Item Detail
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32740
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4
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4
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English
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The Mormon Concept of a Mother in Heaven
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Salt Lake City, UT
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Signature Books
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3-21
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"The idea of a mother in heaven is shadowy and elusive, floating around the edges of Mormon consciousness... She exists, apparently, but has not been very evident in Mormon meetings or writings. And little if any theology has been developed to elucidate her nature and characterize our relationship to her... At present the nineteenth-century image of a female counterpart to a literal male father-god is receiving attention and expansion and is becoming more personalized and individualized. The widening Heavenly Mother 'theology' is developing mostly from a 'folk' or speculative theology, joined by suggestions for systematic development by emerging Mormon theologians. There has yet to be an official, theological definition of Mother in Heaven by ecclesiastical leaders." [Author]