In popular culture and scholarship, a consistent trope about Mormonism is that it features a propensity for violence, born of the religion's theocratic impulses and the antinomian tendencies of special revelation. Mormonism and Violence critically assesses the relationship of Mormonism and violence through a close examination of Mormon history and scripture, focusing on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Element pays special attention to violence in the Book of Mormon and the history of the movement, from the 1830s to the present.
- | Author: Patrick Q. Mason
- | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- | Publication Date: May 30, 2019
- | Number of Pages: 75 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1108706282
- | ISBN-13: 9781108706285
