LDS in the USA

Lee Trepanier is Associate Professor of Political Science, Saginaw Valley State University. Lynita K. Newswander is Adjunct Professor, Department of Political Science, University of South Dakota.

Introduction: For Another Thousand Years 1 Mormons in the American Imagination 2 An American Marriage 3 The Political Kingdom of God 4 An American Theology 5 Mormonism as the American Narrative Conclusion: The Most American of Religions Notes Selected Bibliography Index

"An engaging and sympathetic introduction to the Mormon people and their religion. LDS in the USA makes clear the essentially American nature of this religion as well as the reasons for its ongoing struggle to gain greater tolerance in American society and politics." --Armand L. Mauss, author of All Abraham's Children: Changing Mormon Conceptions of Race and Lineage " LDS in the USA is unique and welcome. Mormonism is the most American of religions, but it, perhaps like Islam, is the most marginalized. Trepanier and Newswander provide an indispensable guide to understanding Mormonism at this complex moment of American political, cultural, and religious history." --John von Heyking, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Lethbridge Trepanier and Newswander examine the intersection of the tension between the nation's sometimes bizarre understanding of Mormon belief and the suspicious acceptance of the most well known Mormons into the American public identity. Readers are consistently challenged to abandon popular perceptions in order to embrace more fully the fascinating importance of this American religion. -- Theological Book Review