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基本説明
Explores nineteenth-century American spiritualism as well as the ideas and institutional structure of first-and second-generation Mormonism.
Full Description
A story that includes spiritualistic seances, hidden conspiracy, and an important church trial, Wayward Saints chronicles the challenge, during the 1870s, of a group of British Mormon intellectuals to Brigham Young's leadership and authority. William S. Godbe and his associates revolted because they disliked Young's authoritarian community and resented what they perceived as the church's intrusion into matters of personal choice. Expelled from the church, they established the "New Movement", which eventually faltered. Both a study in intellectual history and an investigation of religious dissent, Wayward Saints explores nineteenth-century American spiritualism as well as the ideas and institutional structure of first- and second-generation Mormonism.
Contents
Rebellion in Zion -- British origins and youthful beginnings -- Godbe's rising star -- Intellectuals in Zion -- Two rival visions of society -- Merchant wars and declining faith -- New York epiphany -- Interval before rebellion -- Before the bar -- Firstmonths of revolt -- Church of Zion -- Politics -- Newspaper war -- When the spirits did abound -- The liberal institute -- The spoken and written word -- Godbe's last years -- Requiem.
