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Can I read Return to the City of Joseph : Modern Mormonism's Contest for the Soul of Nauvoo on EtoBox?
Return to the City of Joseph : Modern Mormonism's Contest for the Soul of Nauvoo by Scott C. Esplin is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.
What is Return to the City of Joseph : Modern Mormonism's Contest for the Soul of Nauvoo about?
In the mid-twentieth century, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) returned to Nauvoo, Illinois, home to the thriving religious community led by Joseph Smith before his murder in 1844. The quiet farm town became a major Mormon heritage site visited annually by tens of thousands of people. Yet Nauvoo's dramatic restoration proved fraught with conflicts. Scott C. Esplin's social history looks at how Nauvoo's different groups have sparred over heritage and historical memory. The La
Who reads Return to the City of Joseph : Modern Mormonism's Contest for the Soul of Nauvoo?
It is typically read by readers engaging with religious study and devotional practice.
Common subject areas: religion, theology.
- Author
- Scott C. Esplin
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780252042102
- Category
- religious
- Subjects
- History, Christian, Religion
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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