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Between pulpit and pew the supernatural world in Mormon history and folklore
Title
Between pulpit and pew [electronic resource] : the supernatural world in Mormon history and folklore / W. Paul Reeve and Michael Scott Van Wagenen, editors.
ISBN
9780874218381 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780874218237 (e-book)
Published
Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 2011.
Physical Description
x, 243 p. ; 22 cm.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Summary
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.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 26, 2012
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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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