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University of Minnesota Press Exceptionally Queer: Mormon Peculiarity and U.S.
Book SynopsisHow perceptions of Mormonism from 1830 to the present reveal the exclusionary, racialized practices of the U.S. nation-state Are Mormons really so weird? Are they potentially queer? These questions occupy the heart of this powerful rethinking of Mormonism and its place in U.S. history, culture, and politics. K. Mohrman argues that Mormon peculiarity is not inherent to the Latter-day Saint faith tradition, as is often assumed, but rather a potent expression of U.S. exceptionalism. Exceptionally Queer scrutinizes the history of Mormonism starting with its inception in the early 1830s and continuing to the present. Drawing on a wide range of historical texts and moments—from nineteenth-century battles over Mormon plural marriage; to the LDS Church’s emphases on “individual responsibility” and “family values”; to mainstream media’s coverage of the LDS Church’s racist exclusion of Black priesthood holders, its Native assimilation programs, and vehement opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment; and to much more recent legal and cultural battles over same-sex marriage and on-screen Mormon polygamy—Exceptionally Queer evaluates how Mormonism has been used to motivate and rationalize the biased, exclusionary, and colonialist policies and practices of the U.S. nation-state.Mohrman explains that debates over Mormonism both drew on and shaped racial discourses and, in so doing, delineated the boundaries of whiteness and national belonging, largely through the consolidation of (hetero)normative ideas of sex, marriage, family, and economy. Ultimately, the author shows how discussions of Mormonism in this country have been and continue to be central to ideas of what it means to be American. Trade Review "K. Mohrman upends normative, contemporary understandings of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in relationship to race, queerness, and American nationalism. Beautifully written and thoroughly researched, Exceptionally Queer traces how Mormon peculiarity is critical to understanding U.S. nationalism. Whether framed as marginal and a threat to all that America holds dear or being represented as hyper-American nationalists, Mohrman demonstrates that Mormonism is a critical part of the national imaginary and the political discourse that, due to its peculiarity, has not been fully explored until now."—Hōkūlani K. Aikau, author of A Chosen People, a Promised Land: Mormonism and Race in Hawai‘i "K. Mohrman’s Exceptionally Queer brings much-needed theorizing to the question of Mormon peculiarity. Often discussed as both strange and hypernormal, Latter-day Saints occupy a puzzling place in the American consciousness. The brilliant analysis in this book links Mormonism’s peculiarity and its Americanness to larger issues of American nationalism, imperialism, and racial formation. Scholars of U.S. history, race, sexuality, queer studies, and, of course, Mormonism have much to gain from the powerful lens this book casts on the project of American exceptionalism."—Taylor Petrey, author of Tabernacles of Clay: Sexuality and Gender in Modern Mormonism "Mohrman’s evidence and arguments are provocative, engaging, and expand the possibilites for Mormon studies to enter into broader interdisciplinary conversations. Exceptionally Queer cannot—and should not—be ignored. "—Juvenile Instructor Table of ContentsIntroduction: Peculiar, Exceptional, QueerPart I. Making Mormonism Peculiar1. Becoming Peculiar, 1830–18522. A Peculiar Race with Peculiar Institutions, 1847–18743. The Problems of (Mormon) Empire, 1874–1896Part II. Exceptionally Normal4. Resignifying Mormon Peculiarity, 1890–19455. A Thoroughly American Institution, 1936–19626. Making Mormon Peculiarity Colorblind, 1960–1982Part III. Regulatory Queer Varieties of Mormon Peculiarity7. Polygamy, or The Racial Politics of Marriage as FreedomCoda: What Mormonism Can Tell Us about Critical TheoryAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex
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University of Utah Press,U.S. The Bible and the Latter-day Saint Tradition
Book SynopsisLike other Christian denominations, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) has been engaged in the battle for the Bible since challenges to biblical authority began to exert significant influence in America toward the end of the nineteenth century. Other believing communities have responded with various reevaluations of biblical text. Latter-day Saints have experimented with similar approaches, often taking liberal positions on biblical authority and conservative positions on history and authorship. However, Latter-day Saints accept additional scripture as well as embracing a theology notably distinct from traditional Christianity. Hence, Latter-day Saints relate to the Bible differently from other Christians, creating