Widmer Unter Zions Panier

Mormonism and its Interaction with Germany and its People 1840–1990
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-3-515-10465-4
Verlag: Franz Steiner
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Deutsch, Band 21, 404 Seiten

Reihe: Missionsgeschichtliches Archiv.

One of the earliest critiques of Mormonism was written in German. German Reformed Pastor Diedrich Willers who had lost several of his congregants to the infant Mormon church advised his superiors of the threat posed by the early Morons. German speaking immigrants to North America converted, and played a significant role in the early development and growth of Mormonism in North America. As a result, founding Prophet Joseph Smith saw the German states as an area with a tremendous potential for new converts. In the nineteenth century the German states became the Mormons’ first foreign language mission field, and for most of the twentieth century contained the largest resident Mormon population outside of the United States and Canada. However, the German mission did not live up to the initial expectations, as, relative to the German population, and the rest of Protestant Europe, the Mormons failed to make significant converts from among the Germans. This work examines the reasons behind the Mormon’s failures in the German states. This is the first historical, and critical examination exploring Mormon-German interaction within the context of a social, political, and religious history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Widmer, Kurt

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Religiöse Institutionen & Gemeinschaften, Klerus, Mönchstum
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Andere und Moderne Christliche Glaubensgemeinschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;PREFACE;8
2;CONTENTS;10
3;ABBREVIATIONS;13
4;I. M ORMONS, MORMONISM, AND LATTER DAY SAINTS;16
5;A. DEFINING MORMONISM;18
6;B. MORMONISM IN THE HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICAN RELIGION;34
7;C. IS MORMONISM THE FASTEST GROWING RELIGION?;37
8;D. ATTITUDES TOWARD THE MORMONS;52
9;II. ESTABLISHING THE KINGDOM;60
10;A. HISTORY AS THEOLOGY;60
11;B. LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD;62
12;C. THE KINGDOM MOVES WEST;79
13;III. EARLY MORMONISM AND THE GERMAN IMMIGRANTS;89
14;A. THE GERMAN SECTS SEEK RELIGIOUS REFUGE;89
15;B. THE GERMAN SECTS IN NORTH AMERICA;101
16;C. THE HARMONY SOCIETY AND THE MORMONS;121
17;D. THE GERMAN’S ROLE IN EARLY MORMONISM;132
18;IV. THE FIRST MORMONS IN GERMANY;135
19;A. ORSON HYDE AND THE FIRST GERMAN MISSION;139
20;B. JOHN TAYLOR AND THE EXPANSION OF THE MORMONS INTO GERMANY;144
21;C. THE MISSIONARY WORK IN HAMBURG;150
22;D. THE KINGDOM HAS COME;156
23;E. THE FIRST GERMAN EMIGRATION;174
24;V. THE MISSIONARY MESSAGE;178
25;A. THE EUROPEAN MISSION;178
26;B. MISSIONARY ACTIVITY;180
27;C. PROSELYTIZING;184
28;D. THE MISSIONARY’S METHODS;192
29;E. MORMON MISSIONARY LITERATURE;204
30;F. THE KINGDOM OF GOD, GATHERING, AND PLURAL MARRIAGE;213
31;G. THE MISSIONARY EFFORT IN GERMANY;228
32;V I. THE SOCIAL ORIGINS OF THE GERMAN CONVERT S;233
33;A. THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF GREAT BRITAIN;233
34;B. PROTESTANT GERMANY;242
35;C. EDUCATION AND LITERACY IN GERMANY;244
36;D. THE GERMAN CONVERTS;250
37;VII. SOCIETAL RESPONSES TO THE MORMONS;271
38;A. RELIGIOUS POLEMICS: CATHOLICS, MORMONS, AND BAPTISTS;271
39;B. SECTARIANISM IN THE GERMAN CHURCHES;278
40;C. MORMONISM IN EUROPE;281
41;D. THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE MORMONS;290
42;VIII. THE STATE TAKES ACTION 1853–1990;304
43;A. THE PRUSSIAN DECREE OF 1853;310
44;B. THE GERMAN STATES AND THE MORMONS;319
45;C. THE MORMONS IN THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY;333
46;D. SUPPORTING THE NATIONAL SOCIALIST REGIME;336
47;E. THE MORMONS AFTER THE WAR 1945–1990;346
48;F. THE MORMONS IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC;349
49;G. MORMONS IN THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC;351
50;IX. WHAT DOES HISTORY TELL US?;361
51;A. AN ASSESMENT;361
52;X. BIBLIOGRAPHY;371
53;A. ARCHIVAL MATERIAL;371
54;B. MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS;376
55;C. NEWSPAPERS AND POPULAR JOURNALS;378
56;D. ELECTRONIC SOURCES;382
57;E. BOOKS;383
58;F. JOURNAL ARTICLES, BOOK CHAPTERS;397
59;G. UNPUBLISHED SOURCES;406

Über Autor(innen)

Widmer, Kurt
Kurt Widmer, geb. 1962, has published previously on the history and development of Mormonism. His primary research area is the development of sectarian religion in North America, particularly the influence of German sects on religion in North America.