Equal Rites : : The Book of Mormon, Masonry, Gender, and American Culture / / Clyde Forsberg Jr.
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...
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Forsberg Jr., Clyde, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Equal Rites : The Book of Mormon, Masonry, Gender, and American Culture / Clyde Forsberg Jr. New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2004] ©2004 1 online resource (352 p.) : 39 illus. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Religion and American Culture Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface: Mormon Masonry? -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Wax and Wane of Masonry in American Culture -- I. THE MORMON-MASONIC NEXUS -- II. THE QUEST WTIHIN THE QUEST -- III. THE ANTI-EVANGELICAIL MIND OF JOSEPH SMITH -- IV. THE MILLENNIAIL, VRACIAL, ECONOMIC, AND POLITICAL CONFEDERACY -- Postscript: The "Americanness" of Mormonism -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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. Smith's ability to imaginatively conjoin the two into a powerful and evocative defense of Christian, or Primitive, Freemasonry was, Forsberg shows, more than anything else responsible for the meteoric rise of Mormonism in the nineteenth century. This was to have significant repercussions for the development of Mormonism, particularly in the articulation of specifically Mormon gender roles. Mormonism's unique contribution to the Masonic tradition was its inclusion of women as active and equal participants in Masonic rituals. Early Mormon dreams of empire in the Book of Mormon were motivated by a strong desire to end social and racial discord, lest the country fall into the grips of civil war. 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. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) RELIGION / Christianity / Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon). bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442472 print 9780231126403 https://doi.org/10.7312/fors12640 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231507462 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780231507462/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface: Mormon Masonry? -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Wax and Wane of Masonry in American Culture -- I. THE MORMON-MASONIC NEXUS -- II. THE QUEST WTIHIN THE QUEST -- III. THE ANTI-EVANGELICAIL MIND OF JOSEPH SMITH -- IV. THE MILLENNIAIL, VRACIAL, ECONOMIC, AND POLITICAL CONFEDERACY -- Postscript: The "Americanness" of Mormonism -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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