Black and Mormon

Black and Mormon
Author :
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Total Pages : 194
Release :
ISBN-10 : 025202947X
ISBN-13 : 9780252029479
Rating : 4/5 (7X Downloads)

Book Synopsis Black and Mormon by : Newell G. Bringhurst

Download or read book Black and Mormon written by Newell G. Bringhurst and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2004-09-08 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year 2003 marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the lifting of the ban excluding black members from the priesthood of the Mormon church. The articles collected in Newell G. Bringhurst and Darron T. Smith's Black and Mormon look at the mechanisms used to keep blacks from full participation, the motives behind the ban, and the kind of changes that have--and have not--taken place within the church since the revelation responsible for its end. This challenging collection is required reading for anyone concerned with the history of racism, discrimination, and the Latter-day Saints.


Black and Mormon Related Books

Black and Mormon
Language: en
Pages: 194
Authors: Newell G. Bringhurst
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-09-08 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The year 2003 marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the lifting of the ban excluding black members from the priesthood of the Mormon church. The articles colle
Race and the Making of the Mormon People
Language: en
Pages: 348
Authors: Max Perry Mueller
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-08-08 - Publisher: UNC Press Books

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The nineteenth-century history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Max Perry Mueller argues, illuminates the role that religion played in formin
Saints, Slaves, and Blacks
Language: en
Pages: 290
Authors: Newell G. Bringhurst
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 1981 - Publisher: Greenwood

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Diary of Two Mad Black Mormons
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Zandra Vranes
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014 - Publisher: Shadow Mountain

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Are Mormons funny? Oh, heavens, yes! Especially when looking through the lens of Sistas in Zion two very funny ladies with testimonies of the gospel of Jesus Ch
Religion of a Different Color
Language: en
Pages: 351
Authors: W. Paul Reeve
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-01-30 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Mormonism is one of the few homegrown religions in the United States, one that emerged out of the religious fervor of the early nineteenth century. Yet, members