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2) The Mormons
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is one of America's fastest-growing religions and, relative to its size, one of the richest. Church membership, now at over 12 million and growing, sweeps the globe. Nevertheless, from the moment of its founding in 1830, the church has been controversial. Within a month, it had 40 converts and almost as many enemies. In the early years, Mormons were hated, ridiculed, persecuted, and feared. Yet in the...
5) Joseph Smith
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A biography of nineteenth-century religious reformer and innovator Joseph Smith, discussing the religious fervor that characterized the age in which he grew up, his devout parents, and his founding of the Mormon Church.
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With Mormonism on the verge of an unprecedented cultural and political breakthrough, an eminent scholar of American evangelicalism explores the history and reflects on the future of this native-born American faith and its connection to the life of the nation. In 1830, a young seer named Joseph Smith began organizing adherents into a new religious community that would come to be called the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (known informally...
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"Winner of the 2013 Cover/Jacket Merit Award in the Professional, Scholarly Series category, New York Book Show" "One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2013" Paul C. Gutjahr is professor of English at Indiana University. His books include Charles Hodge: Guardian of American Orthodoxy and An American Bible: A History of the Good Book in the United States, 1777–1880.
The surprising career of Joseph Smith's famous book
Late one night in...
17) The Black 14
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Documentary on the case of 14 Black football players dismissed from the University of Wyoming team in 1969 because they wanted to wear black armbands during the game with Brigham Young to protest the fact that the Mormon church did not then admit Blacks to priesthood. Archival footage and numerous interviews with those involved, on the protest, dismissal, ensuing court cases that brought up constitutional issues of freedom of speech versus freedom...
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"....Many fans believed head coach Lloyd Eaton had his best team in 1969. Wyoming was on the verge of becoming a college football powerhouse. And then it happened: Race, religion, authority, protest, and football collided on the high plains of Laramie. The 14 black players on the team wanted to wear black armbands during the upcoming game against Brigham Young University to protest the policies of the Mormon Church, which did not allow blacks to enter...
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Women in dialogue : an introduction / Claudia Lauper Bushman -- Exponent 2 is born / Claudia Lauper Bushman -- Millie's mother's red dress / Carol Lynn Pearson -- Hide and seek / Claire Peterson -- The implications of feminism for BYU / Elouise Bell -- Mormon sisters : feminists / Judith Rasmussen Dushku -- First grief / Margaret Munk -- Church and politics at the Utah IWY / Dixie Snow Huefner -- "My revolution" : excerpts from Housewife to heretic...
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This anthology offers rare access to key original documents illuminating Mormon history, theology, and culture in the United States from the nineteenth century to today. Brief introductions describe the theological significance of each text and its reflection of the practices, issues, and challenges that have defined and continue to define the Mormon community. These documents balance mainstream and peripheral thought and religious experience, institutional...
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