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02944aam a2200397 i 4500 001 302AF75CC43111EB854196005EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210603010026 008 191111t20202020utua b 001 0beng 010 $a 2019049800 020 $a 1607817578 020 $a 9781607817574 020 $a 1607817713 020 $a 9781607817710 035 $a (OCoLC)1131865280 040 $a UBP/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d BDX $d YDX $d OCLCF $d ERASA $d UBY $d OCLCO $d PTS $d OCL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a BX8695 B38 H37 2020 100 1 $a Harris, Matthew L. $e author. 245 10 $a Watchman on the tower : $b Ezra Taft Benson and the making of the Mormon Right / $c Matthew Harris. 246 30 $a Ezra Taft Benson and the making of the Mormon Right 264 1 $a Salt Lake City : $b The University of Utah Press, $c [2020] 300 $a xii, 233 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-222) and index. 505 0 $a "Socialist New Deal" -- "Socialized agriculture" -- Making a conspiracy culture -- Reining in the apostle -- Remaking Benson. 520 $a "Ezra Taft Benson is perhaps the most controversial apostle-president in the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. For nearly fifty years he delivered impassioned sermons, mixing his religion with extreme right-wing political views and conspiracy theories. His teachings inspired Mormon extremists to stockpile weapons, predict the end of the world, and commit acts of violence against their government. The First Presidency rebuked him, his fellow apostles wanted him disciplined, and grassroots Mormons called for his removal from the Quorum of the Twelve. Yet Benson was beloved by millions of Latter-day Saints who praised him for his stances against communism, socialism, and the welfare state, anda admired his service as secretary of agriculture under President Eisenhower. Using previously restricted documents from archives across the United States, Matthew L. Harris breaks new ground as the first to evaluate why Benson embraced a radical form of conservatism, and how Mormons became the most reliable supporters of the Republican Party of any religious group in the U.S"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Benson, Ezra Taft. 610 20 $a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints $x History. $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Mormon Church $x Apostles $v Biography. 650 0 $a Mormons $x History. $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Conservatism $z United States $x Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. $x Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Harris, Matthew, $t Watchman on the tower $d Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, 2020. $z 9781607817581 $w (DLC) 2019049801 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210707014828.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=302AF75CC43111EB854196005EECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search