Imperial Zions : Religion, Race, and Family in the American West and the Pacific /

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Imperial Zions explores the importance of the body in Latter-day Saint theology through the faith's attempts to spread its gospel as a ""civilizing"" force, highlighting the intertwining of Latter-day Saint theology and American ideas about race, sexuality, and colonialism.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hendrix-Komoto, Amanda (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2022.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints > Doctrines.
Theology, Doctrinal.
Race > Religious aspects > Mormon Church.
Race > Religious aspects > Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Polygamy > Religious aspects > Mormon Church.
Polygamy > Religious aspects > Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Mormon Church > Doctrines.
Families > Religious aspects > Mormon Church.
Families > Religious aspects > Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
RELIGION / History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The race and sex of God
  • The bonds between sisters : early Latter-day Saint ideas about the family
  • Redeeming the Lamanites in Native America and the Pacific
  • Creating polygamous domesticities
  • Making kin : Latter-day Saints and the politics of interracial intimacy
  • Native Zions.

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