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Article Title

Danish but Not Lutheran: The Impact of Mormonism on Danish Cultural Identity, 1850–1920

Authors

Jason A. Kerr

Keywords

Danish, Mormon history

Abstract

In keeping with the title Danish but Not Lutheran, I will begin by saying what Julie K. Allen’s book is not. It is not a history of the Latter-day Saint mission to Scandinavia; see Andrew Jenson’s 1927 History of the Scandinavian Mission for that. Nor is it a history of the mass emigration of Latter-day Saint Danes to Utah; see William Mulder’s 1957 Homeward to Zion for that. Rather, as the subtitle advertises, it is a history that studies “The Impact of Mormonism on Danish Cultural Identity”—that is, this book uses The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to understand Denmark, not the other way around.

Recommended Citation

Kerr, Jason A. (2019) "Danish but Not Lutheran: The Impact of Mormonism on Danish Cultural Identity, 1850–1920," BYU Studies Quarterly: Vol. 58: Iss. 1, Article 12.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq/vol58/iss1/12