‘Kingdom Come’: Representing Mormonism through a geopolitical frame

Mitt Romney, Mormonism, and the Media: Popular Depictions of a Religious Minority

“…Chiung Hwang Chen and Ethan Yorgason argue that positive portrayals of Mormons in the American media have conformed to the model minority discourse which simultaneously venerates and marginalizes Mormons. They explain that journalistic descriptions of Mormons that emphasize success, self‐reliance, and loyalty present a double‐edged sword that underscores the possible threat this growing minority may present to the dominant American public.…”

Pagan places

“…an ideologically informed program of public advocacy based on acquiring, maintaining, and utilizing influence at the local, state, and international levels. This addendum is in response to repeated calls within the field to recognize the importance of politics, and specifically geopolitics, in faith groups’ attachment to place and interactions with space (Agnew, 2010; Dijkink, 2006; Dittmer and Dodds, 2008; McAlister, 2005; Yorgason and Chen, 2008). This fourth element is particularly important since neopaganism, a belief system that is ineluctably tied to ethnic identity, is characterized by a high level of politicization, and, given its mirrored growth with modernity, is strongly influenced by the socio-cultural forces of nationalism, particularly the nation as an imagined community (see Anderson, 1991).…”