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Mormonism: An Introduction (Introductions to Religion)

Malise Ruthven

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Description:Mormonism is often viewed as the quintessential American faith. Indeed, they teach the American religion was how Tolstoy once responded to a question about the Mormons. Mormonism was the first and most successful new religion to appear in the New World where, despite the biblical language of its narrative, it created a novel and dynamic theology that was vitally different from the Protestant Christianity from which it originated. Today the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) is one of the wealthiest and most powerful institutions in the USA. Its clean-cut, youthful missionaries appear as representative of American values as the executives of Citibank and comparable US institutions. Yet at the heart of the Mormon story is a remarkable paradox. Despite their present-day image as archetypal Yankees, Mormons were long perceived as un-American in their utopian socialism and in the hard battle they fought and eventually lost to preserve the sacred principle of polygamy, or plural marriage . In his lively and timely reappraisal of its apparent contradictions, Malise Ruthven discusses the emergence of Mormonism as a world religion; its theology, structure and rituals; the career of the Saints charismatic founder, Joseph Smith, culminating in his assassination in 1844; the theocratic rule of Smith s successor, Brigham Young; the 1890 Manifesto, when polygamy was abandoned in exchange for Utah statehood; the emergence of a Mormon Diaspora after World War 1; and the impressive growth of Mormonism outside the old American West after World War 2."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Mormonism: An Introduction (Introductions to Religion). To get started finding Mormonism: An Introduction (Introductions to Religion), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Mormonism is often viewed as the quintessential American faith. Indeed, they teach the American religion was how Tolstoy once responded to a question about the Mormons. Mormonism was the first and most successful new religion to appear in the New World where, despite the biblical language of its narrative, it created a novel and dynamic theology that was vitally different from the Protestant Christianity from which it originated. Today the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) is one of the wealthiest and most powerful institutions in the USA. Its clean-cut, youthful missionaries appear as representative of American values as the executives of Citibank and comparable US institutions. Yet at the heart of the Mormon story is a remarkable paradox. Despite their present-day image as archetypal Yankees, Mormons were long perceived as un-American in their utopian socialism and in the hard battle they fought and eventually lost to preserve the sacred principle of polygamy, or plural marriage . In his lively and timely reappraisal of its apparent contradictions, Malise Ruthven discusses the emergence of Mormonism as a world religion; its theology, structure and rituals; the career of the Saints charismatic founder, Joseph Smith, culminating in his assassination in 1844; the theocratic rule of Smith s successor, Brigham Young; the 1890 Manifesto, when polygamy was abandoned in exchange for Utah statehood; the emergence of a Mormon Diaspora after World War 1; and the impressive growth of Mormonism outside the old American West after World War 2."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Mormonism: An Introduction (Introductions to Religion). To get started finding Mormonism: An Introduction (Introductions to Religion), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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