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Mormons and Mormonism: An Introduction to an American World Religion
Mormons and Mormonism gathers key essays by leading scholars on the history, foundational ideas and practices, and worldwide expansion of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The ideal introduction to Mormonism, this choice sampler provides a selective overview of what many historians consider the most innovative and successful religion to emerge during the spiritual ferment of antebellum America. This volume explains how the earliest Mormons viewed their religion and suggests that the Book of Mormon appeared to them as an exciting document of social protest. Contributors consider the history of persecution of the Mormons, the church's relationship with the state of Utah, and its connection to or disjunction from other divisions of Christianity. Other essays explore ethnicity as a way of thinking about the Mormon experience and culture clashes in the church's missionary efforts. Mormons and Mormonism also places beliefs such as vicarious baptism for the dead, the sanctity of parenthood, and a continuation of the marriage bond after death in a larger context of community and religious ideals. Contents: Introduction - Eric A. Eliason Soaring with the gods: Early Mormons and the eclipse of religious pluralism - Richard T. Hughes Mormons - Dean L. May "Is Mormonism Christian?" : reflections on a complicated question - Jan Shipps "This great modern abomination": Orthodoxy and heresy in American religion - Terryl L. Givens The populist view of Joseph Smith - Nathan O. Hatch Modern heaven--and a theology - Colleen McDannell and Bernhard Lang Beyond the stereotypes: Mormon and non-Mormon communities in twentieth-century Mormondom - Jan Shipps Utah and the Mormons: A symbiotic relationship - Richard D. Poll Noble savages - Michael Hicks Mormonism, millenarianism, and modernity - Grant Underwood The basis of Mormon success: A theoretical application - Rodney Stark Eleven professors of religion, history, English, music, and sociology consider the history of the persecution of the Mormons, the church's relationship with Utah's state bureaucracy and with other branches of Christianity, and the culture clash experienced in Mormon missionary work. The essays are suitable for the general reader, but the collection is also designed as a supplementary text in religious and Mormon studies. The book is not a comprehensive reference work or anthology, but an affordable reader. Review Excerpts: "This is a useful and balanced collection, one that brings together from disparate sources some of the best scholarship on Mormonism." --Randall Balmer, author of Blessed Assurance: A History of Evangelicalism in America A one page "Book Note" may also be found in The FARMS Review below. Eric A. Eliason is an assistant professor of English at Brigham Young University. He holds an M.A. in anthropology and a Ph.D. in American studies. Title: Mormons and Mormonism: An Introduction to an American World Religion Retail Price: Your Price: Only $16.20
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Eric A. Eliason (Editor), Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2001, 6x9" softbound, 250 pages plus index.