The Mormon faith is deeply American in just about every way, and yet Mormons have never quite been accepted in America. Why? What is it like to be a Mormon in America? How do Mormons navigate American politics? Many of them voted for Trump, but do they like him? Join us as we talk with Matthew Bowman, the Howard W. Hunter Chair of Mormon Studies at Claremont Graduate University, as he walks us through the history of Mormonism, his own beliefs, and the way he thinks about our current political landscape as a Mormon.
Links:
Matthew Bowman’s book The Mormon People: The Making of an American Faith:
https://bookshop.org/a/65404/9780812983364
Bowman’s latest book, Joseph Fielding Smith: A Mormon Theologian:
https://bookshop.org/a/65404/9780252088056
Christian: The Politics of a Word in America
https://bookshop.org/a/65404/9780674244917
Matthew Bowman’s bio:
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