| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 392 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
"Melancholly reflections" : Joseph Smith and holy dying -- The corpse and its rest -- Relics, graves, and the treasure quest -- Hallowed ground : tombs, Indians, and Eden -- Seerhood, pure language, and the silence of the grave -- The new and everlasting covenant -- Negotiating death and afterlife in Nauvoo -- The "lineage of my preasthood" and the chain of belonging -- Divine anthropology : translating the suprahuman chain -- "Death cannot conquer the hero again" : the death and afterlife of a martyr |
| Summary |
This title provides an interpretation of earliest Mormonism that frames this distinctive religious movement in terms of founder Joseph Smith's struggle to conquer death |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844
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| SUBJECT |
Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844 fast |
| Subject |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Doctrines.
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| SUBJECT |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints fast |
| Subject |
Death -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Eschatology.
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Death -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Theology, Doctrinal
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2011002848 |
| ISBN |
0199793689 |
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9780199793686 |
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9780199932511 |
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0199932514 |
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