02994nam a2200529Ka 4500 ocn741614045 OCoLC 20200709055407.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 110719s2011 utu ob 001 0 eng d N$T N$T 9780874218381 0874218381 9780874218237 (electronic bk.) 0874218233 (electronic bk.) 9780874218220 0874218225 (OCoLC)741614045 378647 (N$T) n-us-ut BX8611 .B48 2011eb SOC 011000 bisacsh 398.2088/289309792 22 N$TA Between pulpit and pew [electronic resource] : the supernatural world in Mormon history and folklore / W. Paul Reeve and Michael Scott Van Wagenen, editors. Logan : Utah State University Press, ©2011. 1 online resource (x, 243 pages) text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Between pulpit and pew : where history and lore intersect / W. Paul Reeve and Michael Scott Van Wagenen -- A Mormon bigfoot : David Patten's Cain and the conception of evil in LDS folklore / Matthew Bowman -- "As ugly as evil," and "as wicked as Hell" : Gadianton robbers and the legend process among the Mormons / W. Paul Reeve -- Raising the dead : Mormons, evangelicals, and miracles in America / Matthew Bowman -- Singular phenomena : the evolving Mormon interpretation of unidentified flying objects / Michael Scott Van Wagenen -- A currency of faith : taking stock in Utah County's Dream Mine / Kevin Cantera -- A Nessie in Mormon country / Alan L. Morrell -- Walking on water : nineteenth-century prophets and a legend of religious imposture / Stanley J. Thayne. Mormons gave to supernatural legends and events distinctive meanings related to Mormon theology and culture, but such narratives incorporated motifs found in many cultures. Many such historical legends and beliefs continue to find adherents down to the present. In this collection, historians employ folklore to illuminate the cultural and religious history of the Mormon people. Description based on print version record. Mormons Folklore. Legends Utah History and criticism. Folklore Utah. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology bisacsh Electronic books. Reeve, W. Paul, editor. Van Wagenen, Michael, editor. Print version: Between pulpit and pew. Logan : Utah State University Press, ©2011 9780874218381 (DLC) 2011003085 (OCoLC)693809806 NetLibrary http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=378647 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 50489 50489