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English
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Translating Time: The Nature and Function of Joseph Smith's Narrative Canon
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Envisioning Scripture: Joseph Smith's Revelations in Their Early American Contexts
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Salt Lake City, UT
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Signature Books
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123-155
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"By considering the narrative function of Smith's writings, I hope to show the extent to which Smith's reappropriation of the biblical story competed with traditional Christian theologies, offering his believing readers a particular-to-them sense of time and, consequently, a sense of what is real. My analysis begins, however, with the classic religious studies question: how may Smith's writings be adequately understood independent of the faith claim they make upon believers?... The second portion of the essay turns to the narrative content and style of these texts to demonstrate how they leverage the form, substance, and authority of the biblical myth to subvert definitive aspects of traditional Christianity. My hypothesis is that Smith's religion-making success is related to his having deployed the formal attributes of narrative to challenge the Christian tradition in ways not possible through discursive debate or speculative theology... I conclude with a discussion of the function of Smith's narratives in creating a livable future for his believing readers." [Author]
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