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Benjamin E. Park

Benjamin E. Park teaches American history at Sam Houston State University. He is the author of the award-winning Kingdom of Nauvoo: The Rise and Fall of a Religious Empire on the American Frontier. His next book, American Zion: A New History of Mormonism, will be released in January.

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Archive, Books, Christian Nationalism, OMFG, Politics/LawOctober 26, 2023

Mitt Romney, the Public Face of Mormonism, Reckons with His Alienation From a Radicalized GOP and His Role in Enabling it

By Benjamin E. Park

Riding high from his tenure as the moderate governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney was anxious…

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Archive, Culture, OMFGApril 25, 2022

FX’s ‘Under the Banner of Heaven’ Adaptation Rejects Reductive Elements of Krakauer’s Book, But Confirms That ‘Mormonism Breeds Dangerous Men’

By Benjamin E. Park

I was a twenty-year-old missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in…

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(A)theologies, Archive, CultureMarch 5, 2021

‘Murder Among the Mormons’ Episode 3 Recap: What is Genuine?

By Benjamin E. Park

  Spoiler: this recap covers the investigative developments found throughout the three episodes of Murder…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Culture, OMFGMarch 4, 2021

‘Murder Among the Mormons’ Ep 2 Recap: A Family Man With a Wild Side

By Benjamin E. Park

  Spoiler: this recap covers some of the crucial investigative developments featured in the second…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Culture, OMFGMarch 3, 2021

‘Murder Among the Mormons’ Ep 1 Recap: A Trio of Bombs Launches SLC into a Panic

By Benjamin E. Park

  Below is a recap of the first episode of Murder Among the Mormons, a…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Culture, Racial JusticeMarch 1, 2021

‘Murder Among the Mormons,’ Latest True Crime Doc From Netflix, Highlights Issues of Faith, Skepticism, and Authenticity

By Benjamin E. Park

Note on spoilers, etc: This essay covers the broad outlines of the Mark Hofmann forgery…

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(A)theologies, Archive, OMFG, Sex/Gender/JusticeMay 14, 2020

How an 1843 Revelation on Polygamy Poses a Serious Challenge to Modern Mormonism

By Benjamin E. Park

This week, new legislation goes into effect in Utah that decriminalizes polygamy among consenting adults….

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Archive, Culture, Politics/Law, Remapping American ChristianitiesJanuary 20, 2017

Mormon Tabernacle Choir Will Usher In the Trump Era

By Benjamin E. Park

Their decision to participate in Trump’s inauguration epitomizes the Church’s priority of fitting within their surrounding culture, even at the expense of contrasting and competing values.

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(A)theologies, Archive, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Politics/Law, Remapping American ChristianitiesMarch 25, 2016

Why Utah Felt the Bern: Mormonism’s Forgotten Progressive Past

By Benjamin E. Park

This week, Utah and Idaho delivered Bernie’s largest margin of victories in the Democratic primaries…

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