“Would to God, Brethren, I Could Tell You Who I Am!”Nineteenth-Century Mormonisms and the Apotheosis of Joseph Smith
This article examines how Mormons reinterpreted the figure of Joseph Smith (1805–1844) in the wake of their prophet’s death. As a number of Mormon sects emerged in the years immediately following 1844, rival prophets claimed continued access to Smith as a means of legitimating themselves against opp...
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University of Californiarnia Press
2014
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Nova religio
Year: 2014, Volume: 18, Issue: 2, Pages: 5-27 |
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