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Shifting borders and a tattered passport : intellectual journeys of a Mormon academic / Armand L. Mauss ; foreword by Richard Bushman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mauss, Armand L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mauss, Armand L.
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--United States--History--20th century.
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- Latter Day Saints--California--Biography.
- Latter Day Saints.
- Latter Day Saint churches--United States--History--20th century.
- Latter Day Saint churches.
- United States--Intellectual life--20th century.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (277 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The life of a Mormon intellectual in the secular academic community is likely to include some contradictions between belief, scholarship, and the changing times.In his memoir, Armand L.
- Contents:
- Not a boring life
- Earning the passport as a "defender of the faith"
- Touring academia in search of new realities
- Revisiting the Mormons: new perspectives encounter narrower boundaries
- Traveling back and forth with a new theory about Mormon history
- Recurrent visits with the race issue
- My journey with dialogue
- Bridging the chasm between academics and apologetics: the Claremont experiment
- Periodic passport checks with gatekeepers in the homeland
- Concluding apologia.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-60781-225-8
- OCLC:
- 822018621
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