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Mormon America : the power and the promise / Richard N. Ostling and Joan K. Ostling.
Van Pelt Library BX8635.2 .O88 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ostling, Richard N.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--United States.
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- Latter Day Saint churches--United States.
- Latter Day Saint churches.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 469 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- First edition revised and updated.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NYC : HarperCollins, 2007.
- Summary:
- Mormon America portrays Mormons in a way most Mormons will find appealing (if very revealing). Non- Mormons will be fascinated by Mormons' influence, plans, and way to success. In this first thorough treatment of Mormonism in over 20 years, the Ostlings reveal fascinating new information on the Mormons' vast economic wealth and power, secret ceremonies, dissenters and defectors, and much more.
- This updated and revised paperback edition will include major highlights, including the presidential run of Mitt Romney, the first major Mormon candidate running for president, and the likely death of president/prophet Hinckley (97), and its effects upon the Mormon community.
- Contents:
- Introduction: A New World Faith XIII
- 1 Sealed with Blood 1
- 2 Beginnings: A Very American Gospel 20
- 3 The American Exodus 38
- 4 Polygamy Then and Now 56
- 5 Redefining the Kingdom of God 77
- 6 Almost Mainstream 95
- 7 Mormons, Inc. 116
- 8 Some Latter-day Stars 133
- 9 The Power Pyramid 151
- 10 Families Forever 163
- 11 A Peculiar People 177
- 12 Rituals Sacred and Secret 188
- 13 Two by Two 207
- 14 Saintly Indoctrination 224
- 15 Faithful History 242
- 16 The Gold Bible 264
- 17 Discovering "Plain and Precious Things" 284
- 18 "How God Came to Be God" 300
- 19 Are Mormons Christians? Are Non-Mormons Christians? 319
- 20 Rivals and Antagonists 340
- 21 Dissenters and Exiles 357
- 22 Mormonism in the Twenty-first Century 379
- Appendix A Joseph Smith's King Follett Discourse 395
- Appendix B How the Income and Wealth Estimates Were Made 403.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780061432958
- 0061432954
- OCLC:
- 173997284
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