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The Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) ended a twenty year political battle over same sex marriage in the USA. The ruling in favor of a constitutional right for gays and lesbians to marry reflected growing social acceptance and political rights for gays and lesbians. At the same time, America remains a deeply religious country and many religious organizations have long opposed marriage equality. How do religious organizations interpret, process, and respond to shifting attitudes and public policy toward the LGBT community?

This book examines how religious...

The Mormon tradition is unfamiliar and mysterious to most Americans outside of the religion, and understandably generates much curiosity. "Mormons in American Politics: From Persecution to Power" provides an intellectual foundation of Mormon development and emergence in politics, comprehensively examining significant issues and developments from historical, theological, cultural, and modern perspectives. The work analyzes diverse, contemporary topics including Mormons in popular culture, Mormon understandings of the Constitution, the Mormon welfare program, Mormon opposition to same-sex...