Return to the City of Joseph : Modern Mormonism's Contest for the Soul of Nauvoo /

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'Return to the City of Joseph' examines the conflicts over historical memory that have developed as Mormonism returned to western Illinois. It focuses on the social history of the community, examining interactions between groups impacted by Mormonism's touristic takeover. In a broader...

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Main Author: Esplin, Scott C. (Scott Clair), 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Mormons.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Mormons > Illinois > Nauvoo > Histoire.
Mormons > Illinois > Nauvoo > History.
Illinois > Nauvoo.
Nauvoo (Ill.) > Church history.
Nauvoo (Ill.) > History.
History.
Church history.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : "Come after us"
  • The Mormon city in decline
  • Nauvoo as a Reorganized Church foothold
  • Latter-day Saint re-interest in Nauvoo
  • Nauvoo restoration incorporated and a formal Latter-day Saint presence in Nauvoo
  • Responding to the restoration : competing visions and unanswered questions
  • The reconstructed Nauvoo Temple : crown jewel of the restoration
  • Epilogue : the future for faith in Nauvoo
  • Appendix : chronology of restoration projects in Nauvoo/Carthage.

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