Mueller, Max Perry. creator text Electronic books. xx The University of North Carolina Press 2017 monographic eng 1 online resource "Max Perry Mueller argues that the nineteenth-century history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints illuminates the role that religion played in the formation of the notion of the three 'original' American races--'red, ' 'black, ' and 'white'--for both Mormons and others in the Intermountain West. Notably recovering the voices of a handful of black and Native American Mormons who persistently wrote themselves into the Mormon archive, Mueller threads together historical experience and scriptural hermeneutics, finding that the Book of Mormon is key to understanding how early Mormons both departed from and reflected antebellum conceptions of race as biblically and biologically predetermined. Mormon thought both challenged and reaffirmed the essentialist nature of the racialized American experience"-- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; Prologue. Visions; Introduction. Race on the Page, Race on the Body; 1 The Book of Mormon: A (White) Universal Gospel; 2 Marketing the Book of Mormon to Noah's Three Sons; 3 From Gentile to Israelite; 4 "Aunt Jane" or Joseph's Adopted Daughter?; 5 People Building, on Bodies; 6 People Building, on Paper; Epilogue. Performing Red, Black, and White American; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z. n-usp-- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints History Mormons West (U.S.) Mormon Church Membership Race relations Religious aspects Mormon Church Race Religious aspects Mormon Church Mormon Church History RELIGION Christianity Denominations HISTORY United States 19th Century BX8611 .M77 2017 289.3089 1469633779 9781469633770 9781469633763 1469633760 1026111 MIL 22573/ctt1t7hd5c JSTOR 01CAD710-83D2-4540-AF1A-86276D78C268 OverDrive, Inc. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1571938 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1571938 IDEBK 170811 20200709060548.0 on1000392393 eng