The Mormon Church and Blacks : a documentary history /

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Weitere Verfasser: Harris, Matthew L. (HerausgeberIn), Bringhurst, Newell G. (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Urbana, [Illinois] : University of Illinois Press, 2015.
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Mormon scriptural works : providing a canonical framework for race, slavery, and the status of Black people
  • Joseph Smith and evolving Mormon attitudes and practices on slavery and race, 1830-1844
  • Brigham Young, the beginning black priesthood denial, and legalization of slavery in Utah, 1844-1877
  • Justifying and perpetuating black priesthood denial, 1877-1949
  • Church growth, confronting civil rights, and official affirmations of black priesthood denial, 1945-1970
  • The 1978 revelation and its implications
  • Confronting the church's problematic racial past after 1978.