Download or read book Joseph Smith Jesus and Satanic Opposition written by Douglas J. Davies and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-08-26 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores Mormon theology in new ways from a scholarly non-Mormon perspective. Bringing Jesus and Satan into relationship with Joseph Smith the founding prophet, Douglas Davies shows how the Mormon 'Plan of Salvation' can be equated with mainstream Christianity's doctrine of the Trinity as a driving force of the faith. Exploring how Jesus has been understood by Mormons, his many Mormon identities are described in this book: he is the Jehovah of the Bible, our Elder Brother and Father, probably also a husband, he visited the dead and is also the antagonist of Satan-Lucifer. This book offers a way into the Mormon 'problem of evil' understood as apostasy, from pre-mortal times to today. Three images reveal the wider problem of evil in Mormonism: Jesus' pre-mortal encounter with Lucifer in a heavenly council deciding on the Plan of Salvation, Jesus Christ's great suffering-engagement with evil in Gethsemane, and Joseph Smith's First Vision of the divine when he was almost destroyed by an evil force. Douglas Davies, well-known for his previous accounts of Mormon life and thought, shows how renewed Mormon interest in theological questions of belief can be understood against the background of Mormon church-organization and its growing presence on the world-stage of Christianity.
Download or read book Joseph Smith Jesus and Satanic Opposition written by Professor Douglas J. Davies and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-06-28 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores Mormon theology in new ways from a scholarly non-Mormon perspective. Bringing Jesus and Satan into relationship with Joseph Smith the founding prophet, Douglas Davies shows how the Mormon 'Plan of Salvation' can be equated with mainstream Christianity's doctrine of the Trinity as a driving force of the faith. Exploring how Jesus has been understood by Mormons, his many Mormon identities are described in this book: he is the Jehovah of the Bible, our Elder Brother and Father, probably also a husband, he visited the dead and is also the antagonist of Satan-Lucifer. This book offers a way into the Mormon 'problem of evil' understood as apostasy, from pre-mortal times to today. Three images reveal the wider problem of evil in Mormonism: Jesus' pre-mortal encounter with Lucifer in a heavenly council deciding on the Plan of Salvation, Jesus Christ's great suffering-engagement with evil in Gethsemane, and Joseph Smith's First Vision of the divine when he was almost destroyed by an evil force. Douglas Davies, well-known for his previous accounts of Mormon life and thought, shows how renewed Mormon interest in theological questions of belief can be understood against the background of Mormon church-organization and its growing presence on the world-stage of Christianity.
Download or read book The Devil Sat on My Bed written by Erin E. Stiles and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-01-14 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many Latter-day Saints in Utah report visits from spirits-both the benevolent spirits of kin and threatening evil spirits-and understand these encounters with reference to key Latter-day teachings. In The Devil Sat on My Bed, Erin E. Stiles draws on interviews with members of Utah's Mormon community to explore their accounts of interactions with spirits and how they understand them.
Download or read book Irenaeus Joseph Smith and God Making Heresy written by Adam J. Powell and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-10-30 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 resulting concept to the historical cases of second-century Christians and nineteenth-century Mormons. Ultimately, Irenaeus, Joseph Smith, and God-Making Heresy is a careful application of the comparative method to two new religious movements, highlighting the social processes at work in their early doctrinal developments.
Download or read book Joseph Smith Defended and His Divine Mission Vindicated written by J. W. Peterson and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The First Vision The Joseph Smith Story written by Jim Whitefield and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mormon Church (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) admits that it stands or falls on the validity or otherwise of Joseph Smith's claimed First Vision. This booklet examines each aspect of Smith's official account and compares it with historical evidence, including his own earlier versions of events, along with all Smith's other writings - to arrive at the only possible conclusion. Was the vision a first time, first hand, divine experience or was it made up as Smith went along and just part of an elaborate hoax? This work is made available in the interest of truth and integrity for those who want to know or share the truth which is supported by hard evidence. A PDF eBook version is also available (click on 'Author's Spotlight' for more details) which may be copied and shared (see copyright conditions). This booklet is also available to read free as an article at: www.themormondelusion.com. Click on 'The First Vision' tab on the side bar of the home page.
Download or read book A Word in Season written by Joseph M. Spencer and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2023-11-21 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking look at the relationship between two sacred texts The Book of Mormon’s narrative privileges Isaiah over other sources, provocatively interpreting and at times inventively reworking the biblical text. Joseph M. Spencer sees within the Book of Mormon a programmatic investigation regarding the meaning and relevance of the Book of Isaiah in a world increasingly removed from the context of the times that produced it. Working from the crossroads of reception studies and Mormon studies, Spencer investigates and clarifies the Book of Mormon’s questions about the vitality of Isaiah’s prophetic project. Spencer’s analysis focuses on the Book of Mormon’s three interactions with the prophet: the character of Abinadi; the resurrected Jesus Christ; and the nation-founding figure of Nephi. Working from the Book of Mormon as it was dictated, Spencer details its vital and overlooked place in Isaiah’s reception while recognizing the interpretation of Isaiah as an organizing force behind the Book of Mormon.
Download or read book A Dialogue Between Joseph Smith and the Devil about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints written by Parley P. Pratt and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1845 Edition.
Download or read book History of Joseph Smith the Prophet and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints written by Joseph Smith and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-15 with total page 2827 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of Joseph Smith, the Prophet and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a semi-official history of the early Latter Day Saint movement during the lifetime of founder Joseph Smith. It is largely composed of Smith's writings and interpretations and editorial comments by Smith's secretaries, scribes, and after Smith's death, historians of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The history was written between 1839 and 1856. It was later published in its entirety with extensive annotations and edits by B. H. Roberts as History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The first six volumes of this work cover the "History of Joseph Smith" from his birth in 1805 to his death in 1844. Volume seven covers the material from immediately after Smith's death in June 1844 until the church's first general conference in Salt Lake City. Volume 1: 1805 – December 1833 Volume 2: January 1834 – December 1837 Volume 3: January 1838 – July 1839 Volume 4: July 1839 – May 1842 Volume 5: May 1842 – August 1843 Volume 6: September 1843 – June 1844 Volume 7: June 1844 – October 1848
Download or read book Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith written by Joseph Smith (Jr.) and published by Messenger Publications. This book was released on 2009-03-26 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sermons and writings of Joseph Smith, the Prophet.
Download or read book New Witnesses for God Joseph Smith the prophet written by Brigham Henry Roberts and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Joseph Smith and Word of Faith Movement written by and published by Jerry Stokes. This book was released on with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Joseph Smith written by Joseph Smith (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the life and thought of Joseph Smith, the Mormon prophet-leader, focusing on his concept of spirituality and how that vision impacted upon Mormonism and thus the modern LDS Church.
Download or read book The Late War Between the United States and Great Britain written by Gilbert J. Hunt and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-04-11 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a famous educational text by Gilbert J. Hunt presenting an account of the War of 1812 in the style of the King James Bible. It starts with President James Madison and the congressional declaration of war and then describes the Burning of Washington, the Battle of New Orleans, and the Treaty of Ghent.
Download or read book The Essential Joseph Smith written by Joseph Smith (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joseph Smith's writings and speeches "in his distinctive language--a mix of biblical and frontier idiom, ... both contemplative and poetic, angry and hyperbolic."
Download or read book Book of Mormon Student Manual written by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and published by David Van Leeuwen. This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Joseph Smith written by John Andreas Widtsoe and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
