Item Detail
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25649
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Journal Article
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English
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McLaughlan, James M.
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God, the World, and the Long Journey to Divinity : Mormonism and German Romantic Idealism
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Journal of Mormon History
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Summer 2012
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38
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3
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Salt Lake City, UT
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Mormon History Association
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2012
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163-186
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The article discusses theological aspects of early Mormonism, arguing that German romantic idealism provides a better lens for interpreting the theology of Mormon Church founder Joseph Smith, Jr. than do traditional Christian theologies. Topics include the views of historian Richard Lyman Bushman on Joseph Smith's theology, the notion that God was once a human being, and Smith's King Follett Discourse, a sermon that he preached. Possible influence by mystic Jacob Boehme on both romantic philosophy and the thinking of Joseph Smith is addressed.
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13
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New Approaches to the Book of Mormon : Explorations in Critical Methodology
On the Road with Joseph Smith : An Author's Diary
The American Religion : The Emergence of the Post-Christian Nation
The Earliest Mormon Concept of God
The Intellectual Tradition of the Latter-day Saints
The Reconstruction of Mormon Doctrine
The Refiner's Fire : The Making of Mormon Cosmology, 1644-1844
The Words of Joseph Smith : The Contemporary Accounts of the Nauvoo Discourses of the Prophet Joseph
Two Restoration Traditions : Mormons and Churches of Christ in the Nineteenth Century
Why a Mormon Won't Drink Coffee but Might Have a Coke : The Atheological Character of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints