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English
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The Freeze and the Thaw : The LDS Church and the State in Ghana of the 1980s
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The Worldwide Church : Mormonism as a Global Religion
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Provo, UT
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BYU Religious Studies Center; Deseret Book
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21-48
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In this chapter, J.B. Haws tells the story of the Ghanian freeze in June 1989 where the government of Ghana suspended all activities of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. After 18 months of tight restrictions, the freeze was lifted. Haws seeks to provide a clearer understanding of what it was about the LDS Church that aroused suspicion from the Ghanian government. He also seeks to answer questions like: What was life like during the freeze for Ghanian Mormons? What changed during and after the freeze?