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The viper on the hearth : Mormons, myths, and the construction of heresy
- Title
- The viper on the hearth : Mormons, myths, and the construction of heresy / Terryl L. Givens.
- Author
- Givens, Terryl.
- Publication
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
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- Description
- x, 205 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- The Viper on the Hearth is the first full-length study to look at representations of Mormonism in popular fiction, enhancing our understanding of the religion's vexed relationship to American society. The book reconsiders the nature of Mormonism's encounter with mainstream religion, and asks how a category like "heresy" can operate in a pluralistic society.
- Examining the ways in which Mormons have been portrayed in popular culture, Givens's study demonstrates how fiction can respond to cultural conflicts and anxieties by refashioning heresy into a more appropriate target for moral and political crusades.
- Series Statement
- Religion in America series
- Uniform Title
- Religion in America series (Oxford University Press)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 168-196) and index.
- Contents
- 1. "Out of the Sphere of Religion": The Sacred, the Profane, and the Mormons -- 2. "This Upstart Sect": The Mormon Problem in American History -- 3. "Manners, Habits, Customs, and Even Dialect": Sources of the Mormon Conflict -- 4. "An Age of Humbugs": The Contemporary Scene -- 5. "This Great Modern Abomination": Orthodoxy and Heresy in American Religion -- 6. "Ground in the Presbyterian Smut Machine": The Popular Press, Fiction, and Moral Crusading -- 7. "They Ain't Whites . . . They're Mormons": Fictive Responses to the Anxiety of Seduction -- 8. "Murder and Mystery - Mormon Style": The Mormon Image in the Twentieth Century.
- ISBN
- 0195101839 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 96011019
- OCLC
- 34476142
- ocm34476142
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries