Standing Apart

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-0-19-934813-8
Verlag: ACADEMIC

Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 740 g

Latter-day Saints have a paradoxical relationship to the past; even as they invest their own history with sacred meaning, celebrating the restoration of ancient truths and the fulfillment of biblical prophecies, they repudiate the eighteen centuries of Christianity preceding the founding of their church as apostate distortions of the truth. Since the early days of Mormonism, Latter-day Saints (LDS) have used the paradigm of apostasy and restoration in their
narratives about the origin of their church. This has generated a powerful and enduring binary of categorization that has profoundly impacted Mormon self-perception and relations with others. Standing Apart explores how the idea of apostasy has functioned as a category to mark, define, and set apart "the
other" in Mormon historical consciousness and in the construction of Mormon narrative identity. The volume's fifteen contributors trace the development of LDS narratives of apostasy within the context of both Mormon history and American Protestant historiography. They suggest ways in which these narratives might be reformulated to engage with the past, as well as offering new models for interfaith relations. This volume provides a novel approach for understanding and resolving some of the
challenges the LDS church faces in the twenty-first century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wilcox

Wilcox, Miranda

Young, John D.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Andere und Moderne Christliche Glaubensgemeinschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Miranda Wilcox is Assistant Professor of English at Brigham Young University. She researches Anglo-Saxon religious culture and holds an MMS and Ph.D. in medieval studies from the University of Notre Dame.

John D. Young is Assistant Professor of History at Flagler College. His research interests lie in the religious history of the high Middle Ages: particularly monasticism, Jewish-Christian relations, and ecclesiastical power. He holds an MMS and Ph.D. in medieval studies from the University of Notre Dame.