Benjamin Park

@BenjaminEPark

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 This account is no longer active—find me where the sky is blue.

Conroe, TX benjaminepark.com Joined April 2010

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Benjamin Park @BenjaminEPark Jan 16, 2024

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 Aug 8, 2024

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! a.co/d/6Bf6rUf

www.amazon.com American Zion: A New History of Mormonism The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was founded by Joseph Smith in 1830 in the so-called “burned-over district” of upstate New York, which was producing seers and prophets daily. Most of...

Benjamin Park @BenjaminEPark Jul 8, 2024

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

Eli McCann @EliMcCann Jul 8, 2024

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.

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Benjamin Park @BenjaminEPark Jun 4, 2024

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. americanyawp.com/projects/the-p…

Benjamin Park @BenjaminEPark May 31, 2024

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. houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outloo…

www.houstonchronicle.com Thomas Jefferson. Slavery. And Conroe ISD. A textbook discusses Jefferson, his enslaved servant and the children he fathered by her. A board member didn't want students to know.