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English
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The Coronation of James J. Strang and the Making of Beaver Island Mormonism
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Communal Studies
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Amana, Iowa
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Communal Studies Association
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1-26
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"On July 8, 1850, on isolated Beaver Island in the middle of northern Lake Michigan, a few hundred Mormons met to crown their leader "King in Zion" in one of only a handful of American coronation ceremonies. The ceremony was elaborate. A royal procession accompanied James Jesse Strang, prophet and soon to be monarch, as he entered the main hall of the island's tabernacle dressed in royal regalia. Once he was seated on a throne positioned at the middle of the stage, George James Adams, a key disciple, placed a makeshift crown on Strang's head and a scepter in his hand. Turning to face the crowd, Adam announced the new king to the gathered assembly. Unbeknownst to many then attending, there were deep similarities between this meeting and one that was held six years earlier. On May 11, 1844, in a meeting of a group known alternately as the Kingdom of God or the Council of Fifty, 'President Joseph [Smith] was voted out P[rophet] P[riest] and K[ing] with loud hosannas.' According to some sources, this too included a ritualized anointing in which Joseph Smith was 'ordained a king, to reign over the house of Israel forever'" [From the text]
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