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#1 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which is the largest Mormon church, is located in Salt Lake City. The choir that performs at the temple is representative of the Mormons as a people: chaste, optimistic, and outgoing. But Mormons and Mormon Fundamentalists believe in the same holy texts and the same sacred history.
#2 The LDS Church is extremely defensive...
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Jon Krakauer's literary reputation rests on insightful chronicles of lives conducted at the outer limits. He now shifts his focus from extremes of physical adventure to extremes of religious belief within our own borders, taking readers inside isolated American communities where some 40,000 Mormon Fundamentalists still practice polygamy. Defying both civil authorities and the Mormon establishment in Salt Lake City, the renegade leaders of these Taliban-like...
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