The Mormon Quest for the Presidency

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Total Pages : 320 pages
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Book Synopsis The Mormon Quest for the Presidency by : Newell G. Bringhurst

Download or read book The Mormon Quest for the Presidency written by Newell G. Bringhurst and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Political Deliverance

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Total Pages : 360 pages
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Book Synopsis Political Deliverance by : Edward Leo Lyman

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The Mormon Quest for Glory

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199911134
Total Pages : 392 pages
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Book Synopsis The Mormon Quest for Glory by : Melvyn Hammarberg

Download or read book The Mormon Quest for Glory written by Melvyn Hammarberg and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-06-03 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has 6 million members in the United States today (and 13 million worldwide). Yet, while there has been extensive study of Mormon history, comparatively little scholarly attention has been paid to contemporary Mormons. The best sociological study of Mormon life, Thomas O'Dea's The Mormons, is now over fifty years old. What is it like to be a Mormon in America today? Melvyn Hammarberg attempts to answer this question by offering an ethnography of contemporary Mormons. In The Mormon Quest for Glory, Hammarberg examines Mormon history, rituals, social organization, family connections, gender roles, artistic traditions, use of media, and missionary work. He writes as a sympathetic outsider who has studied Mormon life for decades, and strives to explain the religious world of the Latter-day Saints through the lens of their own spiritual understanding. Drawing on a survey, participant observation, interviews, focus groups, attendance at religious gatherings, diaries, church periodicals, lesson manuals, and other church literature, Hammarberg aims to present a comprehensive picture of the religious world of the Latter-day Saints.

The Mormon Image in the American Mind

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199374945
Total Pages : 424 pages
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Book Synopsis The Mormon Image in the American Mind by : J.B. Haws

Download or read book The Mormon Image in the American Mind written by J.B. Haws and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Mormon History Association Best Book Award What do Americans really think about Mormons, and why? Through a fascinating survey of Mormon encounters with the media, including such personalities and events as the Osmonds, the Olympics, the Tabernacle Choir, evangelical Christians, the Equal Rights Amendment, Sports Illustrated, and even Miss America, J.B. Haws reveals the dramatic transformation of the American public's understanding of Mormons in the past half-century. When the Mormon George Romney, former governor of Michigan, ran for president in 1968, he was admired for his personal piety and characterized as "a kind of political Billy Graham." When George's son Mitt ran in 2008, a widely distributed email told hundreds of thousands of Christians that a vote for Mitt Romney was a vote for Satan. What had changed in the intervening four decades? Why were the theology of the Latter-day Saints and their "Christian" status mostly nonissues in 1968 but so hotly contested in 2008? For years, the American perception of Mormonism has been torn between admiration for individual Mormons-seen as friendly, hard-working, and family-oriented-and ambivalence toward institutional Mormonism-allegedly secretive, authoritarian, and weird. The Mormon Image in the American Mind offers vital insight into the complex shifts in public perception of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, its members, and its place in American society.

The Mormon Quest for Glory

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Publisher : OUP USA
ISBN 13 : 0199737622
Total Pages : 387 pages
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Book Synopsis The Mormon Quest for Glory by : Melvyn Hammarberg

Download or read book The Mormon Quest for Glory written by Melvyn Hammarberg and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2013-07-18 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is it like to be a Mormon in America today? Melvyn Hammarberg attempts to answer this question in The Mormon Quest for Glory by offering an ethnography of contemporary Mormons.

Settling the Valley, Proclaiming the Gospel

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190600896
Total Pages : 455 pages
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Book Synopsis Settling the Valley, Proclaiming the Gospel by : Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. First Presidency

Download or read book Settling the Valley, Proclaiming the Gospel written by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. First Presidency and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Spanning the first decade after the Mormon exodus to the Salt Lake Valley, these fourteen "general epistles" were written by Brigham Young and his counselors in the church's First Presidency. They provide a glimpse of the Mormons' earliest years in the Great Basin and their simultaneous missionary efforts worldwide."--Provided by the publisher.

Can Mitt Romney Serve Two Masters?

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Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 9781449712013
Total Pages : 316 pages
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Book Synopsis Can Mitt Romney Serve Two Masters? by : Tricia Erickson

Download or read book Can Mitt Romney Serve Two Masters? written by Tricia Erickson and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2011-06-10 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The information in this book goes much deeper than the unveiling of Mitt Romney’s political record. For the first time in history, we could see a Mormon President at the helm. Do you have any idea what this possible next President believes? Why should his religious beliefs matter to you? When you get through Part I of this book, these questions will be answered. This is NOT a Kennedy Catholic moment. Mitt Romney’s beliefs and convictions are so uncanny that you will most assuredly question his judgment to be in charge of the highest office in the land. If Part I does not shake you, Part II will, by exposing the reality of what Romney has “done” in his political career, versus the conservative façade that we are led to believe. Will his rhetoric match his deeds as President? One look at his record herewith will cause great concern. Now that the 2012 election is over, this book is very important because there will be another Mormon running for the White House and Part I of this book applies to any person running for public office (or the Presidency) who is deceived through Mormonism, and what it can mean to the citizens of our great nation. THERE IS A MORMON PLAN FOR AMERICA and the Mormon Church will unceasingly and relentlessly fight to get as many Mormons placed into all Government offices, including, yet again, The Office Of The Presidency, to fulfill its mission to rule, hand and hand with Jesus Christ, as the Government of Mormonism throughout the entire world.

