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- catalog abstract "Between 1901 and 1907, a broad coalition of Protestant churches sought to expel newly elected Reed Smoot from the Senate, arguing that as an apostle in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Smoot was a lawbreaker and therefore unfit to be a lawmaker. The resulting Senate investigative hearing featured testimony on every peculiarity of Mormonism, especially its polygamous family structure. The Smoot hearing ultimately mediated a compromise between Progressive Era Protestantism and Mormonism and resolved the nation's long-standing "Mormon Problem." On a broader scale, Kathleen Flake shows how this landmark hearing provided the occasion for the country--through its elected representatives, the daily press, citizen petitions, and social reform activism--to reconsider the scope of religious free exercise in the new century. Flake contends that the Smoot hearing was the forge in which the Latter-day Saints, the Protestants, and the Senate hammered out a model for church-state relations, shaping for a new generation of non-Protestant and non-Christian Americans what it meant to be free and religious. In addition, she discusses the Latter-day Saints' use of narrative and collective memory to retain their religious identity even as they changed to meet the nation's demands.".
- catalog contributor b13119158.
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description "Between 1901 and 1907, a broad coalition of Protestant churches sought to expel newly elected Reed Smoot from the Senate, arguing that as an apostle in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Smoot was a lawbreaker and therefore unfit to be a lawmaker. The resulting Senate investigative hearing featured testimony on every peculiarity of Mormonism, especially its polygamous family structure. The Smoot hearing ultimately mediated a compromise between Progressive Era Protestantism and Mormonism and resolved the nation's long-standing "Mormon Problem." On a broader scale, Kathleen Flake shows how this landmark hearing provided the occasion for the country--through its elected representatives, the daily press, citizen petitions, and social reform activism--to reconsider the scope of religious free exercise in the new century. Flake contends that the Smoot hearing was the forge in which the Latter-day Saints, the Protestants, and the Senate hammered out a model for church-state relations, shaping for a new generation of non-Protestant and non-Christian Americans what it meant to be free and religious. In addition, she discusses the Latter-day Saints' use of narrative and collective memory to retain their religious identity even as they changed to meet the nation's demands.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-230) and index.".
- catalog description "The American idea of a church -- The man who served two masters -- Subordinating to the state -- The common good -- Re-placing memory -- Defining denominational citizenship.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 238 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Politics of American religious identity.".
- catalog identifier "0807828319".
- catalog identifier "0807855014 (pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Politics of American religious identity.".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press,".
- catalog relation "Politics of American religious identity.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "328.73/092 22".
- catalog subject "BX8695.S74 F57 2004".
- catalog subject "Christianity and politics United States History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Christiantiy and politics Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Legislators United States History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Mormon Church Apostles History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Polygamy Religious aspects Mormon Church History of doctrines 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Smoot, Reed, 1862-1941.".
- catalog subject "United States. Congress. Senate History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Privileges and Elections. Proceedings before the Committee on privileges and elections of the United States Senate in the matter of the protests against the right of Hon. Reed Smoot, a senator from the state of Utah, to hold his seat.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The American idea of a church -- The man who served two masters -- Subordinating to the state -- The common good -- Re-placing memory -- Defining denominational citizenship.".
- catalog title "The politics of American religious identity : the seating of Senator Reed Smoot, Mormon apostle / Kathleen Flake.".
- catalog type "text".