02314nam 2200529 450 991080924260332120230809012828.01-61147-872-3(CKB)3710000000483909(EBL)4086684(SSID)ssj0001555506(PQKBManifestationID)16179471(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001555506(PQKBWorkID)12967684(PQKB)11779729(MiAaPQ)EBC4086684(EXLCZ)99371000000048390920150903h20152015 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIrenaeus, Joseph Smith, and God-making heresy /Adam J. PowellMadison :Fairleigh Dickinson University Press,[2015]©20151 online resource (277 p.)The Farleigh Dickinson University Press series in Mormon StudiesDescription based upon print version of record.1-61147-871-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Heresy as opposition : debates and definitions -- The heretical process : its assumptions and predictions -- Locating heresy : the threefold attack -- Resolving heresy : soteriological schemas.Irenaeus, Joseph Smith, and God-Making Heresy analyzes the relationship between experiences of religious persecution and the development of complex belief systems entailing deification. By examining the histories of early Christians and early Mormons, the study not only highlights social processes at work in the first stages of these new religious movements but also demonstrates the enduring viability of the comparative method for research on religious communities and their beliefs.Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Mormon studies series.Christian heresiesLatter Day Saint churchesDoctrinesChristian heresies.Latter Day Saint churchesDoctrines.273Powell Adam J.892672MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809242603321Irenaeus, Joseph Smith, and God-making heresy4081650UNINA