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Taylor Petrey's trenchant history takes a landmark step forward in documenting and theorizing about Latter-day Saints (LDS) teachings on gender, sexual difference, and marriage. Drawing on deep archival research, Petrey situates LDS doctrines in gender theory and American religious history since World War II.
Gender identity --- Sexual orientation --- Religious aspects --- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. --- Religious aspects. --- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints --- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints --- Doctrines --- History --- Doctrines --- History
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"The first fifty years of United States history was a period of seemingly endless possibility. With the birth of a new country during the age of revolutions came new religions, new literary genres, new political parties, temperance and abolitionist societies, and the expansion of print and marketing networks that would dramatically change the course of the century. Envisioning Scripture: Joseph Smith's Revelations in Their Early American Contexts brings together ten essays from leading scholars on the history of early American religion and print culture. Covering issues of gender, race, prophecy, education, scripture, real and narrative time, authority and power, and apocalypticism, the essays invite the reader-scholar, student, etc.-to expand their knowledge of early Mormon history by grasping more fully the American contexts that Mormonism grew out of."--
Revelation --- Revelation --- Mormon Church --- Mormon Church --- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints --- Mormon Church --- Sacred books --- Doctrines --- Smith, Joseph --- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints --- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints --- Sacred books --- Doctrines
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Mormons --- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints --- Mormon Church --- History --- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints --- United States --- 20th century --- Latter Day Saints
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Latter Day Saints --- Mormons. --- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints --- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. --- History --- Mormons
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This book explores the relationship between the performance of priesthood ordinances (or rituals) and the power of godliness that is mentioned in Doctrine and Covenants 84.
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"Religious authority has long been a central concern for religious traditions. This is especially the case for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Indeed, the Mormon tradition's emphasis on prophetic authority makes them unique within American religious culture. This book will trace the contours of Mormonism's unique claim to religious authority, and what such a claim can tells us about the surrounding context from which it emerged. Though most Americans ideologically opposed the idea of monarchy and politically equated it with tyranny and suppression, religion created a space in which individuals could build a kingdom of God and one could worship a divine king. Mormonism can be thus aligned with American's post-Revolutionary "nostalgia for monarchy," framing its development within the concept of American religious authority that was being shaped by the symbiotic relationship of American religion and cultural authority. The religion Joseph Smith created not only established a kingdom of God, it positioned him as the authoritative voice of Christ on earth, successfully shaping an independent religious authority in which the voice of the prophet formed cities, established economies, and arranged governance. Prophetic Authority examines the origins of the LDS priesthood and its relationship to Joseph Smith's notions of religious authority, and specifically investigates the evolution of the concept of prophetic authority. MacKay argues that the ecstatic element of Smith's experiences, which eventually becomes a central part of Smith's articulation of a priesthood restoration, can be read as growing out of the nineteenth-century American revivalism particular to the Burned Over District. The project takes a solid historical work a step further in terms of analysis and theological interpretation, which leads to some fascinating new claims and discussions"--
Priesthood --- Authority --- Prophets (Latter Day Saint doctrine) --- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints --- History. --- Religious aspects --- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints --- History. --- History.