Latter-day Saints have a complicated history with the United States and with American politics in general. As they join in celebrating July 4, the church itself increasingly works across national boundaries for a global — and diverse — positions on politics.
Latter-day Saint politicians from around the globe dish on the tensions of faith and holding office in a BYU professor’s new book.
He enlisted the aid of several BYU students to interview more than 70 politicians across the globe, the country and Utah, then chose 25 to highlight in his book,International politicians featured in the book include five Euopeans, one Canadian, and one African. U.S. politicians from outside the West included three Republicans and one Democrat, in offices ranging from city council member to congressional representative., the five-term U.S.
Davis was seeking an array of political opinions and perspectives, he says, from liberal to conservative, from men and women, from outside the United States to inside the Mountain West and the Beehive State, from the smallest municipal elections to the state and federal levels. The change makes sense for church leaders to watch their rhetoric, he says. “They can’t be in the business of being an American church defending U.S. politics if they are going to send missionaries to countries that don’t share those views.” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints flies dozens of flags from around the globe near the Church Office Building in Salt Lake City.
In general, European Latter-day Saint politicians are more diverse politically, says Ralf Grünke, a German who won a seat on the Nidderau City Council as an independent on the Green Party ballot while also serving as an Latter-day Saint bishop. He purposely “overrepresented women” to showcase their perspectives within Utah, the western United States and beyond.Aimee Winder Newton,
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