04688cam a2200985 4500 525628944 TxAuBib 20211105120000.0 ||||||s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781469655673 1469655675 B07XFH7T9P Amazon B07XFH7T9P Amazon B07XFH7T9P Amazon 297a89d5-ac66-426e-8a64-8155dc2362fe OverDrive (Reserve ID) 4957842 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Davis, William L. Visions in a Seer Stone [Libby] : Joseph Smith and the Making of the Book of Mormon. The University of North Carolina Press, 2020. mormonism. moroni. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mormon. John Wesley. George Campbell. Hugh Blair. community of christ. lds church. Western esotericism. Orality and Literacy. book of mormon. orality. folk magic. joseph smith. hill cumorah. George Whitefield. exhortations. First Great Awakening. revivalism. Second Great Awakening. Oral Performance. Charles Grandison Finney. American religious history. john walker. Adam Clarke. Baptist preaching. Burned-Over District. Christian occultism. composition instruction in early America. Congregationalist preaching. Connecticut River Valley. early American education and pedagogy. exhorters. gold plates. history of composition in America. history of evangelical preaching. laying down heads. magic and religion. Methodist preaching. nineteenth-century preaching. nineteenth-century sermon culture. plain style preaching. Presbyterian preaching. revelatory translation. Revival language. seer stones. sermon studies. Solomon Stoddard. translation of the Book of Mormon. Urim and Thummim. William Perkins. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2674kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. History. Literary Criticism. Religion & Spirituality. Nonfiction. HTML:In this interdisciplinary work, William L. Davis examines Joseph Smith's 1829 creation of the Book of Mormon, the foundational text of the Latter-Day Saint movement. Positioning the text in the history of early American oratorical techniques, sermon culture, educational practices, and the passion for self-improvement, Davis elucidates both the fascinating cultural context for the creation of the Book of Mormon and the central role of oral culture in early nineteenth-century America.<br /> Drawing on performance studies, religious studies, literary culture, and the history of early American education, Davis analyzes Smith's process of oral composition. How did he produce a history spanning a period of 1,000 years, filled with hundreds of distinct characters and episodes, all cohesively tied together in an overarching narrative? Eyewitnesses claimed that Smith never looked at notes, manuscripts, or books—he simply spoke the words of this American religious epic into existence. Judging the truth of this process is not Davis's interest. Rather, he reveals a kaleidoscope of practices and styles that converged around Smith's creation, with an emphasis on the evangelical preaching styles popularized by the renowned George Whitefield and John Wesley. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=297a89d5-ac66-426e-8a64-8155dc2362fe&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=297a89d5-ac66-426e-8a64-8155dc2362fe&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=297a89d5-ac66-426e-8a64-8155dc2362fe&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)