Books by Kathleen Flake
“We come out of this fascinating case study, where there are lots of fascinating characters on either side, with a church that was more assimilated to American culture and an American culture much more willing to assimilate the Mormons.” Read more...
Benjamin E. Park, Historian
Interviews where books by Kathleen Flake were recommended
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Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling
by Richard Lyman Bushman -
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House Full of Females: Plural Marriage and Women’s Rights in Early Mormonism, 1835-1870
by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich -
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Religion of a Different Color: Race and the Mormon Struggle for Whiteness
by W. Paul Reeve -
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The Politics of American Religious Identity: The Seating of Senator Reed Smoot, Mormon Apostle
by Kathleen Flake -
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Sister Saints: Mormon Women Since the End of Polygamy
by Colleen McDannell
The best books on Mormonism, recommended by Benjamin E. Park
The best books on Mormonism, recommended by Benjamin E. Park
Mormonism is an entirely home-grown American religion. Nevertheless, as historian Benjamin E. Park explains, it struggled to win social acceptance in the United States in the 19th and early 20th century and that marginalisation profoundly shaped its development and, to some extent, its doctrines.