"A Peculiar People": Anti-Mormonism and the Making of Religion in Nineteenth-Century America
"As Fluhman shows in marvelous detail, Mormonism was the great scandal of American nineteenth-century religion."--The New Yorker"General readers interested in American religious history will find this a worthwhile read."--Library Journal"Recommended. All levels/libraries."--Choice"The world needs more books like Fluhman's deft account of nineteenth-century anti-Mormon literature and the fascinating American dialogues about religion that anti-Mormonism produced. Interdisciplinarity and historicity thrive simultaneously in"A Peculiar People,"and Fluhman's marvelously succinct book as much elevates him as a historian of synoptic breadth as it uplifts his subject."--Journal of Interdisciplinary History"An important work to the growing field of historical treatments of anti-Mormonism . . . I wholeheartedly recommend Fluhman's excellent volume."--Journal of Mormon History"Laudably concise without sacrificing rigor. . . . Both reveals and underscores the importance of anti-Mormon discourse in the nineteenth-century American (mis-)understanding of religion."--Journal of Church and State"An eye-opening exposure."--Nova Religio"Fluhman's book goes beyond the usual treatments of anti-Mormonism. . . . A stimulating discussion of the course of religion in America. This review can only hint at the richness of Fluhman's interpretive work."--The Annals of Iowa"This excellent book deserves a wide audience and offers much to those interested in religion and identity, the nineteenth century, the American West, and intellectual and cultural history."--American Historical Review"Few books deserve to be longer. This is one of them. . . . A must-read for anyone seriously interested in the study of American religion."--Journal of American History"Fluhman has successfully captured the dynamic process of nineteenth-century religious otherness by crafting a wonderfully entertaining, illuminating, and concise book."--Register of the Kentucky Historical Society"A comprehensive history of anti-Mormon thought."--American Catholic Studies Newsletter