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Named Person: | Joseph Smith, Jr.; Joseph Smith, Jr.; Joseph Smith |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Samuel Morris Brown |
ISBN: | 9780199793570 0199793573 |
OCLC Number: | 701619894 |
Description: | xii, 392 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Contents: | "Melancholly reflections" : Joseph Smith and holy dying -- The corpse and its rest -- Relics, graves, and the treasure quest -- Hallowed ground : tombs, Indians, and Eden -- Seerhood, pure language, and the silence of the grave -- The new and everlasting covenant -- Negotiating death and afterlife in Nauvoo -- The "lineage of my preasthood" and the chain of belonging -- Divine anthropology : translating the suprahuman chain -- "Death cannot conquer the hero again" : the death and afterlife of a martyr. |
Responsibility: | Samuel Morris Brown. |
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One of this work's many virtues is that it provides the best explanation of Mormon temple worship ever published. Moreover, as Brown makes his case that this religion's 'end goal is the conquest of death,' he clarifies much about Mormon belief that is mysterious to outsiders (p. 170). * Journal of American History * For the emphasis on the centrality of death if for nothing else, this book deserves a place on the Mormon bookshelf. It does so much more than this, however, in helping the reader thoroughly contextualise the Restoration of the Gospel and the development of the various revelations that Joseph received. * James Holt, International Journal of Mormon Studies * Read more...


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- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Doctrines.
- Smith, Joseph, -- Jr., -- 1805-1844.
- Death -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- Mort -- Aspect religieux -- Église de Jésus-Christ des saints des derniers jours.
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- Theology, Doctrinal.
- Smith, Joseph -- 1805-1844
- Mormonen
- Praktische Theologie
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