Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
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| Rating | : | 4.57 (919 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00017JIQE |
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| Number of Pages | : | 501 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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Heaven Help Us After I returned from Utah a few weeks ago I felt compelled re-read Under the Banner of Heaven. Krakauer's well-researched chronicle of the rise and spread of Mormonism and the development of radical fundamentalist Mormon groups is compelling and horrifying. I appreciated the second reading more than the first because I could relate to the tow. Valorie Ann said An unbelievable story. A friend recommended this book as a horror story. We are both fans of Jon Krakauer and he has a lot of credibility with both of us. Jon does a fair and factual history of the Mormon church and the rise of polygamy and the FLDS. While the Mormon church has denounced polygamy and the FDLS, this sect continues to thrive in Arizona, Texas, Mexico,. "Measured, fair, evidence-based storytelling" according to Warners. I was raised Mormon and went on a Mormon mission. This is an amazing look into that religion and its various factions, including the several factions which call Utah home (the mainstream corporate church -- its largest faction -- as well as the smaller, polygamous factions). Krakauer's reasearch is excellent, his tone is measured, and the stor
Beginning with an account of this "divinely inspired" crime, Krakauer constructs a multi-layered narrative of polygamy, savage violence and unyielding faith. Along the away he uncovers a shadowy offshoot of America's fastest growing religion and raises provocative questions about the nature of religious belief.. This text provides an account of Taliban-like theocracies in the American heartland controlled by renegade Mormon prophets. At the core of the book is a double murder committed by a pair of brothers, Ron and Dan Lafferty, who insist they were commanded to kill by God
The crimes were noteworthy not merely for their brutality but for the brothers' claim that they were acting on direct orders from God. In an age where Westerners have trouble comprehending what drives Islamic fundamentalists to kill, Jon Krakauer advises us to look within America's own borders. Krakauer's accounts of the actual murders are graphic and disturbing, but such detail makes the brothers' claim of divine instruction all the more horrifying. But while the mainstream church attempted to be more palatable to the general public by rejecting the controversial tenet of polygamy, fundamentalist splinter groups saw this as apostasy and took to th