Visions in a Seer Stone: Joseph Smith and the Making of the Book of Mormon - Image 1

£98.15

University of North Carolina Press Visions in a Seer Stone: Joseph Smith and the Making of the Book of Mormon

Name: Visions in a Seer Stone: Joseph Smith and the Making of the Book of Mormon
Brand: University of North Carolina Press
Price: 95.38 GBP
Availability: InStock

Revolution & Founding

Price data last checked 50 day(s) ago - refreshing...

View at Amazon

Price History & Forecast

Last 34 days • 34 data points (No recent data available)

Historical

Generating forecast...

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 34 days • 2 price levels

Days at Price

Current Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £95 (29 days, 85.3%)

Price range: £95 - £98

Price levels: 2 different prices over 34 days

Description

In this interdisciplinary work, William L. Davis examines Joseph Smith's 1829 creation of the Book of Mormon, the foundational text of the Latter-Day Saint movement. Positioning the text in the history of early American oratorical techniques, sermon culture, educational practices, and the passion for self-improvement, Davis elucidates both the fascinating cultural context for the creation of the Book of Mormon and the central role of oral culture in early nineteenth-century America. Drawing on performance studies, religious studies, literary culture, and the history of early American education, Davis analyzes Smith's process of oral composition. How did he produce a history spanning a period of 1,000 years, filled with hundreds of distinct characters and episodes, all cohesively tied together in an overarching narrative? Eyewitnesses claimed that Smith never looked at notes, manuscripts, or books-he simply spoke the words of this American religious epic into existence. Judging the truth of this process is not Davis's interest. Rather, he reveals a kaleidoscope of practices and styles that converged around Smith's creation, with an emphasis on the evangelical preaching styles popularized by the renowned George Whitefield and John Wesley.

Product Specifications

Brand: University of North Carolina Press
Format: paperback
ASIN: 1469655659
Category: Books > Subjects > History > Americas > United States > Revolution & Founding
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 30 May 2020
Listed Since: 06 September 2019

Barcode

No barcode data available

University of North Carolina Press Visions in a Seer Stone: Joseph Smith and the Making of the Book of Mormon

Price History & Forecast

Price Distribution

Price Analysis

Description

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

Producing Ancient Scripture: Joseph Smith's Translation Projects in the Development of Mormon Christianity

Producing Ancient Scripture: Joseph Smith's Translation Projects in the Development of Mormon Christianity

A Documentary History of the Book of Mormon

Joseph Smith: History, Methods, and Memory

Foundational Texts of Mormonism: Examining Major Early Sources

What is Mormonism?: A Student's Introduction (What is this thing called Religion?)

American Universities and the Birth of Modern Mormonism, 1867-1940

Race and the Making of the Mormon People

Moral Visions: Ethics and the Book of Mormon

The Bible, Mormon Scripture, and the Rhetoric of Allusivity (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Mormon Studies Series)

Mormonism (Elements in New Religious Movements)

Railroading Religion: Mormons, Tourists, and the Corporate Spirit of the West

Kirtland Temple: The Biography of a Shared Mormon Sacred Space

Singing and Dancing to the Book of Mormon: Critical Essays on the Broadway Musical

Salvation and Solvency: The Socio-Economic Policies of Early Mormonism: 133 (Arbeiten zur Kirchengeschichte, 133)

The Myth of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Irenaeus, Joseph Smith, and God-Making Heresy (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Mormon Studies Series)

Line upon Line: Essays on Mormon Doctrine

Revelatory Events – Three Case Studies of the Emergence of New Spiritual Paths

Mormonism: The Basics

Mormonism and the Emotions: An Analysis of LDS Scriptural Texts (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Mormon Studies Series)

The Last Called Mormon Colonization: Polygamy, Kinship, and Wealth in Wyoming's Bighorn Basin

News of the Plains and Rockies: Gold Seekers, Other Areas, 1860–1865; Series Index: 008

Wrestling the Angel: The Foundations of Mormon Thought: Cosmos, God, Humanity