Between pulpit and pew : the supernatural world in Mormon history and folklore /
Between pulpit and pew : the supernatural world in Mormon history and folklore /
W. Paul Reeve and Michael Scott Van Wagenen, editors.
- Logan : Utah State University Press, ©2011.
- 1 online resource (x, 243 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Between pulpit and pew : where history and lore intersect / W. Paul Reeve and Michael Scott Van Wagenen -- A Mormon bigfoot : David Patten's Cain and the conception of evil in LDS folklore / Matthew Bowman -- "As ugly as evil," and "as wicked as Hell" : Gadianton robbers and the legend process among the Mormons / W. Paul Reeve -- Raising the dead : Mormons, evangelicals, and miracles in America / Matthew Bowman -- Singular phenomena : the evolving Mormon interpretation of unidentified flying objects / Michael Scott Van Wagenen -- A currency of faith : taking stock in Utah County's Dream Mine / Kevin Cantera -- A Nessie in Mormon country / Alan L. Morrell -- Walking on water : nineteenth-century prophets and a legend of religious imposture / Stanley J. Thayne.
Mormons gave to supernatural legends and events distinctive meanings related to Mormon theology and culture, but such narratives incorporated motifs found in many cultures. Many such historical legends and beliefs continue to find adherents down to the present. In this collection, historians employ folklore to illuminate the cultural and religious history of the Mormon people.
English.
9780874218237 0874218233 9786613250193 6613250198 0874218225 9780874218220
9780874218220 ebc3442841
22573/ctt47p34h JSTOR
GBC1C2041 bnb
020149292 Uk
Latter Day Saints--Folklore.
Legends--History and criticism.--Utah
Folklore--Utah.
Saints des derniers jours--Folklore.
Légendes--Histoire et critique.--Utah
Folklore--Utah.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Folklore & Mythology.
RELIGION--General.
Folklore
Legends
Latter Day Saints
Utah
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Folklore
BX8611 / .B48 2011eb
398.2088/289309792
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Between pulpit and pew : where history and lore intersect / W. Paul Reeve and Michael Scott Van Wagenen -- A Mormon bigfoot : David Patten's Cain and the conception of evil in LDS folklore / Matthew Bowman -- "As ugly as evil," and "as wicked as Hell" : Gadianton robbers and the legend process among the Mormons / W. Paul Reeve -- Raising the dead : Mormons, evangelicals, and miracles in America / Matthew Bowman -- Singular phenomena : the evolving Mormon interpretation of unidentified flying objects / Michael Scott Van Wagenen -- A currency of faith : taking stock in Utah County's Dream Mine / Kevin Cantera -- A Nessie in Mormon country / Alan L. Morrell -- Walking on water : nineteenth-century prophets and a legend of religious imposture / Stanley J. Thayne.
Mormons gave to supernatural legends and events distinctive meanings related to Mormon theology and culture, but such narratives incorporated motifs found in many cultures. Many such historical legends and beliefs continue to find adherents down to the present. In this collection, historians employ folklore to illuminate the cultural and religious history of the Mormon people.
English.
9780874218237 0874218233 9786613250193 6613250198 0874218225 9780874218220
9780874218220 ebc3442841
22573/ctt47p34h JSTOR
GBC1C2041 bnb
020149292 Uk
Latter Day Saints--Folklore.
Legends--History and criticism.--Utah
Folklore--Utah.
Saints des derniers jours--Folklore.
Légendes--Histoire et critique.--Utah
Folklore--Utah.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Folklore & Mythology.
RELIGION--General.
Folklore
Legends
Latter Day Saints
Utah
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Folklore
BX8611 / .B48 2011eb
398.2088/289309792