{"product_id":"wrestling-the-angel-the-foundations-of-mormon-thought-cosmos-god-humanity-hardcover-1","title":"Wrestling the Angel: The Foundations of Mormon Thought: Cosmos, God, Humanity - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTerryl L. Givens\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this first volume of his magisterial study of the foundations of Mormon thought and practice, Terryl L. Givens offers a sweeping account of Mormon belief from its founding to the present day. Situating the relatively new movement in the context of the Christian tradition, he reveals that Mormonism continues to change and grow. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGivens shows that despite Mormonism's origins in a biblical culture strongly influenced by nineteenth-century Restorationist thought, which advocated a return to the Christianity of the early Church, the new movement diverges radically from the Christianity of the creeds. Mormonism proposes its own cosmology and metaphysics, in which human identity is rooted in a premortal world as eternal as God. Mormons view mortal life as an enlightening ascent rather than a catastrophic fall, and reject traditional Christian concepts of human depravity and destiny. Popular fascination with Mormonism's social innovations, such as polygamy and communalism, and its supernatural and esoteric elements-angels, gold plates, seer stones, a New World Garden of Eden, and sacred undergarments-have long overshadowed the fact that it is the most enduring and even thriving product of the nineteenth century's religious upheavals and innovations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eWrestling the Angel\u003c\/em\u003e traces the essential contours of Mormon thought from the time of Joseph Smith and Brigham Young to the contemporary LDS church, illuminating both the seminal influence of the founding generation of Mormon thinkers and the significant developments in the church over almost 200 years. The most comprehensive account of the development of Mormon thought ever written, \u003cem\u003eWrestling the Angel\u003c\/em\u003e will be essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the Mormon faith.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTerryl L. Givens \u003c\/strong\u003eis Professor of Literature and Religion and Jabez A. Bostwick Chair of English at the University of Richmond. His books on Mormonism and American religious culture include\u003cem\u003e By the Hand of Mormon\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePeople of Paradox\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eParley P. Pratt \u003c\/em\u003e(with Matthew Grow), and \u003cem\u003eViper on the Hearth.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 422\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.52 x 6.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 05, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45881744949445,"sku":"9780199794928","price":64.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/5NGqkl_ZyY9780199794928_03d754b5-f39d-4c15-83e6-d279f382dbf7.webp?v=1771792712","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/wrestling-the-angel-the-foundations-of-mormon-thought-cosmos-god-humanity-hardcover-1","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}