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

• Autore: Mould Tom <1969->
• Pubblicazione: Logan, Utah, : Utah State University Press, 2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (462 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.6/4829; 398.20892893
• Soggetto topico: Revelation - Latter Day Saint churches; Latter Day Saints
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Still, the small voice
• ISBN: 1-64642-384-4; 1-283-33349-X; 9786613333490; 0-87421-819-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814074103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II