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The Saints and the state : the Mormon troubles in Illinois
- Title
- The Saints and the state : the Mormon troubles in Illinois / James Simeone.
- Author
- Simeone, James, 1960-
- Publication
- Athens : Ohio University Press, [2021]
- ©2021
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Details
- Description
- xvi, 420 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "When members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints settled in Illinois in 1839, they had been persecuted for their beliefs from Ohio to Missouri. Illinoisans viewed themselves as religiously tolerant egalitarians and initially welcomed the Mormons to their state. However, non-Mormon locals who valued competitive individualism perceived the Saints' western Illinois settlement, Nauvoo, as a theocracy with too much political power. Amid escalating tensions in 1844, anti-Mormon vigilantes assassinated church founder Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum. Two years later, the state expelled the Saints. Illinois rejected the Mormons not for their religion, but rather for their effort to create a self-governing state in Nauvoo. Mormon people put the essential aspirations of American liberal democracy to the test in Illinois. The Saints' inward, group focus and their decision to live together in Nauvoo highlight the challenges strong group consciousness and attachment pose to democratic governance. The Saints and the State narrates this tragic story as an epic failure of governance and shows how the conflicting demands of fairness to the Mormons and accountability to Illinois's majority became incompatible"--
- Series Statement
- New approaches to Midwestern studies
- Uniform Title
- New approaches to Midwestern studies.
- Alternative Title
- Mormon troubles in Illinois
- Subject
- Illinois. Militia. Nauvoo Legion > History
- Illinois. Militia. Nauvoo Legion
- To 1899
- Latter Day Saints > Illinois > History > 19th century
- Pioneers > Political activity > Illinois
- Latter Day Saints
- Politics and government
- Nauvoo (Ill.) > History > 19th century
- Illinois > Politics and government > To 1865
- Illinois > History > 1778-1865
- Illinois
- Illinois > Nauvoo
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Informational works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-411) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : settler Illinois as a developing democracy -- Illinois in 1839 : land of worth and accommodation -- Joseph Smith and the new politics of belief -- Saints and suckers in the settler state -- Nauvoo prophecies in the Hancock status order -- Performing citizenship in the house of power -- Religious toleration and political ideology in the Illinois regime -- Conclusion : the perils of Democratic storytelling
- Call Number
- JFD 21-3476
- ISBN
- 9780821424469
- 0821424467
- LCCN
- 2020048160
- 40030620439
- OCLC
- 1201300668
- Author
- Simeone, James, 1960- author.
- Title
- The Saints and the state : the Mormon troubles in Illinois / James Simeone.
- Publisher
- Athens : Ohio University Press, [2021]
- Copyright Date
- ©2021
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- New approaches to Midwestern studiesNew approaches to Midwestern studies.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-411) and index.
- Chronological Term
- To 1899
- Other Form:
- Online version: Simeone, James, 1960- The Saints and the state Athens : Ohio University Press, [2021] 9780821447383 (DLC) 2020048161
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40030620439
- Research Call Number
- JFD 21-3476