John G. Turner
JOHN G. TURNER {[email protected]} is professor of religious studies at George Mason University and the author of They Knew They Were Pilgrims: Plymouth Colony and the Contest for American Liberty (Yale University Press, 2020). He is a member of Burke Presbyterian Church in Fairfax, Virginia.
Articles
The True Tales of Polygamy Fiction | William A. MacKinnon and Kenneth L. Alford, eds., Fact, Fiction, and Polygamy: A Tale of Utah War Intrigue,1857–1858: A. G. Browne’s The Ward of the Three Guardians
A woman unhappily married to a polygamist. A girl trapped in Utah, separated from her father, likely soon to be sealed to a hoary elder. A gentile-accompanied flight to safety.
Read moreHistoric Sites Holy Envy Sara M. Patterson, Pioneers in the Attic: Place and Memory Along the Mormon Trail
When it comes to sacred places, I feel considerable holy envy toward the Latter-day Saints. Their sacred sites stretch across the continent, from Vermont to California. Mormons can visit their founding prophet’s birthplace, the grove…
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