Out of Obscurity: Mormonism Since 1945In the years since 1945, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints has grown rapidly in terms of both numbers and public prominence. Mormonism is no longer merely a home grown American religion, confined to the Intermountain West; instead, it has captured the attention of political pundits, Broadway audiences, and prospective converts around the world. While most scholarship on Mormonism concerns its colorful but now well known early history,