The clue to what Jan Shipps’s book is about is contained in her subtitle, The Story of a New Religious Tradition. What Shipps has written is not a history of Mormonism in any conventional sense but rather an imaginative book-length essay, particularly of the early history of the movement, wherein she advances the following thesis: Mormonism ought not to be dismissed as “little more than an . Shipps argues that Mormons are still part of a new religious tradition because they adapted to the post-polygamy period. Shipps focus is on the "new religious tradition" created by the Mormons. She does mention other religions but the trials and tribulations of the Mormons dominate her text/5. · Jan Shipps is rightfully known as the leading non-Mormon scholar on Mormonism. The crowning achievement of Mormon scholarship argues that Mormonism ought to be viewed as a new religious tradition--it is to Christianity what Christianity was to Judaism (a restoration movement)--rather than a cult, sect, or denomination of Christianity/5.
Mormonism: the story of a new religious tradition Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Share to Twitter. Share to Facebook. Share to Reddit. Share to Tumblr. Mormonism: the story of a new religious tradition by Shipps, Jan, Publication date Topics. Mormonism: The Story of a New Religious Tradition 1st, 1st edition by Shipps, Jan () Hardcover Membership Member Mormon History Association (president ), Organization American Histories, American Academy Religion, American History Association, American Society Church History (member council , 91—), Indiana Academy Religion. Jan Shipps is rightfully known as the leading non-Mormon scholar on Mormonism. The crowning achievement of Mormon scholarship argues that Mormonism ought to be viewed as a new religious tradition--it is to Christianity what Christianity was to Judaism (a restoration movement)--rather than a cult, sect, or denomination of Christianity.
This is a book that has been available for more than three decades, yet it is still a useful discussion. Jan Shipps has been the modern equivalent of Thomas L. Kane, a sympathetic outsider who helps explain Mormonism to the world beyond the borders of Deseret. Mormonism: The Story of a New Religious Tradition is her master statement. I read this book when it first came out more than thirty years ago; on rereading it, I recognize even more clearly than previously how it was a benchmark in the. The clue to what Jan Shipps’s book is about is contained in her subtitle, The Story of a New Religious Tradition. What Shipps has written is not a history of Mormonism in any conventional sense but rather an imaginative book-length essay, particularly of the early history of the movement, wherein she advances the following thesis: Mormonism ought not to be dismissed as “little more than an elaborate idiosyncratic strain of the nineteenth century search for primitive Christianity” ( Shipps argues that Mormons are still part of a new religious tradition because they adapted to the post-polygamy period. Shipps focus is on the "new religious tradition" created by the Mormons. She does mention other religions but the trials and tribulations of the Mormons dominate her text.
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