Playing with Shadows: Voices of Dissent in the Mormon West (Volume 13) (Kingdom in the West: The Mormons and the American Fronti,Used
Playing with Shadows: Voices of Dissent in the Mormon West (Volume 13) (Kingdom in the West: The Mormons and the American Fronti,Used

Playing with Shadows: Voices of Dissent in the Mormon West (Volume 13) (Kingdom in the West: The Mormons and the American Fronti,Used

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This collection of narratives by four individuals who abandoned Mormonismapostates, as Brigham Young and other Latterday Saint leaders labeled themprovides an overview of dissent from the beginning of the religion to the early twentieth century and presents a wide range of disaffection with the faith or its leaders. Instead of focusing on a single disheartened individual or sect, this collection includes dissenters with different motivations and a wide range of experiences. Some devout Mormon converts, finding Brigham Youngs implementation of the Kingdom of God disillusioning, turned their backs on religion in general. Yet most never lost their love for their fellow Mormons or their longing for the ideal society they had dreamed of building. Newspaper articles, personal letters, journals, and sermons provide context for the testaments collected herethose of George Armstrong Hicks, Charles Derry, Ann Gordge, and Brigham Young Hampton. The four range from those who felt Brigham Young had not lived up to the precepts of Mormonism, to backouts who gave up and left Utah, to a plural wife who constructed a rich fantasy world, to a devoted Latterday Saint who gave his all only to feel betrayed by his leaders. Young warnedone dissenting group that they were not playing with shadows, but with the voice and the hand of the Almighty; accordingly, many dissenters feared for their livelihoods, and some, for their lives. Historians will value the range of beliefs, opinions, complaints, hopes, and fears expressed in these carefully annotated life histories. An antidote to antiMormon sensationalism, these detailed chronicles of deeply personal journeys add subtlety and a human dimension to our understanding of the Mormon past.

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