Mormons and the Bible: The Place of the Latter-day Saints in American ReligionThe Mormons have been one of the most studied American religious groups; still, no consensus exists about the essential nature of the movement or its place in American religion. In this study, Barlow analyzes the approaches taken to the Bible by key Mormon leaders, from founder Joseph Smith up to the present day. He shows that Mormon attitudes toward the Bible comprise an extraordinary mix of conservative, liberal, and radical ingredients: an almost fundamentalist adherence to the King James Version of the Bible coexists with belief in the possibility of new revelation and surprising ideas on the limits of human language. Exploring this unique Mormon stance on scripture, Barlow takes important steps toward unraveling the mystery of this quintessential American religious phenomenon. |
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Avis d'utilisateur - xuebi - LibraryThingBarlow writes here a history of the use of the Bible in the LDS (Mormon) Church, starting with how Joseph Smith Jr. read and studied the work and how the use of the Bible changed as different men ... Consulter l'avis complet
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Avis d'utilisateur - bibliostuff - LibraryThingBarlow's work is a great introduction to the position of the Bible in the Mormon Church. He makes some very interesting observations. Consulter l'avis complet
Table des matières
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| 43 | |
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The Mormon Response to Higher Criticism | 103 |
Why the King James Version? | 148 |
The Bible in Contemporary Mormonism | 182 |
The Ambiguities of a | 215 |
Select Bibliography | 229 |
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Page 17 - Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord ; and he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
Page 20 - And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, Which men deliver to one that is learned, Saying, Read this, I pray thee: And he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, Saying, Read this, I pray thee : And he saith, I am not learned.
Page 54 - Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection ; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
Page 16 - FOR, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; And all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: And the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, That it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Page 84 - Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Truth shall spring out of the earth ; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
Page 65 - Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you, my servant Joseph, that inasmuch as you have inquired of my hand to know and understand wherein I, the Lord, justified my servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; as also Moses, David, and Solomon, my servants, as touching the principle and doctrine of their having many wives and concubines: Behold! and lo, I am the Lord thy God, and will answer thee as touching this matter...
Page 16 - For behold the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven ; and all the proud, yea and all that do wickedly, shall be as stubble : and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Page 4 - Whenever we read the obscene stories, the voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and torturous executions, the unrelenting vindictiveness, with which more than half the Bible is filled, it would be more consistent that we called it the word of a Demon, than the word of God. It is a history of wickedness, that has served to corrupt and brutalize mankind ; and, for my own part, I sincerely detest it as I detest every thing that is cruel.
Page 17 - Behold I will reveal unto you the priesthood, by the hand of Elijah, the prophet, before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.
Informations bibliographiques
| Titre | Mormons and the Bible: The Place of the Latter-day Saints in American Religion Religion in America |
| Auteur | Philip L. Barlow |
| Éditeur | Oxford University Press, 1997 |
| ISBN | 0195355121, 9780195355123 |
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