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Beginning with a handful of members in 1830, the church that Joseph Smith founded has grown into a world-wide organization with over 12 million adherents, playing prominent roles in politics, sports, entertainment, and business. Yet they are an oddity. They are considered wholesome, conservative, and friendly on one hand, and clannish, weird, and self-righteous on the other. __Mormonism: A Very Short Introduction__ explains who Mormons are: what they believe and how they live their lives. Written by Richard Lyman Bushman, an eminent historian and practicing Mormon, this compact, informative volume ranges from the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the contentious issues of contemporary Mormonism. Bushman argues that Joseph Smith still serves as the Mormons' Moses. Their everyday religious lives are still rooted in his conceptions of true Christianity. They seek revelation to solve life's problems just as he did. They believe the authority to seal families together for eternity was restored through him. They understand their lives as part of a spiritual journey that started in a "council in heaven" before the world began just as he taught. Bushman's accoun

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Author

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.;Bushman, Richard L

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA; Oxford University Press

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9781281341976

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Religion, History, Christian

Rating

3.88 / 5 (223 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14