gaps with mainstream biblical studies. This volume bridges that gap.From comparing the Book of Mormon to the Bible or the Dead Sea Scrolls, to Mormon feminists’ biblical studies approaches to the Gospels, this volume takes a comprehensive and inclusive approach to understanding Bible scholarship’s role in Mormon history and exploring these differences for both scholars and students. A diverse group of contributors presents an accessible resource to mediate between Latter-day Saint traditions and the broader context of biblical history, literature, and scholarship. Each essay provides a synopsis of relevant major scholarly views and delivers new insights into a wide variety of Bible receptions.Trade Review “One of the great strengths of this collection is how it often offers different perspectives, offered by different scholars, to similar concerns or texts. In so doing, it adds a nice breadth of approach and depth of competing analyses.”—Paul C. Gutjahr, Indiana University “The Sheer amount of information is impressive and makes the volume invaluable to scholars of many disciplines. Historians and biblical scholars, to be sure, but also scholars of literature, theologians, and religious studies academics will find worthy materials here.”—Mathew Bowman, Claremont Graduate University in Nova ReligioTable of Contents Introduction: Latter-day Saints and Biblical Scholarship by Taylor G. Petrey Part I: The Ancient World of the Bible as Understood by Latter-day Saints: From Joseph Smith to Contemporary Scholarship 1. The Place of the Bible and Biblical Scholarship among Latter-day Saints in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries by Philip L. Barlow and Stephen T. Betts 2. The King James Version and Modern Translations of the Bible by Thomas Wayment 3. Joseph Smith’s “New Translation” of the Bible by Grant Underwood 4. Temple and Priesthood in the Bible and in Mormonism by Cory Crawford 5. Dead Sea Scrolls by Dana M. Pike 6. The Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman Periods by Matthew J. Grey Part II: Conceptions of Canon and Not Canon: The Bible(s) and Restoration Scripture 7. The Biblical Canon by Daniel Becerra 8. The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha by Jared W. Ludlow 9. How the Book of Mormon Responds to the Bible by Grant Hardy 10. The Biblical World in the Book of Mormon by David Calabro 11. The Bible in the Pearl of Great Price by Brian M. Hauglid Part III: A Variety of Critical Biblical Approaches and Their Relevance to Mormon Studies 12. Nineteenth-Century Biblical Interpretation in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Amy Easton-Flake 13. Historical Criticism of the Bible among the Latter-day Saints by Jason Robert Combs 14. Biblical Theology and the Latter-day Saint Tradition by Joseph M. Spencer 15. Textual Criticism by Lincoln H. Blumell 16. Biblical Archaeology in Latter-day Saint Perspective by George A. Pierce 17. Orality, Literacy, and the Cultural World of the Bible in Ancient Near Eastern Scholarship and Latter-day Saint Reception by Eric A. Eliason 18. Feminist Biblical Criticism by Deidre Nicole Green Part IV: Inheritance and Divergence: Latter-day Saints Read Others Reading the Bible 19. The Use of Jewish Scripture in the New Testament by Jared W. Ludlow 20. Early Christian Biblical Interpretation by Carl Griffin and Kristian S. Heal 21. Early Christian Literature by Grant Adamson 22. Medieval Bibles by Miranda Wilcox 23. Reformation and Early Modern Biblical Interpretation by Jason A. Kerr Part V: Latter-day Saint Approaches to the Bible’s Major Genres and Divisions 24. The Pentateuch by David Bokovoy 25. From Exodus to Exile by David Rolph Seely 26. Prophets and Prophetic Literature by David Bokovoy 27. Wisdom Literature and the Psalms by Ryan Conrad Davis 28. Jesus and the Gospels by Eric D. Huntsman 29. Paul’s Letters and Acts of the Apostles by Taylor G. Petrey 30. The Universal Epistles: James, 1 and 2 Peter, 1–3 John, Jude by Luke Drake 31. Apocalyptic Literature by Jill Kirby List of Contributors Index
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University of Utah Press,U.S. Like a Fiery Meteor: The Life of Joseph F. Smith
Book Synopsis Joseph F. Smith was born in 1838 to Hyrum Smith and Mary Fielding Smith. Six years later both his father and his uncle, Joseph Smith Jr., the founding prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, were murdered in Carthage, Illinois. The trauma of that event remained with Joseph F. for the rest of his life, affecting his personal behavior and public tenure in the highest tiers of the LDS Church, including the post of president from 1901 until his death in 1918. Joseph F. Smith laid the theological groundwork for modern Mormonism, especially the emphasis on temple work. This contribution was capped off by his “revelation on the redemption of the dead,” a vision accepted by Mormons as a prophetic glimpse into the afterlife. Taysom’s book traces the roots