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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461500903321

Titolo

Between pulpit and pew [[electronic resource] ] : the supernatural world in Mormon history and folklore / / W. Paul Reeve and Michael Scott Van Wagenen, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Logan, Utah, : Utah State University Press, 2011

ISBN

1-283-25019-5

9786613250193

0-87421-823-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ReeveW. Paul

Van WagenenMichael

Disciplina

398.2088/289309792

Soggetti

Mormons

Legends - Utah - History and criticism

Folklore - Utah

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Between pulpit and pew : where history and lore intersect / W. Paul Reeve and Michael Scott Van Wagenen -- A Mormon bigfoot : David Patten's Cain and the conception of evil in LDS folklore / Matthew Bowman -- "As ugly as evil," and "as wicked as Hell" : Gadianton robbers and the legend process among the Mormons / W. Paul Reeve -- Raising the dead : Mormons, evangelicals, and miracles in America / Matthew Bowman -- Singular phenomena : the evolving Mormon interpretation of unidentified flying objects / Michael Scott Van Wagenen -- A currency of faith : taking stock in Utah County's Dream Mine / Kevin Cantera -- A Nessie in Mormon country / Alan L. Morrell -- Walking on water : nineteenth-century prophets and a legend of religious imposture / Stanley J. Thayne.

Sommario/riassunto

Mormons gave to supernatural legends and events distinctive meanings related to Mormon theology and culture, but such narratives incorporated motifs found in many cultures. Many such historical legends and beliefs continue to find adherents down to the present. In



this collection, historians employ folklore to illuminate the cultural and religious history of the Mormon people.