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Zion in the courts : a legal history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1900

The Mormon commitment to the creation of Zion-the Kingdom of God on Earth-decisively influenced Mormon legal conflicts with the state. In this first legal history of the Mormon experience, Firmage and Mangrum draw upon a broad range of church documents and archival materials to provide a comprehensive overview of a unique religious minority's encounters with the law and legal institutions

Print Book, English, ©1988
University of Illinois Press, Urbana, ©1988