Maxwell Institute Guest Lecture—February 28, 2020 Benjamin E. Park, “Kingdom of Nauvoo: The Rise and Fall of a Religious Empire on the American Frontier”
Benjamin Park’s new book, Kingdom of Nauvoo, excavates the brief, tragic life of a lost Mormon city, demonstrating that the Latter-day Saints are essential to understanding American history writ large. Using newly accessible sources, Park argues that far from being outsiders, the Mormons were representative of their era in their distrust of democracy and their attempt to forge a sovereign society of their own.
In this guest lecture, Park will discuss “the rise and fall of a religious empire on the American frontier.”
BENJAMIN E. PARK is assistant professor of history at Sam Houston State University and co-editor of the "Mormon Studies Review." He received degrees from Brigham Young University (BA, English and history), the University of Edinburgh (MSc, Theology in History), and the University of Cambridge (MPhil, Political Thought and Intellectual History; PhD, History). Dr. Park’s research focuses on the intersection between religion, culture, and democratic thought between the American Revolution and the Civil War, often within an Atlantic context. He is the author of "American Nationalisms: Imagining Union in an Age of Revolutions," and has written op-eds and essays for Washington Post, Newsweek, Religion & Politics, Talking Points Memo, Religion Dispatches, Dallas Morning News, Salt Lake Tribune, Religion News Service, and Patheos.
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