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Joanna Brooks is a Mormon writer and award-winning religion scholar. She blogs at religiondispatches.org and askmormongirl.com.

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Still Uncertain About Mormonism After 180 Years: Why Voters Need Coverage Of The Faith That Moves Beyond Sensationalism

414 Comments | Posted December 5, 2011 | 12/05/11 02:13 PM ET

The good news for Mitt Romney, according to polling data released by the Pew Research Center last week, is that Mormonism will not hurt his bid for the presidency. Only 8 percent of Republicans surveyed indicate that they will not support Romney because he is a Mormon. Even evangelical Christians...

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"Bringing The Hammer Down": Glenn Beck Doesn't Speak For The Mormons I Know

Posted March 19, 2010 | 03/19/10 03:49 PM ET

This morning at 6 a.m., I received an urgent call from a Presbyterian friend in Atlanta, Georgia.

She wanted me to know that Glenn Beck threatened progressive evangelical Christian pastor Jim Wallis during his television and radio broadcasts, saying:

"The hammer is coming, because little do you know, for...
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