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NYC Conference on Mormonism & American Politics, February 3-4
By
Jana Riess
“First Mitt won Iowa, then he lost Iowa? That’s a classic Romney flip-flop.” –Stephen Colbert Working with the theory that there hasn’t been nearly enough attention to Mormonism and politics this year, what with it being in the news every single day and all, Randy Balmer and I are co-organizing a scholarly conference…
Washington Post on Faith: Is Romney Mormonism’s JFK?
By
Jana Riess
I have an article today in the Washington Post’s “On Faith” blog, tackling the question of Mitt Romney’s Mormonism and how it fits into American political history. Now that the Republicans seem to be holding their noses and voting for him instead of continuing their desperate search for a Romneydote, the question arises: If Romney…
Mormons Who Can’t Help Cheering for Mitt Romney
By
Jana Riess
I have a confession to make: even though I knew I had to wake up at 4:30 this morning to catch a flight, I stayed up well into the night for the nail-biting final results of the Iowa caucuses. I wanted to see if Mitt would pull it off. “I don’t actually care about this,”…
Mormon Conversions, in History and in the Heart
By
Jana Riess
I was 23 and in divinity school when I converted to Mormonism. You can imagine that it was an unexpected choice for someone studying to become a pastor. I was perhaps the most surprised of all; God does crazy stuff to folks sometimes. I told very few people about it while I was in school,…
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