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Author:   Kurt Widmer
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.295kg
ISBN:  

9780786474028

ISBN 10:   0786474025
Pages:   215
Publication Date:   26 October 2012
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments      Foreword by Irving Hexham      INTRODUCTION: MORMONISM YESTERDAY AND TODAY      1. YE MOUNTAINS ROLL DOWN YOUR THUNDER Mormonism from Monotheism to Cosmic Henotheism      2. OUT OF THE GROUND A VOICE SPEAKS The Book of Mormon in Its Nineteenth-Century Religious Context      3. KNOWING THE ONLY TRUE The Revelations of Moses, the Joseph Smith Translation, and the Rewriting of Genesis      4. AMONG THE SCHOOL OF THE PROPHETS IN OHIO Teachings from the Lectures of Faith      5. IN THE GRAND COUNCIL OF THE GODS Redacting the Writings of Abraham      6. IF ANY MAN LACK WISDOM The First Vision and the Mormon Quest for Legitimization      7. AND YE SHALL BE GODS Placing the King Follett Discourse in Its Historical Perspective      8. ADAM OUR FATHER AND OUR Doctrinal Development During the Early Utah Period      9. UNITY FROM DIVERSITY Apostle James E. Talmage and the Birth of Mormonism      Notes      Bibliography      Index     

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the first book-length treatment of the subject...ample documentation...well-researched and well-documented...definitive --The Journal of Mormom History.

the first book-length treatment of the subject…ample documentation…well-researched and well-documented…definitive--The Journal of Mormom History; --; --

the first book-length treatment of the subject...ample documentation...well-researched and well-documented...definitive --<i>The Journal of Mormom History.</i>

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Kurt Widmer is an instructor at the University of Lethbridge in Lethbridge, Alberta. He is also the editor of North American Religion: The Journal of the Centre for the Study of North American Religion. He lives in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.

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