{"product_id":"irish-mormons-hazel-obrien-9780252045073","title":"Irish Mormons: Reconciling Identity in Global Mormonism","description":"The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is one of the international religions that have arrived from abroad to find adherents in Ireland. Drawing on fieldwork in two LDS communities, Hazel O'Brien explores how these adherents experience the Church in Ireland against the backdrop of the country's increasingly complex religious identity. Irish Latter-day Saints live on the margins of the nation's religious life and the worldwide LDS movement. Nonetheless, they create a sense of belonging for themselves by drawing on collective memories of both their Irishness and their faith. As O'Brien shows, Irish Latter-day Saints work to shift the understanding of Ireland's religious landscape away from a predominant focus on Roman Catholicism. They also challenge Utah-based constructions of Mormonism in order to ensure their place in the Church's powerful religious and cultural lineage. \u003cp\u003e Examining the Latter-day Saint experience against one nation's rapid social and religious changes, \u003ci\u003eIrish Mormons\u003c\/i\u003e blends participant observation and interviews with analysis to offer a rare view of the Latter-day Saints in contemporary Ireland. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hazel O'Brien\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252045076\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252045073\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/06\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Hazel O'Brien","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44072435482879,"sku":"9780252045073","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ca6096d5-3adf-41dd-9762-ad1d676744c5.jpg?v=1685441950","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/irish-mormons-hazel-obrien-9780252045073","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}