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English
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A Currency of Faith : Taking Stock in Utah County's Dream Mine
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Between Pulpit and Pew : The Supernatural World in Mormon History and Folklore
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Logan, UT
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Utah State University Press
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125-158
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Smith's belief system also created a millenarian theology in which Mormons play a key role during the end times. As Kevin Cantera's chapter illustrates, would-be heirs of Smith's legacy patterned their histories after that of the founding prophet in an effort to lend credibility to their assertions. In Utah Territory, John Hyrum Koyle claimed heavenly manifestations of his own to bolster faith in a risky economic venture. Like Smith, Koyle reported that an angel directed him to seek buried treatsure in what came to be called the Dream Mine. Even though LDS leaders eventually excommunicated Koyle, belief in his predictions and prophecies persists. Decades after his death, Koyle's mine continues to attract a loyal cadre of investors united in their belief in the validity of his prophecies. As Cantera demonstrates, stock in the Dream Mine cuts across religious boundaries to include practicing members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as well as separatist Fundamentalists who practice polygamy on the fringes of society. While stockholders differ as to theology, the nonetheless share a belief in the Dream Mine and its promised role to save the LDS Church from financial ruin in the end of times. [Editors' summary]
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