of this vision, which reach far more deeply into Joseph F. Smith’s life than other scholars have previously identified. In this first cradle-to-grave biography of Joseph F. Smith, Stephen C. Taysom uses previously unavailable primary source materials to craft a deeply detailed, insightful story of a prominent member of a governing and hugely influential Mormon family. Importantly, Taysom situates Joseph F. Smith within the historical currents of American westward expansion, rapid industrialization, settler colonialism, regional and national politics, changing ideas about family and masculinity, and more. Though some writers tend to view the LDS Church and its leaders through a lens of political and religious separatism, Taysom does the opposite, pushing Joseph F. Smith and Mormonism closer to the centers of power in Washington, DC, and elsewhere. Trade ReviewThis remarkable, path-breaking, sometimes jaw-dropping Joseph F. Smith biography makes an immense contribution to the fields of Mormon history and Mormon studies." —John Turner, George Mason University"Taysom has done a marvelous job of mining the voluminous primary sources available to him, primarily in church archives. He has produced a detailed, textured, and fascinating biography of a major but underappreciated figure in Latter-day Saint history." —Patrick Q. Mason, Utah State UniversityTable of Contents A Note on Sources Preface AcknowledgmentsIntroduction 1. Bloodlines 2. From Missouri to Nauvoo 3. The Murders of Joseph and Hyrum Smith 4. Pioneer Days 5. Upon the Isles of the Sea 6. Returning to Utah and Finding a Wife 7. Mission to the British Isles 8. Marital Discord, Domestic Violence, and Divorce 9. JFS the Apostle, JFS the Polygamist 10. Mission President in England, Losing the Lion 11. Exile 12. “We were unsettled as a Quorum” 13. An Emerging Gospel Scholar, Iosepa, and the Manifesto 14. The Ever- Tightening Knot of Utah Politics 15. Politics, Economics, and Polygamy Collide 16. Presiding High Priest, 1901–1918 17. The Complexities of Religion in a New Century 18. From Salt Lake to Sharon 19. Dusk Afterword Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Nevada Press Bright Lights in the Desert: The Latter-day
Book SynopsisBright Lights in the Desert explores the history of how members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Las Vegas have improved the regions' neighborhoods, inspired educational institutions, brought integrity to the marketplace, and provided wholesome entertainment and cultural refinement. The LDS influence has helped shape the metropolitan city because of its members' focus on family values and community service.Woods discusses how, through their beliefs and work ethics, they have impacted the growth of the area from the time of their first efforts to establish a mission in 1855 through the present day. Bright Lights in the Desert reveals Las Vegas as more than just a tourist destination and shows the LDS community's commitment to making it a place of deep religious faith and devotion to family.Trade Review"Woods's book will be very popular with members of the LDS community, and with nonmembers who want to know more about the area and region's history. We have long needed a solid, thorough history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in southern Nevada and this book deserves that description."—Michael S. Green, associate professor of history, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, author of Nevada: A History of the Silver State"Woods addresses an important part of Las Vegas history that has not received adequate attention. The book contributes to our understanding of the city's development."—Jonathan Foster, professor of history, Great Basin College, and author of Stigma Cities: The Reputation and History of Birmingham, San Francisco, and Las VegasTable of Contents Contents Foreword by Michael S. Green Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1. The Latter-day Saint Corridor and the Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort Chapter 2. Post–Old Mormon Fort Early Settlement to Las Vegas Stakes (1857–1960) Chapter 3. Ignorance, Education, and Cultural Refinement Chapter 4. Business and Entertainment Chapter 5. Latter-day Saints in Elected Office and Community Service Chapter 6. Ecclesiastical Community Service to a Local Congregation in Need Chapter 7. The Story of the Las Vegas Temple Appendix A. Nevada Mothers of the Year Appendix B. Clark County Schools Named After Latter-day Saints Appendix C. Select List of Elected or Appointed Officials in the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area Appendix D. Las Vegas Temple Dedicatory Prayer, Given December 16, 1989 Appendix E. Latter-day Saint Las Vegas Regional Timeline Notes Bibliography Index About the Author
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MO - University of Illinois Press A Foreign Kingdom
