Building the kingdom : a history of Mormons in America / Claudia Lauper Bushman and Richard Lyman Bushman.

By:

Bushman, Claudia L [author.]

Contributor(s):

Bushman, Richard L [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Religion in American lifePublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2001]Copyright date: ©2001Description: 1 online resource (xi, 123 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780199770441
0199770441
1283576562
9781283576567
9786613889010
6613889016

Other title:

History of Mormons in America

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Building the kingdom.DDC classification:

289.3/73 22

LOC classification:

BX8611 .B84 2001eb

Other classification:

11.98

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Contents:

Joseph Smith's first visions, 1820-30 -- Zion, 1831-37 -- Nauvoo, 1838-46 -- Westward trek, 1846-69 -- Building the kingdom, 1847-69 -- Mormon women, 1831-90 -- Mormons in the nation, 1890-1945 -- Church since 1945.

Summary: Mormonism is one of the world's fastest growing religions, doubling its membership every 15 years. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the formal denomination of the Mormon church) is now 10 million strong, with more than half of its membership coming from outside the United States. More than 88 million copies of The Book of Mormon have been printed, and it has been translated into more than 50 languages. Mormons in America tells the tumultuous story of this religious group, from its humble origins in small-town New York State in 1830 to its present heyday. Claudia and Richard Bushman introduce us to charismatic leaders like Joseph Smith and Brigham Young, go deep behind Mormon rites and traditions, take us along the adventurous trail of the Mormon pioneers into the West, evoke the momentous erection of Salt Lake City in the desert, and draw us into the dozens of skirmishes, verbal attacks, and court battles between Mormons and their neighbors, other religions, the media, and the American government.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 110-116) and index.

Mormonism is one of the world's fastest growing religions, doubling its membership every 15 years. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the formal denomination of the Mormon church) is now 10 million strong, with more than half of its membership coming from outside the United States. More than 88 million copies of The Book of Mormon have been printed, and it has been translated into more than 50 languages. Mormons in America tells the tumultuous story of this religious group, from its humble origins in small-town New York State in 1830 to its present heyday. Claudia and Richard Bushman introduce us to charismatic leaders like Joseph Smith and Brigham Young, go deep behind Mormon rites and traditions, take us along the adventurous trail of the Mormon pioneers into the West, evoke the momentous erection of Salt Lake City in the desert, and draw us into the dozens of skirmishes, verbal attacks, and court battles between Mormons and their neighbors, other religions, the media, and the American government.

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