Mormon America (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Joan K. Ostling, Richard N. Ostling
- First Published: 1999
- Type of Work: History, current affairs, and religion
- Time of Work: 1830-1999
- Setting: The United States
- Genres: Nonfiction, Current affairs, History
- Subjects: Religion, God, Christianity, Faith, Revelation, Prophecy or prophets, Mormons, Church or churches
- Locales: United States
During the late 1820’s, Joseph Smith, Jr., an uneducated youth in upstate New York, proclaimed he had found golden plates containing the record of ancient Hebrews who had settled the New World. With the aid of magic stones provided, he translated the plates into English and revealed tales not only about mighty civilizations unknown to the modern world but also about a visitation to the New World by Christ. At a moment when the northeastern part of the United States was alive with Protestant religious fervor, Smith’s claims naturally attracted interest. Soon, he and his miraculous...
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