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Series:   Elements in Religion and Violence

Mormonism and Violence

The Battles of Zion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2019

Patrick Q. Mason
Patrick Q. Mason
Affiliation:
Utah State University

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In popular culture and scholarship, a consistent trope about Mormonism is that it features a propensity for violence, born of the religion's theocratic impulses and the antinomian tendencies of special revelation. Mormonism and Violence critically assesses the relationship of Mormonism and violence through a close examination of Mormon history and scripture, focusing on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Element pays special attention to violence in the Book of Mormon and the history of the movement, from the 1830s to the present.
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MormonismJoseph SmithviolenceChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsBook of Mormon
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Series: Elements in Religion and Violence
Online ISBN: 9781108613538
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication: 30 May 2019

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