| Description |
1 online resource (x, 217 pages) |
| Contents |
Mormon scriptural works : providing a canonical framework for race, slavery, and the status of Black people -- Joseph Smith and evolving Mormon attitudes and practices on slavery and race, 1830-1844 -- Brigham Young, the beginning black priesthood denial, and legalization of slavery in Utah, 1844-1877 -- Justifying and perpetuating black priesthood denial, 1877-1949 -- Church growth, confronting civil rights, and official affirmations of black priesthood denial, 1945-1970 -- The 1978 revelation and its implications -- Confronting the church's problematic racial past after 1978 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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| SUBJECT |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints fast |
| Subject |
African American Latter Day Saints -- History -- Sources
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Race relations -- Religious aspects -- History -- Sources
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Priesthood -- Latter Day Saint churches -- History -- Sources
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- Denominations.
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African American Mormons
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Priesthood -- Mormon Church
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Race relations -- Religious aspects
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Sources
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Harris, Matthew L., editor.
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Bringhurst, Newell G., editor.
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| ISBN |
9780252097843 |
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025209784X |
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