{"product_id":"mormons-as-citizens-of-a-raymond-kuehne-9780874809930","title":"Mormons as Citizens of a Communist State: A Documentary History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in East Germany, 1945-1990","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom 1945 to 1990 communist East Germany was an officially atheistic state. Nevertheless, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints practiced their religion there. \u003ci\u003eMormons as Citizens of a Communist State \u003c\/i\u003eis based on primary sources---government and church documents, interviews, and private leters ---to create a documentary history of the church during that historical period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe history of church-state relations begins with attempts to terminate the church's legal status in the early 1950s, continues with the building of the Freiberg Temple from 1983 to 1985 (the only LDS temple ever built in a communist state), and concludes with the historic meeting in 1988 between current LDS Church President Tomas S. Monson and Chairman Erich Honecker that permitted the entry of LDS missionaries from the West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe relationship between the Latter-day Saint citizens and their atheistic government is a major theme of this book. Did church members manage to be true to their faith and simultaneously function as citizens within that state, and if so, how did they achieve that balance?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMormons as Citizens of a Communist State was originally published in German in 2008 by Leipzig University Press. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Winner of the Mormon History Association Geraldine McBride Woodward Award for Best Publication in International Mormon History. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Raymond Kuehne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0874809932\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780874809930\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Utah Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 470\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.70h x 6.90w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2010 pg. 27","brand":"Raymond Kuehne","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46110651351295,"sku":"9780874809930","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5af4140c-87ea-4fa0-b31f-a2e439ae09e8.jpg?v=1725469387","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mormons-as-citizens-of-a-raymond-kuehne-9780874809930","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}