Read The Saints and the State: The Mormon Troubles in Illinois (New Approaches to Midwestern History)

The Saints and the State: The Mormon Troubles in Illinois (New Approaches to Midwestern History)

James Simeone

4.9/5 (28811 ratings)

Description:A compelling history of the 1846 Mormon expulsion from Illinois that exemplifies the limits of American democracy and religious tolerance.When members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (known as Mormons) settled in Illinois in 1839, they had been persecuted for their beliefs from Ohio to Missouri. Illinoisans viewed themselves as religiously tolerant egalitarians and initially welcomed the Mormons to their state. However, non-Mormon locals who valued competitive individualism perceived the saints‘ western Illinois settlement, Nauvoo, as a theocracy with too much political power. Amid escalating tensions in 1844, anti-Mormon vigilantes assassinated church founder Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum. Two years later, the state expelled the saints. Illinois rejected the Mormons not for their religion, but rather for their effort to create a self-governing state in Nauvoo.Mormons put the essential aspirations of American liberal democracy to the test in Illinois. The saints’ inward group focus and their decision to live together in Nauvoo highlight the challenges strong group consciousness and attachment pose to democratic governance. The Saints and the State narrates this tragic story as an epic failure of governance and shows how the conflicting demands of fairness to the Mormons and accountability to Illinois’s majority became incompatible.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Saints and the State: The Mormon Troubles in Illinois (New Approaches to Midwestern History). To get started finding The Saints and the State: The Mormon Troubles in Illinois (New Approaches to Midwestern History), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 0821424467

Description: A compelling history of the 1846 Mormon expulsion from Illinois that exemplifies the limits of American democracy and religious tolerance.When members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (known as Mormons) settled in Illinois in 1839, they had been persecuted for their beliefs from Ohio to Missouri. Illinoisans viewed themselves as religiously tolerant egalitarians and initially welcomed the Mormons to their state. However, non-Mormon locals who valued competitive individualism perceived the saints‘ western Illinois settlement, Nauvoo, as a theocracy with too much political power. Amid escalating tensions in 1844, anti-Mormon vigilantes assassinated church founder Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum. Two years later, the state expelled the saints. Illinois rejected the Mormons not for their religion, but rather for their effort to create a self-governing state in Nauvoo.Mormons put the essential aspirations of American liberal democracy to the test in Illinois. The saints’ inward group focus and their decision to live together in Nauvoo highlight the challenges strong group consciousness and attachment pose to democratic governance. The Saints and the State narrates this tragic story as an epic failure of governance and shows how the conflicting demands of fairness to the Mormons and accountability to Illinois’s majority became incompatible.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Saints and the State: The Mormon Troubles in Illinois (New Approaches to Midwestern History). To get started finding The Saints and the State: The Mormon Troubles in Illinois (New Approaches to Midwestern History), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

The Saints and the State: The Mormon Troubles in Illinois (New Approaches to Midwestern History)

The Saints and the State: The Mormon Troubles in Illinois (New Approaches to Midwestern History)

More Books

Democracy and Slavery in Frontier Illinois: The Bottomland Republic

Democracy and Slavery in Frontier Illinois: The Bottomland Republic

The autonomic nervous system; anatomy physiology and surgical application by James C. White Reginald H. Smithwick [and] Fiorindo A. Simeone. 1952 [Leather Bound]

The autonomic nervous system; anatomy physiology and surgical application by James C. White Reginald H. Smithwick [and] Fiorindo A. Simeone. 1952 [Leather Bound]

Glass Mountain Volume 8

Glass Mountain Volume 8

Black Friday (Italian Edition)

Black Friday (Italian Edition)

Christmas With Bing

Christmas With Bing