Early Mormonism and the magic world view
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Author
Publication
1987 - Signature Books, Salt Lake City, Utah, Utah
Language
English
Word Count
78,250 words, Guess
Page Count
313 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL2735480M
- ISBN-10094121446X
- OCLC Control Number14931275
- OCLC Control Numberearlymormonismma0000quin_y3v0
- Library of Congress Control Number86029864
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- LibraryThing98462
- Goodreads3588753
- WikidataQ125913238
Classifications
- DDC289.3
- LCCBX8643.O25 Q55 1987
Description
In this articulate and insightful book, D. Michael Quinn, a professor of history at Brigham Young University, masterfully reconstructs the world view of an earlier age in America, finding ample evidence for treasure seeking and folk magic in Joseph Smith's formative years. Quinn discovers, for example, that Joseph's world was inhabited by supernatural creatures whose existence could be both symbolic and real. He explains that the involvement of the Joseph Smith family in folk magic was not unusual for the times and is important in attempting to understand how early Mormons may have interpreted developments in their history in ways that differ from modern, twentieth-century perceptions. Quinn's impressive research provides a much-needed background for the environment that produced Mormonism's founding prophet. -- from Book Jacket.
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