LEADER 04862nam 2200781Ia 450 001 9910462228303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-231-50746-1 024 7 $a10.7312/fors12640 035 $a(CKB)2670000000242023 035 $a(EBL)949018 035 $a(OCoLC)831121170 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000780740 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11441193 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000780740 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10802982 035 $a(PQKB)10207494 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC949018 035 $a(DE-B1597)458858 035 $a(OCoLC)1013957817 035 $a(OCoLC)1029814177 035 $a(OCoLC)1032676967 035 $a(OCoLC)1037968273 035 $a(OCoLC)1041976826 035 $a(OCoLC)1046603762 035 $a(OCoLC)1047001033 035 $a(OCoLC)1049624024 035 $a(OCoLC)1054867575 035 $a(OCoLC)979967585 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231507462 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL949018 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10602936 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL685222 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000242023 100 $a20020702d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEqual rites$b[electronic resource] $ethe Book of Mormon, Masonry, gender, and American culture /$fClyde R. Forsberg, Jr 210 $aNew York $cColumbia University Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (353 p.) 225 1 $aReligion and American culture 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-53940-5 311 $a0-231-12640-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [291]-310) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface: Mormon Masonry? -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction: The Wax and Wane of Masonry in American Culture -- $tI. THE MORMON-MASONIC NEXUS -- $tII. THE QUEST WTIHIN THE QUEST -- $tIII. THE ANTI-EVANGELICAIL MIND OF JOSEPH SMITH -- $tIV. THE MILLENNIAIL, VRACIAL, ECONOMIC, AND POLITICAL CONFEDERACY -- $tPostscript: The "Americanness" of Mormonism -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aBoth the Prophet Joseph Smith and his Book of Mormon have been characterized as ardently, indeed evangelically, anti-Masonic. Yet in this sweeping social, cultural, and religious history of nineteenth-century Mormonism and its milieu, Clyde Forsberg argues that masonry, like evangelical Christianity, was an essential component of Smith's vision. Smith's ability to imaginatively conjoin the two into a powerful and evocative defense of Christian, or Primitive, Freemasonry was, Forsberg shows, more than anything else responsible for the meteoric rise of Mormonism in the nineteenth century. This was to have significant repercussions for the development of Mormonism, particularly in the articulation of specifically Mormon gender roles. Mormonism's unique contribution to the Masonic tradition was its inclusion of women as active and equal participants in Masonic rituals. Early Mormon dreams of empire in the Book of Mormon were motivated by a strong desire to end social and racial discord, lest the country fall into the grips of civil war. Forsberg demonstrates that by seeking to bring women into previously male-exclusive ceremonies, Mormonism offered an alternative to the male-dominated sphere of the Master Mason. By taking a median and mediating position between Masonry and Evangelicism, Mormonism positioned itself as a religion of the people, going on to become a world religion.But the original intent of the Book of Mormon gave way as Mormonism moved west, and the temple and polygamy (indeed, the quest for empire) became more prevalent. The murder of Smith by Masonic vigilantes and the move to Utah coincided with a new imperialism-and a new polygamy. Forsberg argues that Masonic artifacts from Smith's life reveal important clues to the precise nature of his early Masonic thought that include no less than a vision of redemption and racial concord. 410 0$aReligion and American culture (New York, N.Y.) 606 $aMormon Church$xDoctrines$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aFreemasonry$xReligious aspects$xMormon Church$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aWomen$xReligious aspects$xMormon Church$xHistory of doctrines$y19th century 607 $aUnited States$xChurch history$y19th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMormon Church$xDoctrines$xHistory 615 0$aFreemasonry$xReligious aspects$xMormon Church$xHistory 615 0$aWomen$xReligious aspects$xMormon Church$xHistory of doctrines 676 $a289.3 700 $aForsberg$b Clyde R$01040312 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462228303321 996 $aEqual rites$92463061 997 $aUNINA