Under the banner of heaven : a story of violent faith /

Jon Krakauer's literary reputation rests on insightful chronicles of lives conducted at the outer limits. In UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN, he shifts his focus from extremes of physical adventure to extremes of religious belief within our own borders. At the core of his book is an appalling double...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Krakauer, Jon (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Doubleday, 2003.
Edition:	1st edition.
Subjects:	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Latter Day Saint fundamentalism. Fondamentalisme (Églises de Jésus-Christ des saints des derniers jours) Mormon fundamentalism Mormonen. Fundamentalisme. Geweldsdelicten. Mormon fundamentalism. Mormonen > Fundamentalisme > Geweldsdelicten. True crime stories True crime stories. Annotations (Provenance) > 20th century. Récits criminels.
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Table of Contents:

The city of the saints
Short Creek
Bountiful
Elizabeth and Ruby
The second great awakening
Cumorah
The still small voice
The peace maker
Haun's Mill
Nauvoo
The principle
Carthage
The Lafferty boys
Brenda
The one mighty and strong
Removal
Exodus
For water will not do
Scapegoats
Under the banner of heaven
Evangeline
Reno
Judgment in Provo
The great and dreadful day
The American religion
Canaan Mountain
Author's remarks.