Sins of Christendom : anti-Mormonism and the making of evangelicalism / Nathaniel Wiewora.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wiewora, Nathaniel, 1981- author.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evangelicalism--Relations--Latter Day Saint churches--History--19th century.

Evangelicalism.

Latter Day Saint churches--Relations--Evangelicalism--History--19th century.

Latter Day Saint churches.

Anti-Mormonism--History--19th century.

Anti-Mormonism.

Physical Description:

viii, 221 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2024]

Summary:

"Evangelical criticism of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints dates back to the earliest days of the Church. Nathaniel Wiewora uses the diverse animus expressed by evangelicals to illuminate how they used an imaginary Church as a proxy to disagree, attack, compromise, and settle differences among themselves. As Wiewora shows, the evangelical practice to contrast itself with the emerging faith not only encompassed but also went beyond religious matters. If Joseph Smith was accused of muddling religious truth, he and his followers also faced accusations of immoral economic practices and a sinful regard for wealth that reflected worries within the evangelical world. Attacks on Latter-day Saints' emotional religious displays, the Book of Mormon's authenticity, and the dangerous ideas represented by Nauvoo paralleled similar conflicts. Wiewora traces how the failure to blunt the Church's success led evangelicals to change their own methods and pursue the religious education infrastructure that came to define parts of the movement"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

"The greatest fraud of our time in the field of religion" : what antebellum evangelicals first thought about Mormonism

"Restoration of body and mind" : anti-Mormonism and the making of the Stone-Campbell Movement

"Peddling the holy scriptures" : anti-Mormonism and the evangelical relationship to the market

"God has been pleased to give a revelation to mankind" : anti-Mormonism and the evangelical interpretation of the Bible

"Mormonism, whether found . . . in Kentucky, or at Nauvoo" : revivalism and the rise of Mormonism

"Apprehension for the future" : anti-Mormonism and the building of evangelical institutions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Wiewora, Nathaniel, 1981- Sins of Christendom

ISBN:

9780252045677

025204567X

9780252087783

025208778X

OCLC:

1390876723