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Author Bushman, Richard L.

Title Mormonism : a very short introduction / Richard Lyman Bushman.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, [2008]
©2008

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 Talbott: Circulating Collection  BX8635.3 .B87 2008    Available  ---
Description xiii, 130 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Series Very short introductions ; 183
Very short introductions ; 183.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : what sets Mormons apart? -- Revelation : how Joseph Smith's revelations set the pattern for every Mormon to seek inspiration -- Zion : how the organization of the City of Zion constituted Mormons as a people as well as a church -- Priesthood : how the Mormon priesthood is both hierarchical and democratic -- Cosmology : how Mormons understand the meaning of life -- Nineteenth-century Utah : how old ideals and new struggles formed Mormon identity -- The Mormon world : how Mormons left their homeland and fought to retain their distinctiveness .
Subject Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Latter Day Saint churches.
Latter Day Saint churches.
ISBN 9780195310306 paperback alkaline paper
0195310306 paperback alkaline paper