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One Nation Under Gods:
A History of the Mormon Church |
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CONTENTS Mormonism: The Early Years (1805-1830) 1. Vagabond Visionaries The Smiths of Vermont * Into the Woods * Various Vision Versions * Curious Coincidences 2. Moroni, Magic, and Masonry More Vision Revisions * A Company of Money-Diggers * Mormonism Meets Freemasonry 3. From Profit to Prophet Bound In Bainbridge * Going for the Gold * The Art of Translating 4. Smith’s Golden Book All Manner of “Ites” * Indian Origins * Israel’s Lost Tribes * Prophecy or Plagiarism? * History or His Story? * The Never Ending Search Establishing God’s Kingdom (1831-1844) 5. People of Zion A Prepared People * Prophet, Seer, and Revelator * Building Up the Promised Land 6. No Rest for the Righteous Calling All Lamanites * The Holy Ones of Israel * Say Goodbye to Independence * Zion’s Camp * A Divided Kingdom 7. Woe In Ohio Here Comes The Bride...Again * Banking Blunders * Meanwhile, Back In Missouri * Go West, Young Man 8. Big Trouble In Little Missouri Settling On Sacred Ground * The Dissenters * Smith’s Destroying Angels * Behind the Battle Lines * War In the Wilderness * Expelled As Expected * Divine Deliverance 9. March to Martyrdom Joseph, Joseph, Joseph * America’s Fighting Prophet * Lieutenant-General Smith * President Smith and His Council of Fifty * The Beginning of the End * Women, Wives, and Worries * Joseph’s Final Conflict Utah: Land of the Prophets (1845-1901) 10. A New Beginning Claiming the Prophetic Mantle * Lawless Nauvoo * Moving On and Moving Out * King of Utah 11. Bloody Brigham Brigham Young vs. Uncle Sam * The Judgment of God * Sacrificial Acts * Vengeance Is Ours * After Mountain Meadows 12. Wars and Rumors of Wars A Winter of Conflict * An Uneasy Truce * Brother Against Brother * Smith’s Civil War Prophecy * Years of Waiting * The End of An Era 13. Unholy Matrimony The World According to Mormonism * Conjugal Complexities * More Is Never Enough * Respecting Your Elders * Why? Why? Why? * The Bible Tells Me So 14. The Politics of Compromise The Mormon Underground * An Eternal Doctrine * God’s Mind Changes * Network of Deception Going Mainstream (1902-2002) 15. Making the Transition The Reed Smoot Case * Rise of the Fundamentalists * Polygamy Today * Decades of Change 16. Mormon Racism: Black Is Not Beautiful Pride and Prejudice * Segregation According to God * Benson’s Battle * Welcome to the Temple * Cursed Until When? 17. Is Mormonism Christian? America’s Non-Christian Christians * Blending In * Oh What A Tangled Web * The Cult of Mormonism 18. Cover-Ups, Conspiracies, and Controversies Unhistorical History * Thinking Is A Sin * The Mormon Purge * Skeletons In the Closet * Hofmann’s Deadly Documents * Dunn In God’s Name * Mormon Games * America’s Mormon Destiny POSTSCRIPT Appendix A: Abraham’s Book? Appendix B: Failed Joseph Smith Prophecies Appendix C: Recommended Resources Notes Selected Bibliography Index  One Nation Under Gods, p. 3 One Nation Under Gods, p. 4 One Nation Under Gods, p. 5 One Nation Under Gods, p. 6 |
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