Mormonism: a Very Short Introduction

Name: Mormonism: a Very Short Introduction
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ISBN: 9780195310306

ISBN-10: 0195310306

ISBN-13: 9780195310306

Edition: 2008

Authors: Richard Lyman Bushman

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Beginning with a handful of members in 1830, the church that Joseph Smith founded has grown into a world-wide organization with over 12 million adherents, playing prominent roles in politics, sports, entertainment, and business. Yet they are an oddity. They are considered wholesome,conservative, and friendly on one hand, and clannish, weird, and self-righteous on the other. Mormonism: A Very Short Introduction explains who Mormons are: what they believe and how they live their lives. Written by Richard Lyman Bushman, an eminent historian and practicing Mormon, this compact, informative volume ranges from the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daySaints to the contentious issues…

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List price: $12.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/22/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English

Richard Lyman Bushman is Gouverneur Morris Professor of History emeritus at Columbia University.Reid L. Neilson is assistant professor of church history and doctrine at Brigham Young University.Jed Woodworth is a Ph.D. candidate in American history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.



List of illustrations



Introduction: What sets Mormons apart?



Revelation: How Joseph Smith's revelations set the pattern for every Mormon to seek inspiration



Zion: How the organization of the City of Zion constituted Mormons as a people as well as a church



Priesthood: How the Mormon priesthood is both hierarchical and democratic



Cosmology: How Mormons understand the meaning of life



Nineteenth-century Utah: How old ideals and new struggles formed Mormon identity



The Mormon world: How Mormons left their homeland and fought to retain their distinctiveness



Articles of Faith


Notes


Further reading


Web sites


Index