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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781600303321

Autore

Mould Tom <1969->

Titolo

Still, the small voice [[electronic resource] ] : narrative, personal revelation, and the Mormon folk tradition / / Tom Mould

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Logan, Utah, : Utah State University Press, 2011

ISBN

1-283-33349-X

9786613333490

0-87421-819-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (462 p.)

Disciplina

306.6/4829

Soggetti

Revelation - Latter Day Saint churches

Latter Day Saints

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

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Broad Strokes of Tradition; Chapter 2: Sharing the Sacred; Chapter 3: Transforming Life into Story; Chapter 4: The Building Blocks of a Narrative Tradition; Chapter 5: Echoes of Culture; Chapter 6: A Record-Keeping People; Afterword; Appendix; Notes; Works Cited; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Memorates-personal experience narratives of encounters with the supernatural-that recount individuals' personal revelations, primarily through the Holy Ghost, are a pervasive aspect of the communal religious experience of Mormons, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In accordance with current emphases in folklore studies on narrative and belief, Tom Mould uses ethnographic research and an emic approach that honors the belief systems under study to analyze how people within Mormon communities frame and interpret their experiences with the divine through th