Examines the growing popularity of Mormonism--a belief system with cultic roots--and the implications of its critical rise as not only the fastest-growing religion, but as a high-impact mainstream cultural influence.
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What is it like to be a Mormon in America today? Melvyn Hammarberg attempts to answer this question in The Mormon Quest for Glory by offering an ethnography of contemporary Mormons.
"The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has 6 million members in the United States today (and 13 million worldwide). Yet, while there has been extensive study of Mormon history, comparatively little scholarly attention has been paid to contemporary Mormons. The best soc…
What is it like to be a Mormon in America today? Melvyn Hammarberg attempts to answer this question in The Mormon Quest for Glory by offering an ethnography of contemporary Mormons.
"The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has 6 million members in the United States today (and 13 million worldwide). Yet, while there has been extensive study of Mormon history, comparatively little scholarly attention has been paid to contemporary Mormons. The best soc…
American Indians and Mormons
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The Book of Mormon as Mormon settler colonialism /Elise Boxer --Other scriptures : restoring voices of Gantowisas to an open canon /Tom Murphy --Joseph Smith in Iroquois country : a Mormon creation story /Lori Taylor --When Wakara wrote back : the creation and contestation of th…
Essays on American Indian and Mormon history
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American Indians and Mormons
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"Addresses the Indian-Mormon relationship, placing the Indigenous perspective at center."--Provided by publisher.
"Addresses the Indian-Mormon relationship, placing the Indigenous perspective at center."--Provided by publisher.
Essays on American Indian and Mormon history
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Type: Book
"Addresses the Indian-Mormon relationship, placing the Indigenous perspective at center."--Provided by publisher.
Essays on American Indian and Mormon history
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Type: Book
"Addresses the Indian-Mormon relationship, placing the Indigenous perspective at center."--Provided by publisher
The Joseph Smith Papers: July 1831-January 1833
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"This second volume of the Documents series of The Joseph Smith Papers opens in the summer of 1831 with the designation of Jackson County, Missouri, as the location of Zion and follows a period of administrative growth and doctrinal development in the church Joseph Smith founded…