A Different God? Mitt Romney, the Religious Right, and the Mormon Question

by Craig L. Foster “As can be expected from a book published by Greg Kofford, Craig L. Foster’s A Different God? is well researched and engaging.” — BYU Studies  Available in ebook for Kindle, Nook, Apple, and Kobo eReader as Mitt Romney and the Mormon Political Challenge. Book Description: Might, Right, and Mitt.      In the contested terrain of American politics, nowhere is the conflict more intense, even brutal, than in the territory of public life also claimed by religion. Mitt Romney’s 2007–08 presidential campaign is a textbook example.      Religious historian (and ardent Republican) Craig L. Foster revisits that campaign with an astute focus on the never-quite-contained hostility that Romney triggered among America’s religious right. Although no political campaign is known for its sweetness and light, the back-stabbing, mean-spirited attacks, eruptions of irrationalism, and downright lies exploded into one chapters of recent American political history.      Foster readjust