The Saints and the State: The Mormon Troubles in Illinois By James Simeone

Title

The Saints and the State: The Mormon Troubles in Illinois By James Simeone

Publication Type

Journal Article

Year of Publication

2022

Authors

Rogers, Brent M. (Primary)

Journal

BYU Studies Quarterly

Pagination

279–282

Volume

61

Issue

1

URL

https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/the-saints-and-the-state/

Abstract

The history of the Latter-day Saint experience in Nauvoo, Illinois, still has a great deal to teach us. It is not just the simplistic story of religious persecution and expulsion that is often rehearsed. In seven dense chapters, James Simeone, professor of political science at Illinois Wesleyan University, unveils a complex political milieu to explain the tension that led to the 1846 departure of the Saints from Illinois—and ultimately the United States.

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Subject Keywords

Nauvoo, IL
Latter-day Saint History (1820-1846)

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