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(RNS) Suddenly, America's abuzz about Mormonism's "gold plates and magic underwear," says Terryl Givens, a professor of religion at the University of Richmond. Mormon ways are little-known, yet many Americans are suspicious of them. Why? Cathy Lynn Grossman reports.

Topics: Faith, Politics, Election
Beliefs: Mormon
Tags: chosen, joseph smith, lds, mormons, peculiar, the book of mormon

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