Forsberg Jr. Equal Rites

The Book of Mormon, Masonry, Gender, and American Culture
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-231-50746-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 352 Seiten

Reihe: Religion and American Culture

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Forsberg Jr., Clyde

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Klubs, Vereine, Geheimgesellschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Protestantismus, evangelische und protestantische Kirchen Konfessionen amerikanischen Ursprungs

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface: Mormon Masonry?
Introduction: The Wax and Wane of Masonry in American Culture
Part I. The Mormon-Masonic Nexus
1. Reading a Sealed Book
2. Was Joseph Smith a Mason?
3. Dreaming Masonry: Getting the Story Plumb
4. As the Words of a Book That Is Sealed: The Book of Mormon as Esoteric Male (Hi)Story
5. Fleeing Babel with Mother and Child in Tow
Part II. The Quest Within the Quest
6. A Bible! A Bible! We Have Got a Bible
7. The Search for the Long Lost Book in the Book of Mormon
8. What Manner of (Masonic) Men?
Part III. The "Anti-Evangelical'' Mind of Joseph Smith Jr.
9. Whether a Man Can Enter a Second Time into His Mother's Womb
10. Heaven and Hell: Divining the Ghost of Emmanuel Swedenborg
11. Father-Son and Holy Ghost--Mother? The Mormon-God Question
Part IV. The Millennial, Racial, Economic, and Political Confederacy
12. Thy Kingdom Come: On Earth as It Is in Heaven
13. The Lost Ten Tribes Found: Mormons and Jews
14. The Curse and Redemption of the Lamanites
15. The Economic Kingdom of God: Masonic Utopianism Unveiled
Postscript: The "Americanness'' of Mormonism
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Clyde R. Forsberg Jr. is a CEP (Civic Education Project) Fellow and teaches American studies at the American University Central Asia in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.