Benjamin Park

Author or editor of five books, including AMERICAN ZION and KINGDOM OF NAUVOO. This account is no longer active—find me where the sky is blue.

[Benjamin Park @BenjaminEPark]

Modern Mormonism is the product of 200 years of culture wars, societal conflicts that took place within both the faith and the nation that shaped it. My new book, #AmericanZion (@LiverightPub/@wwnorton), published today, tells the origins & growth of America's homegrown religion.

[Benjamin Park @BenjaminEPark]

@tlecaque Would be happy to zoom in if the discussion would help your class!

[Benjamin Park @BenjaminEPark]

@bentleyjmitch @LiverightPub @wwnorton Thanks so much!

[Benjamin Park @BenjaminEPark]

Modern Mormonism is the product of 200 years of culture wars, societal conflicts that took place within both the faith and the nation that shaped it. My new book, #AmericanZion (@LiverightPub/@wwnorton), published today, tells the origins & growth of America's homegrown religion.

[Benjamin Park @BenjaminEPark]

Folks! The kindle version of AMERICAN ZION: A NEW HISTORY OF MORMONISM is on sale for $2.99. If you've been putting off getting a copy, here's your chance; if you have a physical/audio copy, you can now have a backup digital copy. Buy the & share! https://t.co/Z4hnC7UOXL

[Benjamin Park @BenjaminEPark]

@TheNoliestGuy @rossryanj Yes, he’s a great guy. And yes, the book covers that.

[Benjamin Park @BenjaminEPark]

Such a wonderful compliment to get from a great writer and terrific human being!

[Eli McCann @EliMcCann]

Just finished this book by ⁦@BenjaminEPark⁩. I couldn't put it down. This is a masterpiece. Ben managed to write an incredibly compelling but surprisingly thorough history of Mormonism, without agenda. I would recommend this book to my Mormon and Exmormon friends.

[Benjamin Park @BenjaminEPark]

@sithelwood Good company!

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@HermioneClone Love to see it! Thanks for sharing.

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@EliMcCann @irishstayc Blame it on the fact that I binged Bridgerton while writing.

[Benjamin Park @BenjaminEPark]

@EliMcCann @irishstayc Hope it didn’t ruin what appears to be an idyllic evening!

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Today through 07/05, save 50% on the "American Zion: A New History of Mormonism" audiobook by @BenjaminEPark https://t.co/apkKJ34YWK

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@peterjthuesen @EiteljorgMuseum @csraac @Ch_JesusChrist How cool! Thanks so much for sharing.

[Peter J. Thuesen @peterjthuesen]

Hey, ⁦@BenjaminEPark⁩, you’re prominently displayed in the shop at the ⁦@EiteljorgMuseum⁩’s “Religion in the American West” exhibit here in Indianapolis! Attendees at the ⁦@csraac⁩ Biennial got a curated tour. ⁦@Ch_JesusChrist⁩

[MyClippers 🏴‍☠️ @MyClippers]

Just finished consuming ‘Kingdom of Nauvoo: The Rise and Fall of a Religious Empire on the American Frontier’ by @BenjaminEPark

It was great, definitely more robust than my institute class on Nauvoo

[Benjamin Park @BenjaminEPark]

From the brilliant minds that brought AMERICAN YAWP--Ben Wright & Joseph Locke--comes THE PALACE OF THUNDERING GODS. I'm privileged to serve on the advisory board of this open-access textbook of US relig history. Here's their solicitation for contributors. https://t.co/xai13BftlS

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@madihawes Yay, thanks for sharing!

[Mike Hixenbaugh is mikehixenbaugh.com on BlueSky @Mike_Hixenbaugh]

“I really feel like that’s completely inappropriate” to speak of a Founding Father in that way, Nelson insisted.

Must-read essay by @BenjaminEPark on the attempt to shield children from learning historical facts about Thomas Jefferson in a Houston suburb. https://t.co/MbWEZaKbNV

[Benjamin Park @BenjaminEPark]

Recently, a @ConroeISD board member said it was "totally inappropriate" to teach students that Thomas Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings. I wrote for @HoustonChron why such an indefensible position is especially absurd for this school district. https://t.co/DBNL5fvEqr

[Benjamin Park @BenjaminEPark]

@douglas_devore @radiowest @sltrib Yup! His History of Salt Lake City was very important.

[Benjamin Park @BenjaminEPark]

An honor to go on @radiowest to discuss Edward Tullidge. Listen to the story of a man who became a Mormon, deist, Mormon again, Godbeite, @sltrib founder, wrote Mormonism's first feminist history, and even joined the RLDS. It's a saga of evolving faith. https://t.co/iFy1Zy4UYa