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title: "Conference Call: Mormons and Civic Life"
description: "With a Mormon candidate in the race for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination, there has been intense media, academic and public interest in Mormons and their religion. The Pew Forum recently held a roundtable discussion with journalists, scholars and policy experts on some of the latest research on Mormons and their place in American society […]"
date: "2012-03-15"
authors:
  - name: "No Author"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2012/03/15/conference-call-mormons-and-civic-life/"
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# Conference Call: Mormons and Civic Life

With a Mormon candidate in the race for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination, there has been intense media, academic and public interest in Mormons and their religion. The Pew Forum recently held a roundtable discussion with journalists, scholars and policy experts on some of the latest research on Mormons and their place in American society and public life. [Read the transcript.](https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2012/03/15/mormons-and-civic-life/)

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