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Mormons gave distinctive meanings to supernatural legends and events, but their narratives incorporated motifs found in many cultures. Many such historical legends and beliefs found adherents down to the present. This collection employs folklore to illuminate the cultural and religious history of a people.
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It is significant that historians have chosen to better understand the history of Mormons by looking at their folklore, including their expressions of the supernatural . . . Some historians might have viewed these legends as peripheral to the main story of the church and its members, but here we see that they help fill out and give form to the story.
--Elaine Thatcher, foreword to "Between Pulpit and Pew"
"An excellent compilation."
-- Benjamin E. Zeller, "Nova Religio"
"It is significant that historians have chosen to better understand the history of Mormons by looking at theirfolklore, includingtheir expressions of the supernatural . . . Some historians might have viewed these legends as peripheral to the main story of the church and its members, but here we see that they help fill out and give form to the story."
Elaine Thatcher, foreword to "Between Pulpit and Pew""
"An excellent compilation."
Benjamin E. Zeller, "Nova Religio""
W. Paul Reeve, Ph.D. is assistant professor of history and associate chair of the Department of History at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
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- PublisherUtah State University Press
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 0874218225
- ISBN 13 9780874218220
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages256
- EditorReeve W. Paul, Van Wagenen Michael Scott
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