Book SynopsisConsiders the ways in which Mormons and anti-Mormons both questioned and constructed ideas of the national body politic, citizenship, gender, the family, and American culture at large.Trade Review"Recommended."--Choice "Talbot has written an important book that both revives critical engagement with the public/private divide and expands our understanding of polygamy and Mormonism in nineteenth-century America. . . . a persuasive account of the centrality of Mormonism and polygamy to nineteenth-century politics and culture."--H-Net Reviews "By tracing the intricate connections between polygamy, theocracy, and freedom, Talbot adeptly reveals the problem of a totalizing religious culture in a liberal democracy."--The Journal of American History"Christine Talbot tackles the Mormon question by exploring nineteenth-century conceptions of Otherness and examining how Protestant Americans redefined their own ideals to distinguish themselves from the Mormon Other. A Foreign Kingdom is a treasure trove of secondary analysis and primary documents for students of American religious history and minority studies."--Nova Religio"Talbot makes a sophisticated and convincing argument that "anti-Mormons asserted that it was through the proper maintenance of the gendered public/private divide that people qualified for membership in the American body politic."--Western Historical Quarterly"Readers will appreciate the clarity of her writing; her careful attention to race, class, and gender; her insertion of Mormon history into broader dialogues."--Journal of Mormon History"Talbot pulls disparate strands of nineteenth-century political thought together in an account revealing what was really at stake in the battle over polygamy. Her insights are at times striking. She's succeeded in unfolding the underlying cultural logic that formed one of Mormonism's main challenges to the American state: its assault on a powerful configuration of the public/private binary, couched in the languages of constitutional religious liberty." --American Historical Review"One of the most important studies of nineteenth-century Mormon polygamy, thanks to Talbot's erudite, nuanced, interdisciplinary approach."--D. Michael Quinn, author of Same-Sex Dynamics Among Nineteenth-Century Americans: A Mormon Example
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University of Minnesota Press Building Zion
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Building Zion surpasses all earlier studies of the Mormon cultural landscape. Through his astute readings of the buildings and towns of Utah’s Sanpete Valley, Thomas Carter offers a persuasive new interpretation of the Latter-Day Saints’ formative years. This book is required reading to understand how the built environment contributes to historical understanding."—Dell Upton, UCLA"An interesting take on the history and building of a community where many have the same faith and where church and government leaders were initially one and the same."—Deseret News"Building Zion effectively rewrites the narrative of the settling of the Great Basin as much less weird and un-American than it has been traditionally represented. In doing so, it pushes back against perceptions of Mormons as perennial outsiders. Instead, Thomas urges us to think of Mormons as the fringe of stereotypical America but not—as many others have argued—the fringe that defines the center."—InVisible Culture"Truly a lifetime project, this thoughtful, reflective, nuanced study of relationships between geographical space and social culture is more interpretive and sophisticated than Leonard Arrington, Feramorz Fox, and Dean May's Building the City of God."—CHOICE"Detailed and richly illustrated, Carter proves himself a historian at heart. "—Buildings & Landscapes: Journal of the Vernacular Architecture Forum"Thomas Carter’s lifetime work on Building Zion is a remarkable introduction to landscape and Mormon settlement. . . A classic."—Journal of Mormon History"In this important volume, Carter deftly and thoroughly explores the human, physical, and spiritual landscape of the Mormons in Zion. . . This book is required reading to grasp how the built environment contributes to the understanding of this history."—Bench Press"I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the nineteenth century Mormons of Utah. His novel approach of using evidence from built landscape studies contributes valuable insights to the understanding of this history."—Association for Mormon Letters"Building Zion is an important book, and it will take its place among the works of Glassie and Upton and others that have markedly influenced how landscape and architecture scholars view the worlds we study."—Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review"Building Zion deserves a prominent and abiding place on the bookshelves and in the classrooms of all who take seriously the academic study of the Latter-day Saints. Intellectually and rhetorically, the study is thorough and sophisticated. At the same time, Building Zion is also a distinct pleasure to read."