Building Zion: The Material World of Mormon Settlement

by Thomas Carter

For Mormons, the second coming of Christ and the subsequent millennium will arrive only when the earth has been perfected through the building of a model world called Zion. Throughout the nineteenth century the Latter-day Saints followed this vision, creating a material world--first in Missouri and Illinois but most importantly and permanently in Utah and surrounding western states--that serves as a foundation for understanding their concept of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816689571
• ISBN13: 9780816689576
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.9" x 10.0"