Stephen C Taysom
Biographic Data
| ID | 1112403 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen C Taysom |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen C |
| FAMILY NAME | Taysom |
| SIGNATURE | TAYSOM S C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indiana University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
First Vision
Steven C. Harper's bookFirst Vision: Memory and Mormon Origins is, if nothing else, perfectly titled. The book is like none other of the dozens written over the years about what Latter-day Saints call “the first vision.” To this point, authors interested enough to take up the subject have done so out of a variety of motives, which in turn have predictably produced an equally various collection of writings. The most common motives, of course, were…
Feeding the Flock
Since European thinkers began to conceive of religion as a category of human behavior that could be defined, classified, and analyzed, taxonomy has figured high on the list of priorities. Comparative religionists began with the most general categories, such as monotheist or polytheist, then worked their way down to increasingly smaller units of organization. For example, once “Christianity” was identified as monotheism, it was then subdivided int…
Satan Mourns Naked upon the Earth
Since its inception in 1830, an important feature of Mormonism has been its belief in a literal Devil and in the ability of the Devil to possess human beings. Despite the pervasiveness of these beliefs and practices, Mormon possession and exorcism is a largely unstudied phenomenon. What follows is a careful study of four historical accounts of Mormon exorcism rituals dating from 1830, 1839, 1888, and 1977, and their narrative presentations. This …
Making Visible the Hand of Ritual
Glendyne R. Wergland. Sisters in the Faith
Glendyne R. Wergland's main thesis is that, contrary to current scholarly consensus, Shaker women in the period under consideration (1792–1900) enjoyed a freedom from gender-based constraints that was unique in nineteenth-century American culture and was based on reverence for the female founder of the movement, celibacy, and leadership opportunities for women. To support this, she primarily uses unpublished manuscripts written by Shaker women, a…
Junius and Joseph
Junius and Joseph examines Joseph Smith's nearly forgotten [1844] presidential bid, the events leading up to his assassination on June 27, 1844, and the tangled aftermath of the tragic incident. It... establishes that Joseph Smith's murder, rather than being the deadly outcome of a spontaneous mob uprising, was in fact a carefully planned military-style execution. It is now possible to identify many of the key individuals engaged in planning his …
There Is Always a Way of Escape
Mormon historiography typically views the Manifesto of 1890, which officially ended the practice of plural marriage, as a major rupture of Mormon belief and behavioral patterns. This essay reexamines that idea and argues that the process that ended plural marriage displays continuity with other events in early Mormon history
Satan Mourns Naked upon the Earth
Since its inception in 1830, an important feature of Mormonism has been its belief in a literal Devil and in the ability of the Devil to possess human beings. Despite the pervasiveness of these beliefs and practices, Mormon possession and exorcism is a largely unstudied phenomenon. What follows is a careful study of four historical accounts of Mormon exorcism rituals dating from 1830, 1839, 1888, and 1977, and their narrative presentations. This …
Junius and Joseph
Junius and Joseph examines Joseph Smith's nearly forgotten [1844] presidential bid, the events leading up to his assassination on June 27, 1844, and the tangled aftermath of the tragic incident. It... establishes that Joseph Smith's murder, rather than being the deadly outcome of a spontaneous mob uprising, was in fact a carefully planned military-style execution. It is now possible to identify many of the key individuals engaged in planning his …
There Is Always a Way of Escape
Mormon historiography typically views the Manifesto of 1890, which officially ended the practice of plural marriage, as a major rupture of Mormon belief and behavioral patterns. This essay reexamines that idea and argues that the process that ended plural marriage displays continuity with other events in early Mormon history
Making Visible the Hand of Ritual
Glendyne R. Wergland. Sisters in the Faith
Glendyne R. Wergland's main thesis is that, contrary to current scholarly consensus, Shaker women in the period under consideration (1792–1900) enjoyed a freedom from gender-based constraints that was unique in nineteenth-century American culture and was based on reverence for the female founder of the movement, celibacy, and leadership opportunities for women. To support this, she primarily uses unpublished manuscripts written by Shaker women, a…
Satan Mourns Naked upon the Earth
Since its inception in 1830, an important feature of Mormonism has been its belief in a literal Devil and in the ability of the Devil to possess human beings. Despite the pervasiveness of these beliefs and practices, Mormon possession and exorcism is a largely unstudied phenomenon. What follows is a careful study of four historical accounts of Mormon exorcism rituals dating from 1830, 1839, 1888, and 1977, and their narrative presentations. This …
Feeding the Flock
Since European thinkers began to conceive of religion as a category of human behavior that could be defined, classified, and analyzed, taxonomy has figured high on the list of priorities. Comparative religionists began with the most general categories, such as monotheist or polytheist, then worked their way down to increasingly smaller units of organization. For example, once “Christianity” was identified as monotheism, it was then subdivided int…
First Vision
Steven C. Harper's bookFirst Vision: Memory and Mormon Origins is, if nothing else, perfectly titled. The book is like none other of the dozens written over the years about what Latter-day Saints call “the first vision.” To this point, authors interested enough to take up the subject have done so out of a variety of motives, which in turn have predictably produced an equally various collection of writings. The most common motives, of course, were…
History (6 works) · Art (5 works) · Mormonism, Religion, and History (5 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Narrative (3 works)