Mormonism explained : what Latter-Day Saints teach and practice
"Sociologist Rodney Stark estimates that by 2080, Mormonism will have 267 million adherents. As a leading rival to biblical Christianity in both America and Latin America, it is a religion tobe reckoned with. However, Mormons are not so much a group to be feared by Christians, says author Andrew Jackson, as a mission field to be cultivated. As a professor and a pastor in a city that boasts a large LDS community, Jackson has had not only many discussions with Mormon neighbors but with current and ex-members from every level of the church hierarchy. These conversations have led him to study this religion and write this book. His systematic, concise, and well-documented work offers an easy-reading explanation of Mormon teaching and practice today. This book is the first place readers will want to turn for a primer on Mormonism's origins and specific doctrines, and what Mormons believe and why."--Amazon.com
208 pages : map ; 21 cm
9781581349351, 1581349351
175286340
Part 1. The origins of Mormonism. Joseph Smith: the restorer of the true gospel?
Joseph Smith's Mormons move west
From Joseph Smith to Salt Lake City
Part 2. What Mormonism teaches and why. The one and only true church on earth
Continual revelation and Mormon scriptural books
The worldview of Mormonism
Gods and the Mormon gospel of deification
Part 3. The salvation of Mormonism. The heavens and hell of Mormonism
Jesus, plus much more
How the dead are saved in Mormonism. rc