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A Peculiar People: The Mystical and Pragmatic Appeal of Mormonism
Kenneth Anderson Washington College of Law, American University; Stanford University - The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace Los Angeles Times Book Review, November 1999 Abstract: This 1999 Los Angeles Times Book Review essay examines Richard and Joan Ostling's account of contemporary Mormonism in the United States. Richard Ostling, a reporter for Time Magazine, obtained extensive access to Mormon Church officials in the course of researching the book, and it gives the fullest account available currently of Mormon life in America. The review finds the book to be very evenhanded and objective, and perhaps the best introduction to the Mormon faith extant today, whether by Mormon church members or non-members.
Keywords: Mormon, Mormonism, Joseph Smith, Mormon Church, Book of Mormon, Ostlings, Rigoberta Menchus, History, Theology, Brigham Young, Ezra Taft Benson, Mormon Fundamentalism JEL Classifications: B25, B29, B30, B31 Accepted Paper SeriesDate posted: November 03, 2006 ; Last revised: December 08, 2008Suggested CitationContact Information
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