Ezra Taft Benson is perhaps the most controversial
apostle-president in the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints. For nearly fifty years he delivered impassioned
sermons in Utah and elsewhere, mixing religion with
ultraconservative right-wing political views and conspiracy
theories. His teachings inspired Mormon extremists to stockpile
weapons, predict the end of the world, and commit acts of violence
against their government. The First Presidency rebuked him, his
fellow apostles wanted him disciplined, and grassroots Mormons
called for his removal from the Quorum of the Twelve. Yet Benson
was beloved by millions of Latter-day Saints, who praised him for
his stances against communism, socialism, and the welfare state,
and admired his service as secretary of agriculture under President
Dwight D. Eisenhower. Using previously restricted documents from
archives across the United States, Matthew L. Harris breaks new
ground as the first to evaluate why Benson embraced a radical form
of conservatism, and how under his leadership Mormons became the
most reliable supporters of the Republican Party of any religious
group in America.
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