 | Equal Rites: The Book of Mormon, Masonry, Gender, and American Culture Subjects: Mormon Church -- Doctrines -- History -- 19th century; Freemasonry -- Religious aspects -- Mormon Church -- History -- 19th century; Women -- Religious aspects -- Mormon Church -- History of doctrines -- 19th century; Book of Mormon -- Criticism interpre; Both the Prophet Joseph Smith and his Book of Mormon have been characterized as ardently, indeed evangelically, antimasonic. Yet in this sweeping social, cultural, and religious history of nineteenth-century Mormonism and its milieu, Forsberg argues that masonry, like evangelical Christianity, was an essential component of Smith's vision. Clyde R. Forsberg Jr. is a CEP (Civic Education Project) Fellow and teaches American studies at the American University Central Asia in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. |
