Mormonism in transition : a history of the Latter-Day Saints, 1890-1930 / Thomas G. Alexander.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alexander, Thomas G., 1935-

Contributor:

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--History.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Latter Day Saint churches--History.

Latter Day Saint churches.

History.

Penn Provenance:

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)

Potok, Chaim (inscription) (Potok Collection copy)

Alexander, Thomas G. (autograph) (Pptok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xii, 381 pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Urbana ; Chicago : University of Illinois Press, [1986]

Contents:

The 1890s and the challenge to the Mormon world view

The search for a pluralistic political system: 1900-1911

The politics of change and reconciliation, 1912-30

Recurrent encounters with plural marriage

The temporal kingdom

Administrative modernization, 1900-1918

New directions in church administration, 1918-30

The church auxiliary organizations

Definition of a role for the church educational system

Cooperation and individualism in Mormon society

The church and its missions

Reshaping the Latter-day Saint image

The adoption of a new interpretation of the Word of Wisdom

Definition and explication of church doctrine.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [317]-370) and index.

Local Notes:

Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.

Potok Collection copy: dustjacket retained.

Potok Collection copy inscribed "For Chaim Potok. Thanks for the insights of your Utah Academy lecture, and for The Book of Lights. Thomas Alexander 5/24/89".

ISBN:

0252011856

OCLC:

11469720