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Mormonism in Britain began in the late 1830s with the arrival of American missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Not long afterward, thousands of British converts emigrated to Utah and became a kind of lifeblood for the early Mormon Church. The English North West, where Mormonism had its strongest presence, has since become a place of profound significance to the church, both institutionally and internationally. Despite its importance to Mormonism, this history has never been fully explored. Matthew Rasmussen provides the first detailed account and examines how Mormonism has changed and endured in Britain.

After many British believers left for America, church membership in England fell so sharply that the movement in Britain seemed to be on the brink of collapse. Yet British Mormonism gradually resurged and continues today. How did this religious minority flourish when so many nineteenth-century revivalist movements did not? Rasmussen explains Mormonism’s inception, perpetuation, and maturation in Britain in a compelling case study of a “new religious movement” with staying power. From its establishment in 1837 to its maturation in 1998, the Mormon perspective of Britain shifted dramatically. This book chronicles that shift, and illustrates how doctrinal adaptation has enabled Mormonism in Britain to persist. 

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright, Dedication, Epigraph
  2. pp. i-vi
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. List of Illustrations
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. xi-xiv
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  1. 1. “Among These Dark Satanic Mills”: Britain as Babylon
  2. pp. 1-17
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  1. 2. The Gathering: Revelation and Adaptation
  2. pp. 18-48
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  1. 3. Establishment and Expansion: 1837–1853
  2. pp. 49-77
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  1. 4. Consolidation and Decline: 1854–1900
  2. pp. 78-102
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  1. 5. Opponents, Apostates, and Dissenters
  2. pp. 103-128
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  1. 6. Revivals and Reversals: The Struggle for Stability in the Twentieth Century
  2. pp. 129-154
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  1. 7. A Home for the Saints: Developments in Worship Accommodation
  2. pp. 155-185
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  1. 8. “In England’s Green and Pleasant Land”: Britain as Zion
  2. pp. 186-200
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  1. Appendix A. Correspondence: Heber C. Kimball’s Valedictory Address to the Members of the Upper Ribble Valley
  2. pp. 201-203
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  1. Appendix B. Tract: Orson Hyde’s “A Timely Warning to the People of England”
  2. pp. 204-212
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  1. Appendix C. Dedicatory Prayers: Six Examples, 1849–1998
  2. pp. 213-224
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  1. Appendix D. Oral History: The Book of Mormon, Proselytizing, and Conversion
  2. pp. 225-230
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 231-260
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  1. Bibliography
  2. pp. 261-276
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 277-286
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