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"The year 2003 marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the lifting of the ban excluding black members from the priesthood of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The articles collected in Newell G. Bringhurst and Darron T. Smith's Black and Mormon look at the mechanisms used to...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Bringhurst, Newell G., Smith, Darron T., 1965-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2004]
Subjects:
African American Latter Day Saints.
Mormons noirs américains.
RELIGION > Christianity > Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon)
African American Mormons
Race relations > Religious aspects > Mormon Church
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title page
  • Copyright
  • CONTENTS
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Missouri Thesis Revisited: Early Mormonism, Slavery, and the Status of Black People
  • 2. The Traditions of Their Fathers: Myth versus Reality in LDS Scriptural Writings
  • 3. Two Perspectives: The Religious Hopes of Worthy African American Latter-day Saints before the 1978 Revelation
  • 4. Spanning the Priesthood Revelation (1978): Two Multigenerational Case Studies
  • 5. Casting Off the Curse of Cain: The Extent and Limits of Progress since 1978
  • 6. African American Latter-day Saints: A Sociological Perspective7. How Do Things Look on the Ground? The LDS African American Community in Atlanta, Georgia
  • 8. Unpacking Whiteness in Zion: Some Personal Reflections and General Observations
  • Contributors
  • Index

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