Idols of the tribes : an intellectual and critical history of 19th and 20th century Mormon studies
Date of Award
1-1-2011
Language
English
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
College/School/Department
Department of History
Content Description
1 online resource (viii, 313 pages)
Dissertation/Thesis Chair
Gerald Zahavi
Committee Members
Richard Hamm, Warren Roberts
Keywords
Culture, Ideology, Intellectual History, Mormon Studies, Sociology of Knowledge, Mormons, Mormon Church
Subject Categories
Higher Education | History | Sociology
Abstract
Idols of the Tribes: An Intellectual and Critical History of 19th and 20th Century Mormon Studies is an intellectual history of Mormon Studies from the early 1830s, when Mormonism arose, to today. Idols of the Tribes, however, is more than simply an intellectual history of polemical, apologetic, sociological, and historical approaches to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is also, on another level, a history of American intellectual culture and academic culture and, on another level, an essay in the sociology of knowledge.
Recommended Citation
Helfrich, Ronald, "Idols of the tribes : an intellectual and critical history of 19th and 20th century Mormon studies" (2011). Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024). 354.
https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/legacy-etd/354