Quest for the Gold Plates

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Total Pages : 328 pages
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Book Synopsis Quest for the Gold Plates by : Stan Larson

Download or read book Quest for the Gold Plates written by Stan Larson and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anyone interested in Book of Mormon archaeology will be fascinated by the amazing story of Thomas Stuart Ferguson. The reader accompanies Ferguson on his exploratory journeys to Mexico and Guatemala in search of the remains of Book of Mormon peoples, assisted through generous funding by the LDS church. He became a closet doubter but made peace with himself and his community without promulgating disbelief.

The Mormon Faith of Mitt Romney

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Publisher : Kudu Publishing Services
ISBN 13 : 098492941X
Total Pages : 261 pages
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Book Synopsis The Mormon Faith of Mitt Romney by : Andrew Jackson

Download or read book The Mormon Faith of Mitt Romney written by Andrew Jackson and published by Kudu Publishing Services. This book was released on 2012-01-18 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this timely book, the author uncovers the history, teachings and practices of the Latter-day Saints, compares them to evangelical Christian beliefs and challenges former Massachusetts governor and presidential candidate Mitt Romney to be open and transparent about his beliefs and its implications if he is elected president.

No MORMON For PRESIDENT

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Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781466205130
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Book Synopsis No MORMON For PRESIDENT by : Douglas A. Wallace

Download or read book No MORMON For PRESIDENT written by Douglas A. Wallace and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012-07-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since 1844, the Mormon Church has been waiting for the day when its image would improve so that one of its own priesthood holders could campaign for the office of the President of the United States. This quest began when Joseph Smith JR, the founder of the church, announced his candidacy for President just a few short months before he died in a gun battle at the Carthage, Illinois Jail on June 27, 1844. Smith's quest for the presidency had nothing to do with democracy in America but rather the attempt to fulfill the establishment of the Earthly Theocratic Kingdom of God with himself as Vice Regent for Christ as the world theocratic dictator. Smith's success in deluding several thousands of people mostly from Europe to become his followers and building a city on a bend of the Mississippi called Nauvoo made him heady enough to develop the disease of narcissism by organ- izing a group called the Council of the Fifty to be his presidential campaign organization. At the time, Smith was a fugitive from Justice across the river in Missouri having escaped jail to avoid a trial for sedition His death resulted in Brigham Young succeeding him as the leader of the Mormons who followed him to what would later become the Utah territory. Young attempted to replicate the idea of Joseph as earth King in his kingdom of Deseret. Alas that failed because the US Army invaded Mexico to steal the very land for US expansion that Young had recently squatted on. Young had unwittingly agreed to form a battalion of Mormon elders Known as the Mormon Battalion to help win that war and would thus betray his own objective in securing land for his own kingdom. Despite that set back the Mormon Priesthood led by each successive "prophet" has continued to look forward to the day when it can by deceit and deception take control of the government of the United States and ultimately of the world. Indeed any faithful Melchizedek priesthood holder such as Mitt Romney or John Huntsman who could attain election to the Presidency of the United States would likely develop narcism thinking God placed him there so he could enable the church prophet to become the literal "king of the kingdom." This book addresses the priesthood element rather than the church as the former came into existence in May and June 1829 before the church in April 1830 and is the only power present within Mormonism except perhaps for the powerful but submissive role played by brainwashed women. Not realized by many observers is the nexus to Mormonism held by the late Adolph Hitler when he established his own concept of a thousand year rule over earth's peoples by the Third Reich. Hitler was fascinated by such things as the dietary code of Mormons known as the Word of Wisdom in which Coffee, tea, Alcohol and other drinks were abstained from. Additionally, the Mormon practice of fasting one day a month with the proceeds of money saved given to the poor to assist them in their struggle to stay alive. Indeed there was a mutuality of admiration between Mormon Leaders and leaders of the Third Reich prior to World War Two. Today the white shirt-black corporate suited uniforms of Mormon leaders and 40,000 missionaries in the field bespeak a connection with Hitler's S.S troopers. The author tells that these items of the nexus between Mormonism and Nazism where brought to his attention many years ago by individuals who knew by insight that he had to fulfill a mission to expose Mormonism as a threat to earth's mankind as discussed in the book and in his memoirs, "Under the Mormon Tree". The author at the beginning of the book acknowledges that his is acting at this time based upon a spiritual event in his life on his eighth birthday in which he was told of the need to resist the Mormon leaders from taking over the government when he would be in his late years. He defines that event as his "road to DAMASCUS".

