Irenaeus, Joseph Smith, and God-Making Heresy Hardback
by Adam J. Powell
Part of the Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Mormon Studies Series series
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Irenaeus, Joseph Smith, and God-Making Heresy seeks both to demonstrate the salience of “heresy” as a tool for analyzing instances of religious conflict far beyond the borders of traditional historical theology and to illuminate the apparent affinity for deification exhibited by some persecuted religious movements.
To these ends, the book argues for a sociologically-informed redefinition of heresy as religiously-motivated opposition and applies the resulting concept to the historical cases of second-century Christians and nineteenth-century Mormons.
Ultimately, Irenaeus, Joseph Smith, and God-Making Heresy is a careful application of the comparative method to two new religious movements, highlighting the social processes at work in their early doctrinal developments.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:276 pages
- Publisher:Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
- Publication Date:30/10/2015
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- ISBN:9781611478716
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:276 pages
- Publisher:Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
- Publication Date:30/10/2015
- Category:
- ISBN:9781611478716
