Kingdom on the Mississippi revisited : Nauvoo in Mormon history
Who were the Nauvoo Mormons? Were they Jacksonian Americans or did they embody some other weltanschaung? Why did this tiny Illinois town become such a protracted battleground for the Mormons and non-Mormons in the region? And what is the larger meaning of the Nauvoo experience for the various inheritors of the legacy of Joseph Smith, Jr.? Kingdom on the Mississippi Revisited includes fourteen thoughtful explanations that represent the most insightful and imaginative work on Mormon Nauvoo published in the last thirty years. The range of topics includes the Nauvoo Legion, the Mormon press, the political kingdom of God, the opposition of non-Mormons, the martyrdom of Joseph Smith, and the meaning of Nauvoo for Mormons. The introduction provides a critique of Nauvoo scholarship, and a closing bibliographical essay analyzes the historical literature on the Mormon experience at Nauvoo
Church history
viii, 282 pages ; 24 cm
9780252021978, 9780252064944, 0252021975, 0252064941
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The significance of Nauvoo for Latter-day Saints / Ronald K. Esplin
The Nauvoo charter: a reinterpretation / James L. Kimball, Jr
The Nauvoo Legion, 1840-45: a unique military organization / Hamilton Gardner
The political kingdom of God as a cause of Mormon-Gentile conflict / Klaus J. Hansen
The Nauvoo neighborhood: a little Philadelphia or a unique city set upon a hill? / Kenneth W. Godfrey
The Mormon press in Nauvoo, 1839-46 / Terence A. Tanner
Religion in Nauvoo: some reflections / Marvin S. Hill
Mormon polygamy: belief and practice in Nauvoo / Kathryn M. Daynes
The kingdom of God in Illinois: politics in utopia / Robert Bruce Flanders
Mormon Nauvoo from a non-Mormon perspective / John E. Hallwas
The martyrdom of Joseph Smith in early Mormon writings / Davis Bitton
The lion and the lady: Brigham Young and Emma Smith / Valeen Tippetts Avery and Linda King Newell
From assassination to expulsion: two years of distrust, hostility, and violence / Marshall Hamilton
The awesome responsibility: Joseph Smith III and the Nauvoo experience / Roger D. Launius