Terrible Revolution
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-769515-9 (ISBN)
In Terrible Revolution, Christopher James Blythe examines apocalypticism across the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, particularly as it took shape in the writings and visions of the laity. The responses of the church hierarchy to apocalyptic lay prophecies promoted their own form of separatist nationalism during the nineteenth century. Yet, after Utah obtained statehood, as the church sought to assimilate to national religious norms, these same leaders sought to lessen the tensions between themselves and American political and cultural powers. As a result, visions of a violent end to the nation became a liability to disavow and regulate. Ultimately, Blythe argues that the visionary world of early Mormonism, with its apocalyptic emphases, continued in the church's mainstream culture in forms but continued to maintain separatist radical forms at the level of folk-belief.
Christopher James Blythe is an assistant professor of English at Brigham Young University, where he teaches courses on folklore and Latter-day Saint literature. He has previously held positions at the Neal A. Maxwell Institute of Religious Scholarship and the Joseph Smith Papers. From 2016-2022, Blythe was an editor for the Journal of Mormon History. He has published extensively in academic journals including Nova Religio, Journal of Religion, and Material Religion; co-edited three volumes of the Joseph Smith Papers series and an edited collection, Open Canon: Scriptures of the Latter Day Saint Tradition (University of Utah, 2022).
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter One: The Apocalyptic Tradition in Early Mormonism
Chapter Two: "Long Shall His Blood...Stain Illinois": Martyrology and Malediction
Chapter Three: The Geography of Mormon Apocalyptic
Chapter Four: The Judgments Begin: Apocalypticism in Utah Territory
Chapter Five: The Americanization of Mormon Apocalyptic
Chapter Six - Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Apocalyptic Trajectories
Afterword: Apocalypticism in the "Mormon Moment"
Notes
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 02.06.2023 |
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Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 146 x 228 mm |
Gewicht | 454 g |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Christentum | |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-769515-9 / 0197695159 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-769515-9 / 9780197695159 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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