In Review: When family values belonged to all of us. He earned a BA in History and German from Middlebury College and his PhD in U.S. History from the University of Notre Dame. He trudged around the United States and England to gain converts for Mormonism, spoke in spiritual tongues, married more than fifty women, and eventually transformed a barren desert into his vision of the Kingdom of God. Father of Bailey W Turner; Wertie A Turner; Bertie Ethel Turner; Willie L Turner and Private Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 24, 2017. Those two books were more spiritually focused and one-sidedly positive.
Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. He was the ultimate micro(mis)manager. Say what you want about Joseph Smith and Mormonism, but no one can deny Brigham's faithfulness to Joseph and to the Church. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Kindle $14.57 $ 14. I read this after reading the Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt and the biography of Heber C. Kimball. There was a problem loading your book clubs. John Turner Professor. American Religion; Mormonism; History of Colonial New England. Two minor gripes from this reviewer. FREE Shipping by Amazon. People Projects Discussions Surnames It is balanced and thoroughly researched. John G. Turner teaches religious studies at George Mason University and is the author of Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet and The Mormon Jesus. Please try again. Religion of a Different Color: Race and the Mormon Struggle for Whiteness, No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith, Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith, They Knew They Were Pilgrims: Plymouth Colony and the Contest for American Liberty, David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism, Kingdom of Nauvoo: The Rise and Fall of a Religious Empire on the American Frontier, The Mormon People: The Making of an American Faith, In this superb new biography, Turner's strong narrative, human insight, knowledge of context, meticulous use of sources, and sophisticated appreciation of Mormon theology combine to create an account of his larger-than-life subject that is at once informative, judicious, and profoundly engaging. by Patrick Q. Mason and John G. Turner | Jul 1, 2016. BY was a rude man with a filthy mouth, a racist misogynist, but of the times. Find all the books, read about the author, and more.
If nothing else, that death galvanized him into the stalwart, a defender of Joseph with all his foibles. Learn about Author Central. Please try again. Son of James S. Turner and Marina Ann Gregory
To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. Something went wrong. Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2017. In the same situation I would be too. Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2017. BY transformed from the kind fatherly missionary to the fanatic and irreverent religionist without whom the Utah Church would most likely have gone the way of the Strangites or the RLDS, just another minor sect within the pantheon of American religions. I teach and write about the the place of religion in American history. don't mind ordering again from your co. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. The stories we were told as children about Brigham crying over the Mountain Meadows Massacre reveal themselves as apocryphal and even untrue. There's a problem loading this menu right now. The "traditional family" used to provide stability and comfort. All in all, it's a biography of a "pioneer prophet" that will be stand the test of time. After the 1844 murder of Mormon founder Joseph Smith, Young gathered those Latter-day Saints who would follow him and led them over the Rocky Mountains. Would recommend to all audiences. I felt like he spent waaaaay too much time on polygamy and the Mountain Meadows massacre, but again, for a non-Mormon looking for how Mormons fit into American history, those would be two important subjects. John Napier Wyndham Turner PC CC QC (June 7, 1929 – September 19, 2020) was a Canadian politician and lawyer who served as the 17th prime minister of Canada from June 30 to September 17, 1984.. Turner served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau as Minister of Justice from 1968 to 1972, and Minister of Finance from 1972 to 1975. Books. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. 57 $26.99 $26.99. Please try again. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in, All customers get FREE Shipping on orders over $25 shipped by Amazon, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Books, The Cognitive Neurosciences (The MIT Press), They Knew They Were Pilgrims: Plymouth Colony and the Contest for American Liberty, FREE Shipping on your first order shipped by Amazon, The Wilderness Debate Rages On: Continuing the Great New Wilderness Debate, Bill Bright and Campus Crusade for Christ: The Renewal of Evangelicalism in Postwar America, Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota: Volume 3, Geology (Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies Series, Sponsored by the Harte Research ... Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi), Part of: Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies Series, Sponsored by the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (13 Books), De Gruyter Proceedings in Mathematics (46 Book Series), Language and Literacy Series (50 Book Series), Drugs, Alcohol, and Social Problems (Understanding Social Problems: An SSSP Presidential Series), The Handbook of Science and Technology Studies (The MIT Press). Brigham was a fallible man, carried away with his destiny and self importance.
Turner did a commendable job in writing a roughly 400 page biography (not including endnotes & index) of a man who warrants thousands of pages about him. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free.
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