Equal Rites
«Equal Rites is an imaginative and ambitious book. -- Grant Underwood Journal of American History This is an important book on the history of American religion, culture, and society. Choice [Equal Rites] is well written and engaging. -- D.E. Mills Jr. Reviews in Religion and Theology A uniquely insightful answer to scholars' recent calls for greater understanding of Mormon theology, culture, and institutional character. Religous Studies Review»
Both the Prophet Joseph Smith and his Book of Mormon have been characterized as ardently, indeed evangelically, anti-Masonic. Yet in this sweeping social, cultural, and religious history of nineteenth-century Mormonism and its milieu, Clyde Forsberg argues that masonry, like evangelical Christianity, was an essential component of Smith's vision. Les mer
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Forsberg demonstrates that by seeking to bring women into previously male-exclusive ceremonies, Mormonism offered an alternative to the male-dominated sphere of the Master Mason. By taking a median and mediating position between Masonry and Evangelicism, Mormonism positioned itself as a religion of the people, going on to become a world religion. But the original intent of the Book of Mormon gave way as Mormonism moved west, and the temple and polygamy (indeed, the quest for empire) became more prevalent. The murder of Smith by Masonic vigilantes and the move to Utah coincided with a new imperialism-and a new polygamy. Forsberg argues that Masonic artifacts from Smith's life reveal important clues to the precise nature of his early Masonic thought that include no less than a vision of redemption and racial concord.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Columbia University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780231126403
- Utgivelsesår
- 2004
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«Equal Rites is an imaginative and ambitious book. -- Grant Underwood Journal of American History This is an important book on the history of American religion, culture, and society. Choice [Equal Rites] is well written and engaging. -- D.E. Mills Jr. Reviews in Religion and Theology A uniquely insightful answer to scholars' recent calls for greater understanding of Mormon theology, culture, and institutional character. Religous Studies Review»