Mormonism and Violence: The Battles of Zion

by Patrick Q. Mason

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108706282
• ISBN13: 9781108706285
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 75 Pages
• Weight: 0.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.0" x 7.0"