The Mormon people : the making of an American faith / Matthew Bowman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bowman, Matthew Burton.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

History.

Physical Description:

xxi, 328 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Random House, [2012]

Summary:

With Mormonism on the verge of an unprecedented cultural and political breakthrough, an eminent scholar of American evangelicalism explores the history and reflects on the future of this native-born American faith and its connection to the life of the nation. In 1830, a young seer named Joseph Smith began organizing adherents into a new religious community that would come to be called the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (known informally as the Mormons). Here, religious historian Matthew Bowman presents more than 180 years of Mormon history and doctrine. He recounts the church's origin and development, explains how Mormonism came to be one of the fastest-growing religions in the world by the turn of the 21st century, and sets the scene for a 2012 presidential election that has the potential to mark a major turning point in the way this faith is perceived by the wider American public--and internationally.--From publisher description.

Contents:

Joseph Smith and the first Mormons: to 1831

Little Zions: 1831-1839

City of Joseph: 1839-1846

Come, come, ye saints: 1846-1877

The rise and fall of plural marriage: 1852-1896

Eternal progression: 1890-1945

Correlation: 1945-1978

Toward a global church: 1978-2011.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [295]-311) and index.

ISBN:

9780679644903

0679644903

9780679644910

0679644911

OCLC:

747533635