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<p>When Joseph Smith ran for president as a radical protest candidate in 1844, Mormons were a deeply distrusted group in American society, and their efforts to enter public life were met with derision. When Mitt Romney ran for president as a Republican in 2008 and 2012, the public had come to regard Mormons as consummate Americans: patriotic, family-oriented, and conservative. How did this shift occur? <p>In this collection, prominent scholars of Mormonism, including Claudia L. Bushman, Richard
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- Author
- Balmer, Randall (editor);Riess, Jana (editor)
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780231165983
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Political Science, Christian
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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