The emergence of the Mormon church is arguably the most radical
event in American religious history. How and why did so many
Americans flock to this new religion, and why did so many other
Americans seek to silence or even destroy that movement? Winner of
the MHA Best Book Award by the Mormon History Association Mormonism
exploded across America in 1830, and America exploded right back.
By 1834, the new religion had been mocked, harassed, and finally
expelled from its new settlements in Missouri. Why did this
religion generate such anger? And what do these early conflicts say
about our struggles with religious liberty today? In No Place for
Saints, the first stand-alone history of the Mormon expulsion from
Jackson County and the genesis of Mormonism, Adam Jortner
chronicles how Latter-day Saints emerged and spread their faith-and
how anti-Mormons tried to stop them. Early on, Jortner explains,
anti-Mormonism thrived on gossip, conspiracies, and outright fables
about what Mormons were up to. Anti-Mormons came to believe Mormons
were a threat to democracy, and anyone who claimed revelation from
God was an enemy of the people with no rights to citizenship. By
1833, Jackson County's anti-Mormons demanded all Saints leave the
county. When Mormons refused-citing the First Amendment-the
anti-Mormons attacked their homes, held their leaders at gunpoint,
and performed one of America's most egregious acts of religious
cleansing. From the beginnings of Mormonism in the 1820s to their
expansion and expulsion in 1834, Jortner discusses many of the most
prominent issues and events in Mormon history. He touches on the
process of revelation, the relationship between magic and LDS
practice, the rise of the priesthood, the questions surrounding
Mormonism and African Americans, the internal struggles for
leadership of the young church, and how American law shaped this
American religion. Throughout, No Place for Saints shows how
Mormonism-and the violent backlash against it-fundamentally
reshaped the American religious and legal landscape. Ultimately,
the book is a story of Jacksonian America, of how democracy can
fail religious freedom, and a case study in popular politics as
America entered a great age of religion and violence.
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