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God's Country, Uncle Sam's Land: FAITH AND CONFLICT IN THE AMERICAN WEST

Todd M. Kerstetter

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Description:"While many studies of religion in the West have focused on the region's diversity, freedom, and individualism, Todd M. Kerstetter brings together the three most glaring exceptions to those rules to explore the boundaries of tolerance as enforced by society and the U.S. government." God's Country, Uncle Sam's Land examines how and why three new religious groups failed to find a peaceful home in this purportedly tolerant region. It analyzes Mormon history from the Utah Expedition and Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857 through subsequent decades of federal legislative and judicial actions aimed at ending polygamy and limiting church power. It also focuses on the Lakota Ghost Dancers and the Wounded Knee Massacre in South Dakota (1890), and the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas (1993).We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with God's Country, Uncle Sam's Land: FAITH AND CONFLICT IN THE AMERICAN WEST. To get started finding God's Country, Uncle Sam's Land: FAITH AND CONFLICT IN THE AMERICAN WEST, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: "While many studies of religion in the West have focused on the region's diversity, freedom, and individualism, Todd M. Kerstetter brings together the three most glaring exceptions to those rules to explore the boundaries of tolerance as enforced by society and the U.S. government." God's Country, Uncle Sam's Land examines how and why three new religious groups failed to find a peaceful home in this purportedly tolerant region. It analyzes Mormon history from the Utah Expedition and Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857 through subsequent decades of federal legislative and judicial actions aimed at ending polygamy and limiting church power. It also focuses on the Lakota Ghost Dancers and the Wounded Knee Massacre in South Dakota (1890), and the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas (1993).We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with God's Country, Uncle Sam's Land: FAITH AND CONFLICT IN THE AMERICAN WEST. To get started finding God's Country, Uncle Sam's Land: FAITH AND CONFLICT IN THE AMERICAN WEST, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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