Standing Apart

Scholars in this volume examine apostasy as a concept that Latter-day Saint writers have used to label outsiders and draw boundaries between themselves and others. The authors look at how that labeling shaped Mormon accounts of the past and helped form the community's sense of its own story.

The contributors follow how Latter-day Saint narratives of apostasy have shifted over time, placing those changes against the backdrop of Mormon history and the wider tradition of American Protestant historical writing.