Stephen C Taysom

Shakers, Mormons, and Religious Worlds

Conflicting Visions, Contested Boundaries

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

As he skillfully negotiates the differences between Shakers and Mormons, Taysom illuminates the characteristics which set these groups apart and helped them to become true religious dissenters.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 162mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780253355409
• ISBN-10: 0253355400
• Artikelnr.: 29977979

Autorenporträt

Stephen C. Taysom teaches in the Department of Religious Studies at Cleveland State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Foreword by Catherine L. Albanese and Stephen J. Stein
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Shakers in the World: Walls and Bridges
2. Imagination and Reality in the Mormon Zion: Cities, Temples, and Bodies
3. Godly Marriage and Divine Androgyny: Polygamy and Celibacy
4. Boundaries in Crisis: The Shaker Era of Manifestations and the Mormon
Reformation
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index