| Description |
xii, 392 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-385) and index. |
| Contents |
"Melancholly reflections" : Joseph Smith and holy dying -- The corpse and its rest -- Relics, graves, and the treasure quest -- Hallowed ground : tombs, Indians, and Eden -- Seerhood, pure language, and the silence of the grave -- The new and everlasting covenant -- Negotiating death and afterlife in Nauvoo -- The "lineage of my preasthood" and the chain of belonging -- Divine anthropology : translating the suprahuman chain -- "Death cannot conquer the hero again" : the death and afterlife of a martyr. |
| Subject |
Death -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Doctrines.
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Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844.
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| ISBN |
9780199793570 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0199793573 hardcover alkaline paper |
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