The Refiner's Fire The Making of Mormon Cosmology, 1644 1844

John L. Brooke

ISBN 10: 0521565642 / ISBN 13: 9780521565646

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom, 1996

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421 pages; B&W illustrations. Maps. Ex-Library copy with usual identifiers. Very Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings on text pages. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Refiner's Fire The Making of Mormon Cosmology, 1644 1844
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1996
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0521565642
• ISBN-13: 9780521565646
• Einband: Paperback
• Auflage: First Paperback Edition.
• Zustand: Good+

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Inhaltsangabe

This 1995 book presents an alternative and comprehensive understanding of the roots of Mormon religion, which proposes that the faithful will become gods. The book's central thesis is that the origins of Mormonism lie in the fusion of radical religion with magical ideas about recovering the divine powers of Adam lost in the fall from Paradise (ideas known as the hermetic philosophy) that occurred during the Reformation and the English Revolution. The book is organised around the two problems of demonstrating the survival of these ideas into the nineteenth century and of how they were manifested in Mormon doctrine. A final chapter outlines how Mormonism gradually has moved toward traditional Protestant Christianity since the 1850s. Besides religion, this book deals with magic, witchcraft, alchemy, Freemasonry, counterfeiting, and state-formation.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Charlotte y Peter Fiell son dos autoridades en historia, teoría y crítica del diseño y han escrito más de sesenta libros sobre la materia, muchos de los cuales se han convertido en éxitos de ventas. También han impartido conferencias y cursos como profesores invitados, han comisariado exposiciones y asesorado a fabricantes, museos, salas de subastas y grandes coleccionistas privados de todo el mundo. Los Fiell han escrito numerosos libros para TASCHEN, entre los que se incluyen 1000 Chairs, Diseño del siglo XX, El diseño industrial de la A a la Z, Scandinavian Design y Diseño del siglo XXI.