Between pulpit and pew : the supernatural world in Mormon history and folklore / W. Paul Reeve and Michael Scott Van Wagenen, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reeve, W. Paul.

Van Wagenen, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latter Day Saints--Folklore.

Latter Day Saints.

Legends--Utah.

Legends.

Folklore--Utah.

Folklore.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Mormons gave to supernatural legends and events distinctive meanings related to Mormon theology and culture, but such narratives incorporated motifs found in many cultures. Many such historical legends and beliefs continue to find adherents down to the present. In this collection, historians employ folklore to illuminate the cultural and religious history of the Mormon people.

Contents:

Between pulpit and pew : where history and lore intersect / W. Paul Reeve and Michael Scott Van Wagenen

A Mormon bigfoot : David Patten's Cain and the conception of evil in LDS folklore / Matthew Bowman

"As ugly as evil," and "as wicked as Hell" : Gadianton robbers and the legend process among the Mormons / W. Paul Reeve

Raising the dead : Mormons, evangelicals, and miracles in America / Matthew Bowman

Singular phenomena : the evolving Mormon interpretation of unidentified flying objects / Michael Scott Van Wagenen

A currency of faith : taking stock in Utah County's Dream Mine / Kevin Cantera

A Nessie in Mormon country / Alan L. Morrell

Walking on water : nineteenth-century prophets and a legend of religious imposture / Stanley J. Thayne.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786613250193

9781283250191

1283250195

9780874218237

0874218233

OCLC:

741614045