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

Brooke, John L.

ISBN 10: 0521345456 / ISBN 13: 9780521345453

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, New York, 1994

Beschreibung

First edition, hardcover, has very slight skew to spine, slight bumps to spine ends, and a touch of shelfwear to board corners, otherwise a solid VG+ copy in like dust jacket which has very slight bumps to spine ends, very slight wear to edges and corners, and some faint rubbing with a tiny spot to front panel near upper corner.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 93309

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Refiner's Fire: The Making of Mormon Cosmology, 1644-1844
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press, New York
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1994
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0521345456
• ISBN-13: 9780521345453
• Einband: Hardcover
• Auflage: 1st Edition.
• Zustand: Very Good+
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • Americana
  • Religion

Über diesen Titel

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.