The Mormons and America's empires
When University of Notre Dame scholar Walter Nugent, a non-Mormon, set out to prepare his lecture for this years Mormon History Association Conference, he laid out a working hypothesis about the history of the LDS Church as it pertains to American expansionism.
By his own admission, he turned out to be wrong.
Nugent, a professor emeritus of history, spoke Saturday (May 23) at a plenary session of the conference on the topic The Mormons and Americas Empires.
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