Apparizioni, rivoluzione religiosa e "identità americana" nel primo mormonismo
In 1830, after a turbulent three-year work, the Book of Mormon was published by the American Prophet Joseph Smith. The Book, presented as the "brother" of the Scriptures and "another story" of God's people, was the product of the miraculous translation of some golden plates...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Italian |
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Morcelliana
[2019]
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Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni
Year: 2019, Volume: 85, Issue: 2, Pages: 650-661 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Smith, Joseph 1805-1844
/ Book of Mormon
/ Mormon Church
/ Rise of
/ Historical background
/ USA
/ Cultural identity
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion AZ New religious movements KDH Christian sects |
| Further subjects: | B
Mormonismo
B Secondo Great Awakening B Apparitions B American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 B Book of Mormon B American religious identity B Mormonism B Identità religiosa americana B Second Great Awakening B Christian Identity B Mormon Church B Joseph Smith |
| Summary: | In 1830, after a turbulent three-year work, the Book of Mormon was published by the American Prophet Joseph Smith. The Book, presented as the "brother" of the Scriptures and "another story" of God's people, was the product of the miraculous translation of some golden plates found, according to the prophet, not far from his family home. In 1820, in fact, J. Smith, who grew up reading the Scriptures, received the first of a series of visions and apparitions. These revelations, with a strong symbolic-scriptural character, led Smith, dissatisfied with the majority Christian lines in America, to break away from those traditions to create a new Creed, with its own Church and Book. Mormonism was born. Smith's figure and work can be better understood if we look at the political and cultural context of America at the turn of the century. The American Revolution was accompanied by a cultural revolution: many intellectuals detached themselves from the European models in search of a more authentic "American identity". With the idea of another story of the people of God, focused on America, even the American prophet stands on these tracks. Smith's symbolic apparitions serve to legitimize his positions providing a substitutional perspective, emphasized even after the prophet's death. In this work, therefore, we will analyse the birth of Mormonism from an historical-cultural perspective, emphasizing the symbolic character of Smith's apparitions and the substitutional dimension of the movement. |
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| ISSN: | 2611-8742 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni
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