(LDS.org)
Curiously, despite its image in America today as an all-white religion, Mormonism has long been a significant presence throughout Polynesia. The first non-European translation of the Book of Mormon was into Hawaiian, and the first temple built outside the mainland United States was in Hawaii.
(Click on the image to enlarge it.)
I was already aware of W. Paul Reeve’s very interesting book Religion of a Different Color: Race and the Mormon Struggle for Whiteness, but I’m grateful to Kevin Taylor for alerting me to this specific article:
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2016/02/12/3748945/when-mormons-werent-white/
Posted from Kaanapali, Maui, Hawaii
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