Publication

1998 - University of Illinois Press, Urbana, Illinois

Language

English

Word Count

99,750 words, Guess

Page Count

399 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL674989M
  • ISBN-100252023781
  • OCLC Control Number37260862
  • Library of Congress Control Number97021165
  • LibraryThing1502415
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  • Goodreads2318852

Classifications

  • DDC289.3/792/09034
  • LCCBX8611 .W35 1998

Description

A story that includes spiritualist seances, conspiracy, and an important church trial, Wayward Saints chronicles the 1870s challenge of a group of British Mormon intellectuals to Brigham Young's leadership and authority. William S. Godbe and his associates revolted because they disliked Young's authoritarian community and resented what they perceived as the church's intrusion into matters of personal choice. Expelled from the church, they established the "New Movement," which eventually faltered. Both a study in intellectual history and an investigation of religious dissent, Wayward Saints explores nineteenth-century American spiritualism as well as the ideas and institutional structure of first- and second-generation Mormonism.

Subjects

Topics

HistoryGodbeitesMormon ChurchChurch of ZionChurch controversiesGodbe, William SamuelMormon church, history

People

William Samuel GodbeBrigham Young (1801-1877)Elias L. T. Harrison (1830-1900)

Other Editions

  • Wayward saints: the Godbeites and Brigham YoungUniversity of Illinois Press1998-01-01

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