Posted by:
blindguy
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Date: July 18, 2020 11:01AM
Here is a link to an NPR interview with the author which aired this morning:
https://www.npr.org/2020/07/18/892579307/author-miles-harvey-tells-the-story-of-schemer-and-false-prophet-james-strangAccording to Mr. Harvey, James Strang started out as an atheist and converted to Mormonism in Navoo. He also says that he was able to trace the criminal activity that allowed Mr. Strang's group to stay in business while he was still alive.
One of the author's comments that hit home for me was when he said that the timeperiod when Strang lived was a timeperiod of constant change where many people were looking for simple solutions to complicated problems. That sounds a lot like what we are seeing today, especially among groups on the right and alt-right.