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HNN Hot Topics: Mormonism

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  • Why Do Mormons Baptize Holocaust Victims? (3-5-12)
  • Did Mormons Ban Black People from their Church? (2-27-12)
  • Well before Romney, Mormon founder ran for president (10-26-11)
  • Evidence of Mormon Participation in Mexican War Found (3-8-10)
  • Historians examine links between Lincoln and Mormonism (5-14-09)
  • Book: Polygamy was deep and broad in early Mormon society in Illinois (2-9-09)
  • Historian says Mormon land grabbed in Missouri (6-27-08)
  • For Romney, It's Not His Father's Campaign (9-16-07)
  • Dialogue on Mormon founder marks bicentennial of birth (11-12-05)
  • Author Facing Excommunication For Questioning Origins Of Mormonism (12-9-04)

    • Commentary: Historians

  • Matthew Bowman: Our Latest Mormon Moment (6-11-12)
  • Timothy R. Furnish: Has Mitt Romney's Mormonism Influenced His Views on Islam? (2-6-12)
  • David S. Reynolds: Why Evangelicals Don’t Like Mormons (1-25-12)
  • Jonathan Zimmerman: Evangelicals Now Vote for Catholics. Will They Also Vote for a Mormon? (1-25-12)
  • Vaughn Davis Bornet: Can a Mormon Candidate Rise Above the Religious Issue to Win It All Next Year? (1-9-12)
  • Alexander Heffner: Mitt Romney: Interviews with Rogers M. Smith and Lou Cannon (11-14-11)
  • Lester Hunt: The "Wacky" Religious Beliefs of Politicians: Should We Care?(10-31-11)
  • Elise Boxer: The Origins of Mormon Manifest Destiny, Mormon Whiteness and Racial Formations [VIDEO] (8-14-11)
  • Seth Perry: Romney's Religious Dilemma (2-11-08)
  • Mark Neels: Did Anyone Care that George Romney Was Mormon? (1-08-08)
  • Neil J. Young: Southern Baptists vs. the Mormons ... An Old Story (12-19-07)
  • Matthew Bowman: What Does Mormonism Mean to Mitt? (12-16-07)
  • Steven Conn: The "Wall of Separation" Has Preserved Religion -- Including Mormonism (12-16-07)
  • Jan Shipps: What Makes Mitt Romney So Mormon (12-11-07)
  • Richard Lyman Bushman: The Challenge Facing a Mormon in Writing about Mormon History (12-11-07)
  • Seth Perry: An Outsider Looks In at Mormonism (2-3-06)
  • Seth Perry: Why Is It So Hard to Talk about Mormons? (1-26-06)
  • Richard Lyman Bushman: It's Time for Mormon History to Come into Its Own (2-29-04)

    • Commentary: Media

  • Harold Bloom: Will This Election Be the Mormon Breakthrough? (11-12-11)
  • Dana Milbank: Mormon Prophecy Behind Glenn Beck's Message (10-5-10)
  • Mark Hemingway: Romney shouldn't have to answer questions about Mormon history (5-4-07)
  • Damon Linker: Mormon President? Yes, It's a Problem.
    • (1-1-07)
  • Noah Feldman: What Is It About Mormonism? (1-6-08)
  • Mormonism May Sour Romney For Some In Christian Right
    • (8-30-05)
  • G. Jeffrey MacDonald: Did Brigham Young Order a Massacre? (4-28-07)