:It is common for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to be considered one of the most conservative religious groups in the United States. What is less well understood is as to when the relationship between Mormonism and American conservatism began. While some historians point to the social upheavals in the 1960s and 1970s as the glue that united Mormons and conservatives, the connection began decades earlier during the Great Depression. Leaders of the Mormon Church interpreted Roosevelt’s New Deal as the fulfillment of eschatological prophecy. Envisioning themselves saving America and the Constitution at the world’s end, Mormon authorities established their own welfare program to inspire Latter-day Saints and Americans in general to eschew the New Deal. Anti–New Dealers used the Mormon welfare plan to construct a conservative ideology. Accordingly, Mormons are essential elements in the formation of a political movement that revolutionized the United States.

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世界尽头的社会福利：摩门教徒如何创造新政的替代方案并帮助建立现代保守主义

: 耶稣基督后期圣徒教会的成员通常被认为是美国最保守的宗教团体之一。不太清楚的是摩门教与美国保守主义之间的关系何时开始。虽然一些历史学家指出 1960 年代和 1970 年代的社会动荡是团结摩门教徒和保守派的粘合剂，但这种联系始于几十年前的大萧条时期。摩门教领袖将罗斯福的新政解释为末世预言的应验。设想自己在世界末日拯救美国和宪法，摩门​​教当局建立了自己的福利计划，以激励后期圣徒和一般美国人避开新政。反新政者利用摩门教福利计划构建了一种保守的意识形态。因此，摩门教徒是形成一场彻底改变美国的政治运动的基本要素。