In heaven as it is on earth : Joseph Smith and the early Mormon conquest of death
Samuel Morris Brown (Author)
A groundbreaking interpretation of earliest Mormonism that frames this distinctive religious movement in terms of founder Joseph Smith's struggle to conquer death
xii, 392 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780199793570, 0199793573
701619894
"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