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New Perspectives in Mormon Studies: Creating and Crossing Boundaries

New Perspectives in Mormon Studies: Creating and Crossing Boundaries

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General ChristianityGeneral United States History

ISBN10: 0806143134
ISBN13: 9780806143132
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: Mar 14 2013
Pages: 248
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Scholarship in Mormon studies has often focused on a few key events and individuals in Mormon history. The essays collected by Quincy D. Newell and Eric F. Mason in this interdisciplinary volume expand the conversation.

One of the main purposes of this volume is to define and cross boundaries. Part 1 addresses internal boundaries--walls that divide some Mormons from others. One chapter examines Joseph Smith's writings on economic matters and argues that he sought to make social distinctions irrelevant. Another considers Jane James, an African American Latter-day Saint, and her experiences at the intersection of religious and racial identity

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