Equal Rites: The Book of Mormon, Masonry, Gender, and American Culture

by Clyde R. Forsberg Jr.

Both the Prophet Joseph Smith and his Book of Mormon have been characterized as ardently, indeed evangelically, anti-Masonic. Yet in this sweeping social, cultural, and religious history of nineteenth-century Mormonism and its milieu, Clyde Forsberg argues that masonry, like evangelical Christianity, was an essential component of Smith's vision. Smith's ability to imaginatively conjoin the two into a powerful and evocative defense of Christian,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231126409
• ISBN13: 9780231126403
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher