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Loading... Kingdom on the Mississippi Revisited: NAUVOO IN MORMON HISTORY (1996)13 | None | 1,530,727 | None | None | "A significant collection . . . that provides a depth and breadth of understanding reflective of the latest and best in Mormon history." -- Paul M. Edwards, author of Our Legacy of Faith: A Brief History of the RLDS Who were the Nauvoo Mormons? Were they Jacksonian Americans or did they embody some other weltanschaung? Why did this tiny Illinois town become such a protracted battleground for the Mormons and non-Mormons in the region? And what is the larger meaning of the Nauvoo experience for the various inheritors of the legacy of Joseph Smith, Jr.? Kingdom on the Mississippi Revisited includes fourteen thoughtful explanations that represent the most insightful and imaginative work on Mormon Nauvoo published in the last thirty years. The range of topics includes the Nauvoo Legion, the Mormon press, the political kingdom of God, the opposition of non-Mormons, the martyrdom of Joseph Smith, and the meaning of Nauvoo for Mormons. The introduction provides a critique of Nauvoo scholarship, and a closing bibliographical essay analyzes the historical literature on the Mormon experience at Nauvoo. … (more) |
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. ▾Conversations (About links) No current Talk conversations about this book. » Add other authors Author name | Role | Type of author | Work? | Status | Launius, Roger D. | Editor | primary author | all editions | confirmed | Hallwas, John E. | Editor | main author | all editions | confirmed | Avery, Valeen Tippetts | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Bitton, Davis | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Daynes, Kathryn M. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Esplin, Ronald K. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Flanders, Robert Bruce | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Gardner, Hamilton | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Godfrey, Kenneth W. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Hallwas, John E. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Hamilton, Marshall | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Hansen, Klaus J. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Hill, Marvin S. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Kimball, James L., Jr. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Launius, Roger D. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Newell, Linda King | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Tanner, Terence A. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed |
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▾References References to this work on external resources. Wikipedia in English (2)▾Book descriptions "A significant collection . . . that provides a depth and breadth of understanding reflective of the latest and best in Mormon history." -- Paul M. Edwards, author of Our Legacy of Faith: A Brief History of the RLDS Who were the Nauvoo Mormons? Were they Jacksonian Americans or did they embody some other weltanschaung? Why did this tiny Illinois town become such a protracted battleground for the Mormons and non-Mormons in the region? And what is the larger meaning of the Nauvoo experience for the various inheritors of the legacy of Joseph Smith, Jr.? Kingdom on the Mississippi Revisited includes fourteen thoughtful explanations that represent the most insightful and imaginative work on Mormon Nauvoo published in the last thirty years. The range of topics includes the Nauvoo Legion, the Mormon press, the political kingdom of God, the opposition of non-Mormons, the martyrdom of Joseph Smith, and the meaning of Nauvoo for Mormons. The introduction provides a critique of Nauvoo scholarship, and a closing bibliographical essay analyzes the historical literature on the Mormon experience at Nauvoo. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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The Significance of Nauvoo for Latter-day Saints / Ronald K. Esplin The Nauvoo Charter: A Reinterpretation / James L. Kimball, Jr. The Nauvoo Legion, 1840-45: A Unique Military Organization / Hamilton Gardner The Political Kingdom of God as a Cause of Mormon-Gentile Conflict / Klaus J. Hansen The Nauvoo Neighborhood: A Little Philadelphia or a Unique City Set Upon a Hill? / Kenneth W. Godfrey The Mormon Press in Nauvoo, 1839-46 / Terence A. Tanner Religion in Nauvoo: Some Reflections / Marvin S. Hill Mormon Polygamy: Belief and Practice in Nauvoo / Kathryn M. Daynes The Kingdom of God in Illinois: Politics in Utopia / Robert Bruce Flanders Mormon Nauvoo from a Non-Mormon Perspective / John E. Hallwas The Martyrdom of Joseph Smith in Early Mormon Writings / Davis Bitton The Lion and the Lady: Brigham Young and Emma Smith / Valeen Tippetts Avery, Linda King Newell From Assassination to Expulsion: Two Years of Distrust, Hostility, and Violence / Marshall Hamilton The Awesome Responsibility: Joseph Smith III and the Nauvoo Experience / Roger D. Launius | |
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