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Mormons, or the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, result from visions experienced in Manchester, NY, during the 1820s by Joseph Smith (1805–44), enabling him to locate and translate
The Book of Mormon (1827), a history of American religion from Babel to the 5th cent. AD, written on gold tablets in ‘reformed Egyptian’ and deciphered by sacred crystals which Smith had to return to the angel Moroni on completion. There followed seventeen years of sectarian vagabondage: founded in 1830, the sect reached Great Salt Lake Valley, Utah, in 1847. In that time twelve apostles were appointed, Smith became first president, received his revelation about plural marriages (1843), and was killed in prison. Mormonism's survival, therefore, owes most to Smith's successor Brigham Young (1801–77), who shaped Utah into a model state (polygamy was abolished in 1890). The whole was expressed in lives of strenuous simplicity and aggressive missionary endeavour. The first Mormon missionaries reached England in 1837.
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Mormon baptisms rejected
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 7/21/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...To gain statehood, Mormon-dominated Utah outlawed...and good works of Mormons, but they have never accepted the Mormon Church as an authentically...calling themselves `Mormons.' " Dan Wotherspoon...independent journal of Mormon life and issues in...
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What Is Mormon Cinema? Defining the Genre
Magazine article from: Dialogue : A Journal of Mormon Thought; 12/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...primarily by non-Mormons under official guidance...leaders, "the first Mormon picture,"4 demonstrating...both A Victim of the Mormons and God's Army...preeminent examples of Mormon cinema in their day...the films that the Mormon community holds up...comprehension of Mormons' ...
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Making Mormon history An influential religion struggles with how to tell the story of its past
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 12/9/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...historians are themselves Mormon - including several...series. Many other Mormons talk freely about...Episcopalians, few Mormons attended leading...So for much of Mormon history - from Joseph...the 20th century - Mormons who wrote Mormon history worked in...
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Mormons study "abroad" Brigham Young's romance with American higher education, 1867-1877 (1).
Magazine article from: Church History; 12/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...nineteenth-century Mormons sought purity and...the beginnings of Mormon academic migration...present day. By urging Mormons to study abroad, he initiated the long Mormon romance with American...teachers, preserving Mormon dignity and strength. The first Mormons to venture east for...
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Mormon Publisher's Free Inquiry Steams Critics
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 7/27/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...intended. "Give me `Ex-Mormons for Jesus' or the Moody...honest about their anti-Mormon agenda, instead of Signature...I prefer my anti-Mormons straight up," wrote...competitive but narrow field of Mormon letters has grown to...of journals of early Mormons. The latest, those...
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Mormon migration.
Magazine article from: Cobblestone; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...1846 and 1869, about 70,000 Mormons traveled west, some even coming...unclaimed West seemed to offer Mormons the only opportunity for a...by Brigham Young, the first Mormon pioneers left their headquarters...July 24, 1847. Even today, Mormons worldwide celebrate July 24...
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Mormon Temple Lifts Spirits in Idaho
News Wire article from: AP Online; 12/24/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...suspicion. Unlike Mormon chapels, where anybody...are places where Mormons must be in good standing...Georgia Brown, a Mormon in Twin Falls who...her town's non-Mormons take pride in the...past the lobby. Mormon temples have not...communities where Mormons are in the minority...
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Mormons and the Olympics: constructing an Olympic identity.(Essay)
Magazine article from: Olympika: The International Journal of Olympic Studies; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...During this time, Mormons constructed an Olympic...achievements of contemporaneous Mormon athletes and by revisiting...of the Olympic Games. Mormons revived Richards and...faith and piety. In 1992 Mormon sportswriters and Deseret...Trials and Triumphs: Mormons in the Olympic Games...
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MORMON BAPTISMS DEEMED INVALID
Newspaper article from: Wyoming Tribune-Eagle; 5/14/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...state president for the Mormon church in southeastern...in declaring the Mormon baptisms to be invalid...further, declaring that Mormons are not Christians. While Mormons say they are neither...goes to heaven? Local Mormon church member Cherie...
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Mormons Confront Negative Ideas About Their Faith
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 2/12/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...This resistance to a Mormon candidate was especially...who don't believe Mormons are Christians...RICHARD BUSHMAN (Mormon Studies, Claremont University): Mormons had come to the conclusion...reporters focused on Mormon behavior. Ms. JAN...Historian): ...the Mormons as gracious ...
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Mormons
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...Bickertonites). The Mormons apply the term Gentile to...Location. The majority of the Mormon population is located in...migrations as hostilities between Mormons and their non-Mormon neighbors caused the Mormons to abandon settlements and...
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Mormon War
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...population of the neighboring territory. The non-Mormon population had welcomed the Mormons upon their 1839 arrival but soon resented...day Saints, Church of Jesus Christ of ; Mormon Expedition ; Mormon Trail ; Nauvoo, Mormons at .
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Mormons in American Theatre and Drama
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
...harassed lives. Yet the Mormons' affection and respect...among non‐Mormon playwrights, actors...of later works was The Mormon Wife (1901), which portrayed the downfall of a Mormon convert. Mormons continued to be portrayed...
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Mormon Church
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
...MORMON CHURCH The Mormon Church is a religious...are 7.7 million Mormons worldwide. Approximately...City. In Utah the Mormon Church prospered...most of whom were Mormons, defied the U...a group of angry Mormons joined forces with...September 1857. Mormon leaders feared that...
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Mormon “War”
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
...Some contended the Mormons were essentially in a...settlement of the “Mormon Question”...Georgia, a non‐Mormon, to replace Mormon leader Brigham Young...Utah. Expecting the Mormons to resist, Buchanan...
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