Joseph White Musser : a Mormon fundamentalist / Cristina M. Rosetti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosetti, Cristina, author.

Series:

Introductions to Mormon thought.

Introductions to Mormon thought

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latter Day Saints--Biography.

Latter Day Saints.

Ex-church members--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Biography.

Ex-church members.

Latter Day Saint fundamentalism--History--20th century.

Latter Day Saint fundamentalism.

Musser, Joseph W.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (122 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Urbana, Illinois : University of Illinois Press, [2023]

Summary:

In 1921, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints excommunicated Joseph White Musser for his refusal to give up plural marriage. Cristina M. Rosetti tells the story of how a Church leader followed his beliefs into exile and applied the religious thought he began to develop in the mainline faith to become a foundational theologian of Mormon fundamentalism. Musser's devotion to Joseph Smith's vision and the faith's foundational texts reflected a widespread uneasiness with, and reaction against, changes taking place across society. Rosetti analyzes how Musser's writing and thought knit a disparate group of outcast LDS believers into a movement. She also places Musser's eventful life against the backdrop of a difficult period in LDS history, when the Church strained to disentangle itself from plural marriage and leaders like Musser emerged to help dissident members make sense of their lives outside the mainstream. The first book-length account of the Mormon thinker, Joseph White Musser reveals the figure whose teachings helped mold a movement.

Contents:

Saint Joseph White Musser

The order pertaining to the ancient of days

An eternal requirement

That the poor may be exalted.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780252055300

0252055306