{"product_id":"feeding-the-flock-the-foundations-of-mormon-thought-church-and-praxis-hardcover","title":"Feeding the Flock: The Foundations of Mormon Thought: Church and Praxis - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTerryl L. Givens\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFeeding the Flock\u003c\/em\u003e, the second volume of Terryl L. Givens's landmark study of the foundations of Mormon thought and practice, traces the essential contours of Mormon practice as it developed from Joseph Smith to the present. Despite the stigmatizing fascination with its social innovations (polygamy, communalism), its stark supernaturalism (angels, gold plates, and seer stones), and its most esoteric aspects (a New World Garden of Eden, sacred undergarments), as well as its long-standing outlier status among American Protestants, Givens reminds us that Mormonism remains the most enduring-and thriving-product of the nineteenth-century's religious upheavals and innovations. \u003cbr\u003eBecause Mormonism is founded on a radically unconventional cosmology, based on unusual doctrines of human nature, deity, and soteriology, a history of its development cannot use conventional theological categories. Givens has structured these volumes in a way that recognizes the implicit logic of Mormon thought. The first book, \u003cem\u003eWrestling the Angel\u003c\/em\u003e, centered on the theoretical foundations of Mormon thought and doctrine regarding God, humans, and salvation. \u003cem\u003eFeeding the Flock\u003c\/em\u003e considers Mormon practice, the authority of the institution of the church and its priesthood, forms of worship, and the function and nature of spiritual gifts in the church's history, revealing that Mormonism is still a tradition very much in the process of formation.\u003cbr\u003eAt once original and provocative, engaging and learned, Givens offers the most sustained account of Mormon thought and practice yet written.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTerryl L. Givens\u003c\/strong\u003e did graduate work at Cornell University in intellectual history and at UNC Chapel Hill, where he received his PhD in comparative literature. He holds the Jabez A. Bostwick Chair of English and is Professor of Literature and Religion at the University of Richmond, where he teaches courses in nineteenth-century studies and the Bible's influence on Western literature. His writing has been praised by the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e as \"provocative reading,\" and his numerous books include \u003cem\u003eWhen Souls Had Wings\u003c\/em\u003e, a history of the idea of premortal life in Western thought, as well as \u003cem\u003eThe God Who Weeps\u003c\/em\u003e (with Fiona Givens) and \u003cem\u003eWrestling the Angel\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 426\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 9.3 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 03, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42562933391456,"sku":"9780199794935","price":70.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/SXZaR3lLQTNCVFhmSXJOZFRSR0Z6QT09.webp?v=1770382539","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/feeding-the-flock-the-foundations-of-mormon-thought-church-and-praxis-hardcover","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}