Wrestling the angel
Subtitle: The foundations of Mormon thought : cosmos, God, humanity
By: Terryl L. Givens
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 405
ISBN-13: 9780199794928
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Doctrines; Mormon Church; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Other titles: Foundations of Mormon thought
Description: "Wrestling the Angel, Vol. I is the first in a two part study of the foundations of Mormon thought and practice, situated in the context of an overview of the Christian tradition. The book traces the essential contours of Mormon thought as it developed from Joseph Smith to the present. Terryl L. Givens, one of the nation's foremost Mormon scholars, offers a sweeping account of the history of Mormon belief, revealing that Mormonism is a tradition still very much in the process of formation."--Provided by the publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-390) and index.
Table of contents: title: Frameworks. Historical prelude; title: Mormonism and theology; title: The meaning of restoration; title: Cosmic narratives. A short primer on Mormonism; title: Cosmology. Eternalism; title: Monism; title: Laws physical and spiritual; title: The divine. The godhead; title: Revealer god; title: Vulnerable god; title: Embodied god; title: Mother god; title: Adam-god; title: Christology; title: Holy Ghost; title: Other beings; title: The human. Life before birth.; title: The fall; title: Embodiment; title: Salvation; title: Theosis.