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"In 1831, Joseph Smith, Jr, the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, revealed that Zion, or "New Jerusalem," was to be established in rural Jackson County, Missouri. Smith sent followers from his community in Kirtland, Ohio, to begin the settlement, but they were soon expelled by locals who were suspicious of their new religion and abolitionist sympathies. Seven years later, in January 1838, Smith fled to Missouri from Ohio to avoid a warrant for his arrest, and joined other Mormons in Far West, Caldwell County, which became the new Zion. The same prejudices recurred and the Mormons found themselves subject to attacks from non-Mormons, including attempts to prevent them from voting. Smith decided that it was now necessary for Mormons to defend themselves, which resulted in a short and sharp conflict known as the Mormon War. A covert Mormon paramilitary unit, the Danites, was formed both to police the church's members and to exact revenge on non-Mormons. After the Missouri state militia was attacked at the Crooked River and angry rhetoric rose from both sides, Missouri governor Lilburn Boggs issued Executive Order No. 44, which called for Mormons to be "exterminated or driven from the State." Non-Mormons responded by attacking a Mormon settlement at Haun's Mill, killing men and boys and firing on the women. Following this massacre, the state militia surrounded Far West and arrested Smith and other Mormon leaders. Smith was charged with treason, but was allowed to go and join the rest of his followers who were expelled from Missouri to Illinois, where they founded their next major settlement, Nauvoo. There, Smith would be murdered and his church would split into several factions, with Brigham Young leading the movement's largest group to Utah"--Book jacket.… (más)
I have begun this book recently. I have seen some of the information before such as that LDS founder Joseph Smith Jr. used divining methods to find and translate the Book of Mormon and that he had religious visions. What this book fills in is the sociological dimension: During the early nineteenth century religious revival going on at the time (I also knew that) many young people like Smith had religious visions and reported and published them. Also, the default religion of a lot of frontier people was "folk" practices (no doubt passed down from generation to generation among the peoples of Britain and the Continent, but Kinney does not go that far afield). More specific to Joseph Smith Jr., Kinney notes that Smith's family and family friends, including his father, were deeply involved in folk magic and divination. This is part of the colorful history of Mormonism. It is interesting that this legacy is downplayed by the church somewhat. Showing that all religions, however radical they are at the beginning, become domesticated over time. Another point that I knew about, but which Kinney brings home, is that the Mormons met hostility with hostility to the point of escalating the violence on both the Mormon and non-Mormon sides. In the end, the Mormons had to be driven out because there were more non-Mormons than Mormons. Smith actually compared himself to Mohammed at one point, but he was more brassy than canny when it came to spreading his religion whether charismatically or by the sword. The book also goes into the history of the Dannites, the storm troopers of the Mormon Church. (Supposedly they were disbanded a long time ago.) The Dannites were the "sword," but often were most effective in suppressing dissent and keeping people within the church in line. A point that is not emphasized enough in some discussions of the Mormon War in Missouri is that the Mormons tended to come from non-slave-holding states, whereas many of their opponents in Missouri were from slave states and feared that Mormon Missourians would vote against making Missouri a slave state. Something I wish Kinney had done that he didn't is say more about some of the other groups he mentions. For example, he mentions that some early figures in the LDS were former Campbellites. This term rings a bell, but one must go outside this book to learn anything at all about them. How about a paragraph or even a sentence to explain what this religious sect was about? ( )
A fascinating look at the early Mormon church and critical moments in it's formation. This is the first book I've read on these events and will need to seek out other material to truly see how this book rates among what was published before this. Otherwise, you get a real feel from this of how new religions attempt to gain power and influence/coerce those around them; I think this should be a good reminder of just how far they will go. Overall, the book was a fairly easy read and clearly shows both sides of this confrontation as being aggressive to the other. ( )
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In the early nineteenth century, the United State was at a crossroads where Christianity met mysticism, and most Americans were friendly to both practices and considered them compatible.
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"In 1831, Joseph Smith, Jr, the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, revealed that Zion, or "New Jerusalem," was to be established in rural Jackson County, Missouri. Smith sent followers from his community in Kirtland, Ohio, to begin the settlement, but they were soon expelled by locals who were suspicious of their new religion and abolitionist sympathies. Seven years later, in January 1838, Smith fled to Missouri from Ohio to avoid a warrant for his arrest, and joined other Mormons in Far West, Caldwell County, which became the new Zion. The same prejudices recurred and the Mormons found themselves subject to attacks from non-Mormons, including attempts to prevent them from voting. Smith decided that it was now necessary for Mormons to defend themselves, which resulted in a short and sharp conflict known as the Mormon War. A covert Mormon paramilitary unit, the Danites, was formed both to police the church's members and to exact revenge on non-Mormons. After the Missouri state militia was attacked at the Crooked River and angry rhetoric rose from both sides, Missouri governor Lilburn Boggs issued Executive Order No. 44, which called for Mormons to be "exterminated or driven from the State." Non-Mormons responded by attacking a Mormon settlement at Haun's Mill, killing men and boys and firing on the women. Following this massacre, the state militia surrounded Far West and arrested Smith and other Mormon leaders. Smith was charged with treason, but was allowed to go and join the rest of his followers who were expelled from Missouri to Illinois, where they founded their next major settlement, Nauvoo. There, Smith would be murdered and his church would split into several factions, with Brigham Young leading the movement's largest group to Utah"--Book jacket.
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