Quest for Empire

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Total Pages : 266 pages
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Book Synopsis Quest for Empire by : Klaus J. Hansen

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The Mormon Quest for Utah Statehood

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1216 pages
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Book Synopsis The Mormon Quest for Utah Statehood by : Edward Leo Lyman

Download or read book The Mormon Quest for Utah Statehood written by Edward Leo Lyman and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 1216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mormonism and American Politics

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Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231540892
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Book Synopsis Mormonism and American Politics by : Randall Balmer

Download or read book Mormonism and American Politics written by Randall Balmer and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2015-12-08 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Joseph Smith ran for president as a radical protest candidate in 1844, Mormons were a deeply distrusted group in American society, and their efforts to enter public life were met with derision. When Mitt Romney ran for president as a Republican in 2008 and 2012, the public had come to regard Mormons as consummate Americans: patriotic, family-oriented, and conservative. How did this shift occur? In this collection, prominent scholars of Mormonism, including Claudia L. Bushman, Richard Lyman Bushman, Jan Shipps, and Philip L. Barlow, follow the religion's quest for legitimacy in the United States and its intersection with American politics. From Brigham Young's skirmishes with the federal government over polygamy to the Mormon involvement in California's Proposition 8, contributors combine sociology, political science, race and gender studies, and popular culture to track Mormonism's rapid integration into American life. The book takes a broad view of the religion's history, considering its treatment of women and African Americans and its portrayal in popular culture and the media. With essays from both Mormon and non-Mormon scholars, this anthology tells a big-picture story of a small sect that became a major player in American politics.

David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism

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Publisher : University of Utah Press
ISBN 13 : 0874808227
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (748 download)

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Book Synopsis David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism by : Gregory A. Prince

Download or read book David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism written by Gregory A. Prince and published by University of Utah Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses primarily on the years of McKay's presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during some of the most turbulent times in American and world history.

The Mormon Church and Blacks

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Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 025209784X
Total Pages : 256 pages
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Book Synopsis The Mormon Church and Blacks by : Matthew L Harris

Download or read book The Mormon Church and Blacks written by Matthew L Harris and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2015-11-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year 1978 marked a watershed year in the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as it lifted a 126-year ban on ordaining black males for the priesthood. This departure from past practice focused new attention on Brigham Young's decision to abandon Joseph Smith's more inclusive original teachings. The Mormon Church and Blacks presents thirty official or authoritative Church statements on the status of African Americans in the Mormon Church. Matthew L. Harris and Newell G. Bringhurst comment on the individual documents, analyzing how they reflected uniquely Mormon characteristics and contextualizing each within the larger scope of the history of race and religion in the United States. Their analyses consider how lifting the ban shifted the status of African Americans within Mormonism, including the fact that African Americans, once denied access to certain temple rituals considered essential for Mormon salvation, could finally be considered full-fledged Latter-day Saints in both this world and the next. Throughout, Harris and Bringhurst offer an informed view of behind-the-scenes Church politicking before and after the ban. The result is an essential resource for experts and laymen alike on a much-misunderstood aspect of Mormon history and belief.

Second-Class Saints

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019769571X
Total Pages : 489 pages
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Download or read book Second-Class Saints written by Matthew L. Harris and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On June 9, 1978, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) president Spencer W. Kimball announced a revelation lifting the church's 126-year-old ban barring Black people from the priesthood and Mormon temples. It was the most significant change in LDS doctrine since the end of polygamy almost 100 years earlier. Drawing on never-before-seen private papers of LDS apostles and church presidents, including Spencer W. Kimball, Matthew L. Harris probes the plot twists and turns, the near-misses and paths not taken, of this incredible story.

The Mormon People

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Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 081298336X
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (129 download)

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Book Synopsis The Mormon People by : Matthew Bowman

Download or read book The Mormon People written by Matthew Bowman and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2012-08-28 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “From one of the brightest of the new generation of Mormon-studies scholars comes a crisp, engaging account of the religion’s history.”—The Wall Street Journal With Mormonism on the nation’s radar as never before, religious historian Matthew Bowman has written an essential book that pulls back the curtain on more than 180 years of Mormon history and doctrine. He recounts the church’s origins and explains how the Mormon vision has evolved—and with it the esteem in which Mormons have been held in the eyes of their countrymen. Admired on the one hand as hardworking paragons of family values, Mormons have also been derided as oddballs and persecuted as polygamists, heretics, and zealots. The place of Mormonism in public life continues to generate heated debate, yet the faith has never been more popular. One of the fastest-growing religions in the world, it retains an uneasy sense of its relationship with the main line of American culture. Mormons will surely play an even greater role in American civic life in the years ahead. The Mormon People comes as a vital addition to the corpus of American religious history—a frank and balanced demystification of a faith that remains a mystery for many. “Fascinating and fair-minded . . . a sweeping soup-to-nuts primer on Mormonism.”—The Boston Globe “A cogent, judicious, and important account of a faith that has been an important element in American history but remained surprisingly misunderstood.”—Michael Beschloss “A thorough, stimulating rendering of the Mormon past and present.”—Kirkus Reviews “[A] smart, lucid history.”—Tom Brokaw