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Transformation of the Mormon Culture Region. By Ethan R. Yorgason. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2003. Preface, acknowledgments, notes, works cited, and index, xii+261 pp. $32.50 cloth. ISBN: 0-252-02853-8.
The processes behind the Americanization of Mormonism form the core of this finely researched volume. Yorgason is well-suited for this investigation--a Mormon progressive social theorist with more in common with Antipode than The Deseret News. The goal is to initiate a much needed conversation about the meaning of "how the Mormon culture region was transformed through shifting moral orders"...
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