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Imperial Zions : Religion, Race, and Family in the American West and the Pacific
Title
Imperial Zions : Religion, Race, and Family in the American West and the Pacific / Amanda Hendrix-Komoto.
ISBN
9781496233806
9781496214607
Publication
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2022.
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2022
Copyright Notice Date
©2022.
Physical Description
1 online resource (276 pages) : illustrations
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Summary
Imperial Zions explores the importance of the body in Latter-day Saint theology through the faith's attempts to spread its gospel as a ""civilizing"" force, highlighting the intertwining of Latter-day Saint theology and American ideas about race, sexuality, and colonialism.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE complete collection 2022.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 19, 2023
Series
Studies in Pacific Worlds Ser.
Contents
The race and sex of God
The bonds between sisters : early Latter-day Saint ideas about the family
Redeeming the Lamanites in Native America and the Pacific
Creating polygamous domesticities
Making kin : Latter-day Saints and the politics of interracial intimacy
Native Zions.
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