—BYU Studies"A valuable addition to the already-extensive LDS canon."—Journal of American History"An unparalleled investigation into Mormon material culture and its development... Scholars in history and religious studies will find in it an essential guide to the development of the Mormon world-view, and both Saint and Gentile will appreciate Carter’s ability to craft a study that is respectful of Mormon culture while maintaining objectivity in its criticism."—Mormon Studies ReviewTable of ContentsContentsPrefaceNote on IllustrationsIntroduction: A Landscape of Difference1. Faith and Works: A Historical Framework2. The Settlement Matrix: Towns and Temples3. According to Need: Family Stewardships and the Distribution of Resources4. Frontier Fashion: Domestic Architecture and Individual Display5. Polygamy and Patriarchy: Women in the Landscape6. Business as Usual: The Americanization of the Mormon Main Street7. Meetinghouses: The Search for Mormon Identity8. Mansion on the Hill: The Temple as Ritual SpaceConclusion: The Enduring ZionAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex
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John Wiley & Sons A Mormon Mother An Autobiography
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University of Utah Press,U.S. The Earth Will Appear as the Garden of Eden:
Book SynopsisAlthough scholars have increasingly investigated the impact of religion and religious movements on nature, studies of the interactions between Mormons and the natural environment are few. This volume applies the perspectives of environmental history to Mormonism, providing both a scholarly introduction to Mormon environmental history and a spur for historians to consider the role of nature in the Mormon past.Mormons have interacted with nature in significant ways—whether perceiving in it a place to find God, wildness needing domestication and control, uncorrupted spaces in which to build communities to usher in the Second Coming, or a world brimming with natural resources to ensure economic well-being. The essays in this volume—written by leading scholars in both environmental and Mormon history—explore how nature has influenced Mormon beliefs and how these beliefs inform Mormons’ encounters with nature. Introducing overarching environmental ideas, contributors examine specific aspects of nature and Mormon theology to glean new insights into the Mormon experience.Trade Review“This felicitous collection deepens our understanding of the changing relationship between Latter-day Saints and the environmental world that here encompasses land, water, habitat, place, and home. A milestone in Mormon studies and a benchmark for future scholarship.” — Jared Farmer, author of On Zion’s Mount: Mormons, Indians, and the American Landscape“A significant contribution. These essays provide a synthesis of the growing literature in the field as well as a springboard and road map for future studies.” — Andrew H. Hedges, professor of church history and doctrine, Brigham Young UniversityTable of Contents Introduction: The Promise and Challenge of Mormon Environmental History, by Jedediah S. Rogers and Matthew C. Godfrey History, Nature, and Mormon Historiography, by Jedediah S. Rogers Part I: Theology and Ideology The “Lion of the Lord” and the Land: Brigham Young’s Environmental Ethic, by Sara Dant Lost Memory and Environmentalism: Mormons on the Wasatch Front, 1847–1930, by Thomas G. Alexander Part II: Perception and Place The Natural World and the Establishment of Zion, 1831–1833, by Matthew C. Godfrey “We Seldom Find Either Garden, Cow, or Pig”: Encountering Environments in Urban England and the American West, by Brett D. Dowdle Mapping Deseret: Vernacular Mormon Mapmaking and Spiritual Geography in the American West, by Richard Francaviglia American Zion: Mormon Culture and the Creation of a National Park, by Betsy Gaines Quammen Part III: Agrarianism and Urbanism Before the Boom: Mormons, Livestock, and Stewardship, 1847–1870, by Jeff Nichols “The People Cannot Conquer the River”: Mormons and Water in the Arid Southwest, 1865–1938, by Brian Frehner “There Are Millions of Acres in Our State”: Mormon Agrarianism and the Environmental Limits of Expansion, by Brian Q. Cannon “The Prophet Said to Plant a Garden”: Spencer W. Kimball and the Transformation of the Mormon Agrarian Tradition, by Nathan N. Waite “For the Strength of the Hills”: Casting a Concrete Zion, by Rebecca K. Andersen Epilogue: On the Moral Lessons of Mormon Environmental History, by George B. Handley Appendix: Righteous Dominion and Compassion for the Earth, by Marcus B. Nash Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Contributors Index
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For Beginners Mormonism for Beginners
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V&R unipress GmbH Kirche - Konfession - Religion.: Körper und
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