Black and Mormon

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Newell G. Bringhurst and Darron T. Smith Klappentext The year 2003 marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the lifting of the ban excluding black members from the priesthood of the Mormon church. The articles collected in Newell G. Bringhurst and Darron T. Smith's Black and Mormon look at the mechanisms used to keep blacks from full participation, the motives behind the ban, and the kind of changes that have--and have not--taken place within the church since the revelation responsible for its end. This challenging collection is required reading for anyone concerned with the history of racism, discrimination, and the Latter-day Saints. Zusammenfassung Talks about the Mormon progress on the developing role of Blacks. Inhaltsverzeichnis

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• Authors: Newell G. (EDT)/ Smith Bringhurst, Newell G. Smith Bringhurst
• Assisted by: Newell G. Bringhurst (Editor), Darron T. Smith (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Illinois Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.09.2004
• EAN: 9780252029479
• ISBN: 978-0-252-02947-9
• No. of pages: 184
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 241 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Ethnic Studies