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Author:

National Endowment for the Humanities. Summer Seminar (2005 : Brigham Young University)

Title:

New perspectives in Mormon studies : creating and crossing boundaries / edited by Quincy D. Newell and Eric F. Mason ; foreword by Jan Shipps.

Publisher:

University of Oklahoma Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xiv, 230 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--History--Congresses.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Doctrines--Congresses.
Mormon Church--History--Congresses.
Mormon Church--Doctrines--Congresses.

Other Authors:

Newell, Quincy D., 1975- editor.
Mason, Eric Farrel, editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction : The commencement of Mormon studies / Richard Lyman Bushman. Profits of a prophet : toward Joseph Smith's political economy / David Charles Gore -- "Is there no blessing for me?" Jane James's construction of space in Latter-day Saint history and practice / Quincy D. Newell -- The young Joseph Smith and Presbyterianism / John Matzko -- What has Pentecostalism to do with Mormonism? The case of John Alexander Dowie / D. William Faupel -- The prophetic legacy in Islam and Mormonism : some comparative observations / Grant Underwood -- The ex factor : constructing a religious mission in the Ex-Mormons For Jesus/Saints Alive In Jesus, 1975-1990 / Sara M. Patterson -- "But I say unto you, who is Elias?" / Stevan Davies -- The saints and the scrolls : LDS engagement with mainstream Dead Sea Scrolls scholarship and its implications / Eric F. Mason -- The commencement of Mormon studies / Richard Lyman Bushman.

Summary:

Essays originally presented at the National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar held in 2005 at Brigham Young University.

ISBN:

0806143134 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780806143132 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)795354450

LCCN:

2012022703

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)