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Between pulpit and pew : the supernatural world in Mormon history and folklore / W. Paul Reeve and Michael Scott Van Wagenen, editors

Reeve, W. Paul, 1968- ; Van Wagenen, Michael

Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 2011

x, 243 p. ; 22 cm

Englisch

Includes bibliographical references and index. - Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries

Archivierung/Langzeitarchivierung gewährleistet 20211213 ; IGPP (Rechtsgrundlage SLG). UB Freiburg

978-0-87421-823-7 (e-book)

978-0-87421-838-1 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

2011003085

BX8611

398.2088289309792     Ähnliche Literatur

LOC-SH: Mormons -- Folklore ; Legends -- History and criticism -- Utah ; Folklore -- Utah ; Electronic books

Between pulpit and pew : where history and lore intersect / W. Paul Reeve and Michael Scott Van Wagenen -- A Mormon bigfoot : David Patten's Cain and the conception of evil in LDS folklore / Matthew Bowman -- "As ugly as evil," and "as wicked as Hell" : Gadianton robbers and the legend process among the Mormons / W. Paul Reeve -- Raising the dead : Mormons, evangelicals, and miracles in America / Matthew Bowman -- Singular phenomena : the evolving Mormon interpretation of unidentified flying objects / Michael Scott Van Wagenen -- A currency of faith : taking stock in Utah County's Dream Mine / Kevin Cantera -- A Nessie in Mormon country / Alan L. Morrell -- Walking on water : nineteenth-century prophets and a legend of religious imposture / Stanley J. Thayne

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Mormons gave to supernatural legends and events distinctive meanings related to Mormon theology and culture, but such narratives incorporated motifs found in many cultures. Many such historical legends and beliefs continue to find adherents down to the present. In this collection, historians employ folklore to illuminate the cultural and religious history of the Mormon people