Author : Terryl C. Givens
Publisher : OUP USA
ISBN 13 : 0195167112
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis People of Paradox by : Terryl C. Givens
Download or read book People of Paradox written by Terryl C. Givens and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2007-08-23 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In People of Paradox, Terryl Givens traces the development of Mormon culture from the days of Joseph Smith in upstate New York, to the global spread of the Latter-Day Saints. Here is a religion shaped by an authoritarian hierarchy and individualism, intellectual investigation, existence in exile and a yearning for acceptance by the larger world.