Roots of Modern Mormonism / / Mark P. Leone.
Mark Leone comes to new conclusions about the evolution of Mormonism, both as a self-sufficient religious sect and as a movement within the broader context of American history. Applying the tools of anthropology for the first time to this subject, he identifies the features that have allowed an outc...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: American History eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013] ©1979 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Edition: | Reprint 2014 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (250 p.) :; 1 Kte |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- 1. Religion for Unstable Conditions
- 2. History and Structure of the Church
- 3. Tithing: The Regulation of Ecological Diversity
- 4. Water Control: The Origins of Dynamic Adjustment
- 5. Ecclesiastical Courts: Inventing Labels and Enforcing Definitions
- 6. Theocracy Transformed: The Separation of Church from State and Economy
- 7. Creating Mormonism: Talks, Testimony, and Sunday School
- 8. The Uses of History
- 9. Empty Opposition
- Appendix. Tithing Receipts in Little Colorado Towns, 1887-1898
- Works Cited
- Index