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Mormons and Mormonism: An Introduction to an American World Religion »

Authors: Eric A. Eliason
ISBN-13: 9780252069123, ISBN-10: 0252069129
Format: Paperback
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Date Published: February 2001
Edition: (Non-applicable)

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction	1
1	Soaring with the Gods: Early Mormons and the Eclipse of Religious Pluralism	23
2	Mormons	47
3	Is Mormonism Christian?: Reflections on a Complicated Question	76
4	"This Great Modern Abomination": Orthodoxy and Heresy in American Religion	99
5	The Populist Vision of Joseph Smith	123
6	Modern Heaven ... and a Theology	137
7	Beyond the Stereotypes: Mormon and Non-Mormon Communities in Twentieth-Century Mormondom	147
8	Utah and the Mormons: A Symbiotic Relationship	164
9	Noble Savages	180
10	Mormonism, Millenarianism, and Modernity	200
11	The Basis of Mormon Success: A Theoretical Application	207
	Contributors	243
	Index	245