Between Pulpit and Pew: The Supernatural World in Mormon History and Folklore

Contents

Contents Foreword Elaine Thatcher vii 1 Between Pulpit and Pew: Where History and Lore Intersect W. Paul Reeve and Michael Scott Van Wagenen 1 2 A Mormon Bigfoot: David Patten’s Cain and the Conception of Evil in LDS Folklore Matthew Bowman 17 3 “As Ugly as Evil,” and “As Wicked as Hell”: Gadianton Robbers and the Legend Process among the Mormons W. Paul Reeve 40 4 Raising the Dead: Mormons, Evangelicals, and Miracles in America Matthew Bowman 66 5 Singular Phenomena: The Evolving Mormon Interpretation of Unidentified Flying Objects Michael Scott Van Wagenen 97 6 A Currency of Faith: Taking Stock in Utah County’s Dream Mine Kevin Cantera 125 7 A Nessie in Mormon Country Alan L. Morrell 159 8 Walking on Water: Nineteenth-Century Prophets and a Legend of Religious Imposture Stanley J. Thayne 168 Selected Bibliography 213 Contributors 229 Index 231 ...