Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Framing a Collage
Chapter 2 ''George W. Romney is ready and has the faith'':
Mormonism in a Presidential Campaign Season
Chapter 3 Church Rites vs. Civil Rights
Chapter 4 The Politics of Family Values: 1972-1981
Chapter 5 Familiar Spirits, Part One: The Early Eighties
Chapter 6 Familiar Spirits, Part Two: The Eighties and Early
Nineties
Chapter 7 Standing a Little Taller: 1995-2005
Chapter 8 Familiar Faces: Mormons and American Popular Culture in a
New Millennium
Chapter 9 Suspicions-and Surprises: The 2008 Campaign Season
Chapter 10 ''Don't Think This Is Really a Moment'': Proposition 8,
Broadway Plays, Presidential Campaigns Part Two - and Paradoxes
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J.B. Haws is Assistant Professor of church history at Brigham Young University. He is a Hooper, Utah native. He and his wife, Laura, and their four children now live in Provo, Utah.
"An important contribution to Mormon historical studies...This book
provides a rich resource for those interested in the ongoing
tension between Mormons and non-Mormon America."--Mormon Studies
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"This is an excellent source for scholars of Mormonism or cultural
studies, and would be useful for students of Protestant
Christianity in America as well."--Nova Religio: The Journal of
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"J. B. Haws's recent study The Mormon Image in the American Mind:
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the lens of media coverage and popular opinion." --The
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"An engaging account of Mormonism's 50-year journey out of the
wilderness. J. B. Haws presents a lively story of a modern church's
transition from 'building bunkers to bridges.' Thorough and
judicious." --Terryl Givens, Professor of Literature and Religion
and James A. Bostwick Professor of English, University of
Richmond
"The book is well cited, and its conclusions and commentaries are
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"The Mormon image in the American mind is, as J. B. Haws so
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Jonathan Edwards Professor of
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"The Mormon Image in the American Mind breaks new ground in the
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retelling." --Reid L. Neilson, Managing Director, LDS Church
History Department
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