The Saints and the State

List of Illustrations

Series Editors' Preface

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Settler Illinois as a Developing Democracy

1 Illinois in 1839: Land of Worth and Accommodation

2 Joseph Smith and the New Politics of Belief

3 Saints and Suckers in the Settler State

4 Nauvoo Prophecies in the Hancock Status Order

5 Performing Citizenship in the House of Power

6 Religious Toleration and Political Ideology in the Illinois Regime

7 Thomas Ford and the Politics of Civic Worth

Conclusion: The Perils of Democratic Storytelling

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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• Religião e política
• Igrejas cristãs e denominações
• História das Américas
• História local

history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Mormon War in Illinois; Nauvoo; death of Joseph Smith; Mormons expelled; developing democracy; Illinois political history; settler states; civic narratives; American political development; second party system; failed governance; religious tolerance; vigilantism; state capacity; LDS history; religious persecution in the United States; religion in the 19th century United States