Books+ Search Results
The Mormon Church and Blacks : a documentary history
Title
The Mormon Church and Blacks : a documentary history / edited by Matthew L. Harris and Newell G. Bringhurst.
ISBN
9780252039744
9780252081217
9780252097843 (e-book)
Publication
Urbana, [Illinois] : University of Illinois Press, 2015.
Copyright Notice Date
©2015
Physical Description
1 online resource (233 pages)
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Description based on print version record.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Other formats
Print version: Mormon Church and Blacks : a documentary history. Urbana, [Illinois] : University of Illinois Press, c2015
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 03, 2017
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Subjects
Also listed under
Bookmark As
Citation
