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Joseph Smith for President: The Prophet, the Assassins, and the Fight for American Religious Freedom

bySpencer W. McBride

Spencer W. McBride uses Joseph Smith for President to investigate the Prophet, the Assassins, and the Fight for American Religious Freedom through a carefully framed historical account. By tracing causes alongside consequences, the narrative gives readers both a grounded account and a route into the connected fields of history and religion. Specific examples keep the larger argument tangible and reveal why familiar explanations do not always account for the full story. The book ultimately clarifies what made these developments possible, who experienced their effects, and why the story remains significant.

Publisher

Oxford University Press, Incorporated

Publication date

2021

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9780190909413