Quest for empire
Subtitle: the political kingdom of God and the Council of Fifty in Mormon history
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Published: 1970
Place of publication: East Lansing]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
Copyright date: 1967
Subjects: Kingdom of God (Mormonism); Council of Fifty (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Notes: Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 191-213).
Table of contents: title: The Kingdom of God and the millennial tradition; title: Mormonism and the American dream; title: The establishment of the government of God; title: Quest for empire; Joseph Smith and the Council of Fifty in the spring of 1844; title: the mantle of the prophet; title: Exodus; title: "Exulted Above the Hills"; The Rocky mountain kingdom; title: The kindom of God vs. the kingdoms of the world; title: Epilogue: The metamorphosis of the kingdom of God