Terryl L. Givens

The Viper on the Hearth (eBook, ePUB)

Mormons, Myths, and the Construction of Heresy

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In 1997, Terryl Givens's The Viper on the Hearth was praised as a new classic in Mormon studies. In the wake of Mormon-inspired and -created artistic, literary, and political activity--today's "Mormon moment"--Givens presents a revised and updated edition of his book to address the continuing presence and reception of the Mormon image in contemporary culture.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780199985135
• Artikelnr.: 38153366

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* Part I: Mormonism, Politics, and History
* 1. "Out of the Sphere of Religion": The Sacred, the Profane, and the
Mormons
* 2. "This Upstart Sect": The Mormon Problem in American History
* 3. "Manners, Habits, Customs, and Even Dialect": Sources of the
Mormon Conflict
* 4. "An Age of Humbugs": The Contemporary Scene
* 5. "This Great Modern Abomination": Orthodoxy and Heresy in American
Religion
* Part II: Mormonism and Fiction
* 6. "Ground in the Presbyterian Smut Machine": The Popular Press,
Fiction, and Moral Crusading
* 7. "The Ain't Whites...They're Mormons": Fictive Responses to the
Anxiety of Seduction
* 8. "Murder and Mystery -- Mormon Style": The Mormon Image in the
Twentieth Century
* Notes
* Index