Mormonism in Transition
Author | : Thomas G. Alexander |
Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | : 444 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780252065781 |
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Author | : Thomas G. Alexander |
Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | : 444 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780252065781 |
Author | : Thomas G. Alexander |
Publisher | : Greg Kofford Books, Incorporated |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781589581883 |
This history covers a period of Mormonism's development from 1890 to 1930. Portraying the turn-of-the-century Church in a state of flux, Alexander demonstrates the process of solidification of its organizational structure, external affairs policy, and cultural institutions over the 30 years that followed. Thoroughly documenting his arguments, he answers many questions about the origins of contemporary Mormon practices.
Author | : Thomas G. Alexander |
Publisher | : Greg Kofford Books |
Total Pages | : 391 |
Release | : 2012-06-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
1988 Best Book Award, Mormon History Association More than two decades after its original publication, Thomas G. Alexander’s Mormonism in Transition still engages audiences with its insightful study of the pivotal, early years of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Serving as a vital read for both students and scholars of American religious and social history, Alexander’s book explains and charts the Church’s transformation over this 40-year period of both religious and American history. For those familiar with the LDS Church in modern times, it is impossible to study Mormonism in Transition without pondering the enormous amount of changes the Church has been through since 1890. For those new to the study of Mormonism, this book will give them a clear understanding the challenges the Church went through to go from a persecuted and scorned society to the rapidly growing, respected community it is today. From the Second Edition Foreword by Stephen J. Stein: “Thomas Alexander confronts the reality of change and does not try to disguise it or hide it in the shadow of earlier traditions. Rather, he acknowledges that Mormonism in 1930 was radically different from what it was in 1890 or at the time of its origins. He catalogues change without apology. In fact, Alexander celebrates change as the basis for the continuing success the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints enjoys.”
Author | : Thomas W. Simpson |
Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | : 247 |
Release | : 2016-08-26 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1469628643 |
In the closing decades of the nineteenth century, college-age Latter-day Saints began undertaking a remarkable intellectual pilgrimage to the nation's elite universities, including Harvard, Columbia, Michigan, Chicago, and Stanford. Thomas W. Simpson chronicles the academic migration of hundreds of LDS students from the 1860s through the late 1930s, when church authority J. Reuben Clark Jr., himself a product of the Columbia University Law School, gave a reactionary speech about young Mormons' search for intellectual cultivation. Clark's leadership helped to set conservative parameters that in large part came to characterize Mormon intellectual life. At the outset, Mormon women and men were purposefully dispatched to such universities to "gather the world's knowledge to Zion." Simpson, drawing on unpublished diaries, among other materials, shows how LDS students commonly described American universities as egalitarian spaces that fostered a personally transformative sense of freedom to explore provisional reconciliations of Mormon and American identities and religious and scientific perspectives. On campus, Simpson argues, Mormon separatism died and a new, modern Mormonism was born: a Mormonism at home in the United States but at odds with itself. Fierce battles among Mormon scholars and church leaders ensued over scientific thought, progressivism, and the historicity of Mormonism's sacred past. The scars and controversy, Simpson concludes, linger.
Author | : Reid Larkin Neilson |
Publisher | : OUP USA |
Total Pages | : 239 |
Release | : 2011-12-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0195384032 |
Reid L. Neilson provides the first examination of Latter-day Saint participation in the 1893 Columbian Exposition, which was a watershed moment in the Mormon migration to the American mainstream and its leadership's discovery of public relations efforts, and marked the dramatic reengagement of the LDS Church with the outside, non-Mormon world after decades of isolation in America's Great Basin desert.
Author | : Douglas Davies |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2016-10-06 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 147428129X |
This collection of interdisciplinary essays explores the prime concern of Mormon Studies – the relationship between knowledge and spirituality – and how that relationship has been defined and reinterpreted over time. Beginning with an examination of the international prospects for Mormonism at the turn of the century, the volume's overarching theme, from sociological, anthropological and theological approaches, is the examination of changing Mormon identities. The contributors review the expansion of Mormonism, the emotional and social contexts of its historic and contemporary manifestations, the distinction between 'Utah' Mormons and the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and issues in Mormon feminism, concluding with a valuable review of the sources and documents available for studying Mormonism.
Author | : Thomas Wirthlin McConkie |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2015-10-02 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780996852609 |
Author | : Mary Bywater Cross |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : |
Examines the quilts and personal histories of Mormon pioneer women who crossed the U.S. in the 19th century.
Author | : J.B. Haws |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 425 |
Release | : 2013-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0199897646 |
What do Americans think about Mormons - and why do they think what they do? This is a story where the Osmonds, the Olympics, the Tabernacle Choir, Evangelical Christians, the Equal Rights Amendment, Sports Illustrated, and even Miss America all figure into the equation. The book is punctuated by the presidential campaigns of George and Mitt Romney, four decades apart. A survey of the past half-century reveals a growing tension inherent in the public's views of Mormons and the public's views of the religion that inspires that body.
Author | : Ross Anderson |
Publisher | : Zondervan |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2009-08-30 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 031059068X |
Mormons, or members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, form a growing population in both numbers and influence. Yet few people have more than a passing knowledge of the document that defines and drives this important movement—the Book of Mormon. A former Mormon and an adult convert to Christianity, author Ross Anderson provides a clear summary of the Book of Mormon including its history, teachings, and unique features. Stories from the author and other ex-Mormons illustrate the use of Mormon scripture in the Latter-day Saint church. Anderson gives special attention to how the Book of Mormon relates to Christian beliefs about God, Jesus, and the Bible. With discussion questions to facilitate group use and a focus on providing an accurate portrayal of Mormons beliefs, Understanding the Book of Mormon is an indispensable guide for anyone wishing to become more familiar with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its most formative scripture.