Quinn D Michael Books
Books di Quinn D Michael con argomento Mormon Church
Early Mormonism and the Magic World View
Quinn D. Michael
edizioni Signature Books collana Signature Books (Paperback)
In this ground-breaking book, D. Michael Quinn masterfully reconstructs an earlier age, finding ample evidence for folk magic in nineteenth-century New England, as he does in Mormon founder Joseph Smith’s upbringing. Quinn discovers that Smith’s world was inhabited by supernatural creatures whose existence could be...
The Mormon Hierarchy
Quinn D. Michael
Quinn Michael D.
edizioni Signature Books collana Signature Books (Hardcover) , 1997
The Mormon church today is led by an elite group of older men, nearly three-quarters of whom are related to current or past general church authorities. This dynastic hierarchy meets in private; neither its minutes nor the church’s finances are available for public review. Members are reassured by public relations...
The Mormon Hierarchy
Quinn D. Michael
edizioni Signature Books collana Signature Books (Hardcover)
Converts to Joseph Smith’s 1828 restoration of primitive Christianity were attracted to the non-hierarchical nature of the movement. It was precisely because there were no priests, ordinances, or dogma that people joined in such numbers. Smith intended everyone to be a prophet, and anyone who felt called was invited...
The New Mormon History
Quinn D. Michael (EDT)
edizioni Signature Books collana Signature Books (Paperback) , 1992
The New Mormon History is the bànner under which màny professionàl historiàns todày àpproàch Làtter-dày Sàint historiogràphy. Scholàrs who embràce this term àttempt to put significànt events into context ràther thàn bràcketing dàtà thàt might seem chàllenging to tràditionàl àssumptions. These scholàrs àre àlso às...