Mormon Convert, Mormon Defector

Peter McAuslan heeded Mormon missionaries spreading the faith in his native Scotland in the mid-1840s. The uncertainty his family faced in a rapidly industrializing economy, the political turmoil erupting across Europe, the welter of competing religions--all were signs of the imminent end of time, the missionaries warned. Drawing on McAuslan's writings and other archival sources, Polly Aird offers a rare interior portrait of a man in whom religious fervor warred with indignation at absolutist religious authorities and fear for the consequences of dissension. In so doing, she brings to life a dramatic but little-known period of American history.

• | Author: Polly Aird
• | Publisher: Oup
• | Publication Date: Mar 28, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 324 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0806192127
• | ISBN-13: 9780806192123