Terryl L Givens

Wrestling the Angel

The Foundations of Mormon Thought: Cosmos, God, Humanity

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is the first in a two part study of the foundations of Mormon thought and practice. The book traces the essential contours of Mormon thought as it developed from Joseph Smith to the present. Terryl L. Givens, one of the nation's foremost scholars of Mormonism, offers a sweeping account of the history of Mormon belief, revealing that Mormonism is a tradition still very much in the process of formation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 422
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 161mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 689g
• ISBN-13: 9780199794928
• ISBN-10: 0199794928
• Artikelnr.: 47865064

Autorenporträt

Terryl L. Givens is Professor of Literature and Religion and James A. Bostwick Chair of English at the University of Richmond. His books on Mormonism and American religious culture include By the Hand of Mormon, People of Paradox, Parley P. Pratt (with Matthew Grow), and Viper on the Hearth.

Inhaltsangabe

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
MATTER AND METHOD
1. Historical Prelude
2. Mormonism and Theology
3. The Theology of Restoration
THE CONTENT
4. A Short Primer on Mormonism
COSMOLOGY
5. Eternalism
6. Monism
7. Intelligence and Law
THE DIVINE
8. The Godhead
9. Revealer God
10. Vulnerable God
11. Embodied God
12. Mother God
13. Adam-God
14. Christology
15. Holy Ghost
16. Other Beings
THE HUMAN
17. Premortality
18. The Fall
19. Embodiment
20. Salvation
21. Theosis