Taking liturgy to the streets
Public ritual might be construed as a benign relic, as imperialism or as marketing. Or it might be seen as a form of pilgrimage.
The moral hazards of football
A sociologist might see in football a society's need to control and ritualize violence. The church fathers, however, weren't much for sociologists.
The Century asked 23 authors to boil Christian proclamation down to just a few words. What is the essence of the essence of Christianity?
An Economic History of the Latter-day Saints, 1830–1900
A History of the Latter-day Saints
Rough Stone Rolling
The American Scripture That Launched a New World Religion
The Mormon Struggle with Assimilation
The Story of a New Religious Tradition
Essential books
An annotated list by the author of Mormonism: A Very Short Introduction.
A Biography
It has become fashionable to narrate the lives of books. Paul Gutjahr offers a brief and readable account of the Book of Mormon's history.
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