a recent petition that accuses BYU of forgetting its religious mission. The school has a long and interesting history
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Hey y'all: today's the 176th anniversary of Joseph Smith's death at Carthage Jail. It's a pretty important date for members of the LDS Church, but allow me to argue, drawing
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It's been heartbreaking to see so much pain and anguish this weekend, and tragic that a principle as simple as #blacklivesmatter is still so contested. As a historian, I
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It's a lazy Saturday, so how about a #MormonAmerica story-time?This one involves LDS discussions concerning polygamy in the 1960s. Just not the type you'd consider. Instead, it involves Africa, Oxford,
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Tonight's #reviewthread: @NicoMyTurn's SOUL LIBERTY: THE EVOLUTION OF BLACK RELIGIOUS POLITICS IN POSTEMANCIPATION VIRGINIA (@uncpressblog).(Reminder: capitalized words represent my categories.) GENERAL ARGUMENT: while scholars have often foc
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For my first #review thread, I'm going to highlight @HC_Richardson's new and sweeping volume, "How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul
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