{"product_id":"book-i84k","title":"American Zion","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first major history of Mormonism in a decade, drawing on newly available sources to reveal a profoundly divided faith that has nevertheless shaped the nation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was founded by Joseph Smith in 1830 in the so-called \"burned-over district\" of upstate New York, which was producing seers and prophets daily. Most of the new creeds flamed out; Smith's would endure, becoming the most significant homegrown religion in American history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAmerican Zion\u003c\/i\u003e Benjamin E. Park presents a fresh, sweeping account of the Latter-day Saints: from the flight to Utah Territory in 1847 to the public renunciation of polygamy in 1890; from the Mormon leadership's forging of an alliance with the Republican Party in the wake of the New Deal to the \"Mormon moment\" of 2012; and beyond. In the twentieth century, Park shows, Mormons began to move ever closer to the center of American life, shaping culture, politics, and law along the way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA definitive, character-driven work of history,  \u003ci\u003eAmerican Zion\u003c\/i\u003e is essential to any understanding of the Mormon past, present, and future. But its lessons extend beyond the faith: as Park puts it, the Mormon story is the American story. ","brand":"Highbridge Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49351548830000,"sku":"BDi84k","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49351548862768,"sku":"ZEi84k","price":55.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49351548928304,"sku":"ZMi84k","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/i84k-cover.jpg?v=1765878171","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-i84k","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}