The Viper on the Hearth Mormons, Myths, and the Construction of Heresy
ISBN: 9780199933808 | 0199933804
Edition: RevisedFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 1/31/2013
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Published in 1997, Terryl Givens'sThe Viper on the Hearthwas widely praised as a landmark work--indeed,The Wall Street Journalhailed it as "one of the five best books on Mormonism." Now, in the wake of a tidal wave of Mormon-inspired artistic, literary, and political activity--ranging from the Broadway hitThe Book of Mormon, to the HBO seriesBig Love, to the political campaign of Mitt Romney--Givens presents an updated edition that addresses the continuing presence and reception of the Mormon image in contemporary culture. The Viper on the Hear... MORE
Introduction
Part I: Mormonism, Politics, and History
1. "Out of the Sphere of Religion": The Sacred, the Profane, and the Mormons
2. "This Upstart Sect": The Mormon Problem in American History
3. "Manners, Habits, Customs, and Even Dialect": Sources of the Mormon Conflict
4. "An Age of Humbugs": The Contemporary Scene
5. "This Great Modern Abomination": Orthodoxy and Heresy in American Religion
Part II: Mormonism and Fiction
6. "Ground in the Presbyterian Smut Machine": The Popular Press, Fiction, and Moral... MORE
Terryl L. Givens is Professor of Literature and Religion and James A. Bostwick Chair of English, University of Richmond. His books on Mormonism and American religious culture include By the Hand of Mormon, People of Paradox and (with Matthew Grow) Parley P. Pratt: The Apostle Paul of Mormonism.
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