Irenaeus, Joseph Smith, and God-Making Heresy

by Adam J Powell and Adam J. Powell

Irenaeus, Joseph Smith, and God-Making Heresy seeks both to demonstrate the salience of "heresy" as a tool for analyzing instances of religious conflict far beyond the borders of traditional historical theology and to illuminate the apparent affinity for deification exhibited by some persecuted religious movements. To these ends, the book argues for a sociologically-informed redefinition of heresy as religiously-motivated opposition and applies the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611478715
• ISBN13: 9781611478716
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"