
This Is The Place! Creating A Center Place In The Salt Lake Valley -- A Lineal Temple: Mapping And Marking The Mormon Trail -- Eyes Westward: The Smithification Of The American West -- The Price We Paid: A Theology Of Suffering And Place At Martin's Cove -- The Sweetheart Of The Riverton Stake: Martyrdom And Rescue In The Lives Of The Saints -- Sesquicentennial Spectacular! Physicalizing The Pioneer Story -- Traveling Zions: Pilgrimage In Modern Mormonism -- Anxious Landscapes: Expressing Regret In An Age Of Apologies. Sara M. Patterson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Oxford Available Via World Wide Web.
This book investigates how the physical landscape and historical memory of the Mormon Trail function as a site for theological construction and identity formation within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Sara M. Patterson, a scholar of American religion, utilizes a framework of place-based theology to analyze how historical sites are curated, marked, and experienced by modern practitioners. By examining the intersection of geography and narrative, she argues that the physical act of engaging with the trail serves to reinforce specific communal values and historical interpretations.
What You Will Find
Scope Limits
Scholars of American religious history identify this work as a significant contribution to the study of material religion and the construction of sacred space. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose, which is well-suited for researchers and students of Mormon studies.
Page Count:
304
Publication Date:
2020-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
ISBN-10:
0190933879
ISBN-13:
9780190933876
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