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Return to the city of Joseph : modern Mormonism's contest for the soul of Nauvoo / Scott C. Esplin.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource (xi, 199 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780252050855
  • 0252050851
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Return to the city of Joseph.DDC classification:
  • 977.3/43 23
LOC classification:
  • F549.N37 E87 2019eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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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.
Summary: '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 way, it also intersects with studies of historical tourism and pilgrimage.
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Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)1875016

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Print version record.

'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 way, it also intersects with studies of historical tourism and pilgrimage.