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Like a Fiery Meteor - The Life of Joseph F. Smith (Hardcover)
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Like a Fiery Meteor - The Life of Joseph F. Smith (Hardcover)
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Joseph F. Smith was born in 1838 to Hyrum Smith and Mary Fielding
Smith. Six years later both his father and his uncle, Joseph Smith
Jr., the founding prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, were murdered in Carthage, Illinois. The trauma
of that event remained with Joseph F. for the rest of his life,
affecting his personal behavior and public tenure in the highest
tiers of the LDS Church, including the post of president from 1901
until his death in 1918. Joseph F. Smith laid the theological
groundwork for modern Mormonism, especially the emphasis on temple
work. This contribution was capped off by his “revelation on the
redemption of the dead,” a vision accepted by Mormons as a
prophetic glimpse into the afterlife. Taysom’s book traces the
roots of this vision, which reach far more deeply into Joseph F.
Smith’s life than other scholars have previously identified. In
this first cradle-to-grave biography of Joseph F. Smith, Stephen C.
Taysom uses previously unavailable primary source materials to
craft a deeply detailed, insightful story of a prominent member of
a governing and hugely influential Mormon family. Importantly,
Taysom situates Joseph F. Smith within the historical currents of
American westward expansion, rapid industrialization, settler
colonialism, regional and national politics, changing ideas about
family and masculinity, and more. Though some writers tend to view
the LDS Church and its leaders through a lens of political and
religious separatism, Taysom does the opposite, pushing Joseph F.
Smith and Mormonism closer to the centers of power in Washington,
DC, and elsewhere.
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