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CAPES, DAVID B. "Imitatio Christi and the Gospel Genre." Bulletin for Biblical Research 13, no. 1 (January 1, 2003): 1–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/26422777.

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Abstract This article considers that the Gospel genre belongs to the category of ancient biography designed to provide the reader and hearer with a pattern to imitate. The literary and cultural ethos of the formative period of early Christianity prepared the first disciples to "imitate Christ" whenever the Gospels were liturgically read. In fact, the ethical instructions "walk as he walked," "imitate Christ," or even "follow me" required a narrative definition. So the imitatio Christi provided a significant impulse for the writing of the Gospels, and concomitantly, the Gospels provided the narrative definition for what it meant to follow Jesus.

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T, Raja Sornam`. "Theological principles in the epic of Jesus." International Research Journal of Tamil 3, S-2 (April 30, 2021): 228–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.34256/irjt21s243.

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Jesus Christ is one of the most remarkable in the history of the world, the "sovereign" of many who enriched spiritual morality. Many scholars have created the biography of Jesus and a portion of the epic as a book. Among them were Veeramamunivar, The works of Krishnapillai, John Palm, Kannadasan and Nirmala Suresh are remarkable. The bead of this epic is the Sermon on the Mount of Jesus Christ. This hill fall is also referred to as 'Puratchi Osai'. The purpose of this article is to know the principles of the ology that jesus compares the blessed part of the epic mountain shower and the biblical gospel with it.

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Sieradzan, Jacek. "Jezus Chrystus jako model dla postaci Apolloniusza z Tiany." Vox Patrum 46 (July 15, 2004): 415–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.31743/vp.6843.

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In this short article the author present Jesus Christ of the Gospel as the model for the life of Apollonios of Tyana's biography by Flavius Filostratos. Author found out 28 analogies in hagiographies of both, and in addition 12 analogies in miracles activity.

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Neumann, David J. "Christ as Yogi: The Jesus of Vivekananda and Modern Hinduism." Church History 90, no. 1 (March 2021): 117–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0009640721000767.

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AbstractSwami Vivekananda was the most influential pioneer of a Yogi Christ, illustrating well over a century ago how the life and teachings of Jesus might be incorporated within a larger Hindu worldview—and then presented back to Western audiences. Appropriation of Jesus, one of the central symbols of the West, might be viewed as the ultimate act of counter-Orientalism. This article begins by providing a brief biography of Vivekananda and the modern Hinduism that nurtured him and that he propagated. He articulated an inclusivist vision of Advaita Vedanta as the most compelling vision of universal religion. Next, the article turns to Vivekananda's views of Christianity, for which he had little affection, and the Bible, which he knew extraordinarily well. The article then systematically explores Vivekananda's engagement with the New Testament, revealing a clear hermeneutical preference for the Gospels, particularly John. Following the lead of biblical scholars, Vivekananda made a distinction between the Christ of the Gospels and the Jesus of history, offering sometimes contradictory conclusions about the historicity of elements associated with Jesus's life. Finally, the article provides a detailed articulation of Vivekananda's Jesus—a figure at once familiar to Christians but, in significant ways, uniquely accommodated to Hindu metaphysics. Vivekananda demonstrated a robust understanding and discriminating use of the Christian Bible that has not been properly recognized. He deployed this knowledge to launch an important and long-lived pattern: an attractive, fleshed out depiction of Jesus of Nazareth, transformed from the Christian savior into a Yogi model of self-realization. Through his efforts, Jesus became an indisputably Indian religious figure, no longer just a Christian one. The Yogi Christ remains a prominent global religious figure familiar to Hindus, Christians, and those of other faiths alike.

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Kirchberger, Georg Ludwig. "HANS KÜNG DAN JOSEPH RATZINGER – DUA PANDANGAN TENTANG YESUS KRISTUS." Jurnal Ledalero 20, no. 2 (December 21, 2021): 277. http://dx.doi.org/10.31385/jl.v20i2.246.277-302.

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<p><em>Hans Küng and Joseph Ratzinger are two well-known figures whose biography runs parallel to the end of the Second Vatican Council, but since the 1970s they have been sharply separated and since then they have developed into representatives of the two currents of development in the Catholic Church after the Second Vatican Council.</em><em> </em><em>In this article the author describes the characteristics of their respective views on Jesus Christ.</em><em> </em><em>Hans Küng's views are described according to the concise description in the book “20 Thesen zum Christsein” and his views are summarized under the title Jesus of Nazareth – an exemplary Man.</em><em> </em><em>Meanwhile, Joseph Ratzinger's view is taken from his book Jesus of Nazareth, which was published after Ratzinger became Pope Benedict XVI and is summarized under the title Jesus Christ – the Son of God.</em><em> </em><em>After describing the two positions, the writer gives a brief response to the two views. </em></p><p><strong>Keywords:</strong> Hans Küng, Joseph Ratzinger, christology, historical Jesus, critical historical method.<strong><em></em></strong></p>

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Maksimovic, Jovan, and Marko Maksimovic. "Key moments of terrestrial life of the main biblical characters in sacral iconography of Vojvodina." Archive of Oncology 18, no. 4 (2010): 103–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/aoo1004103m.

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Beside the motif of death, the motifs connected to pregnancy, delivery and childhood are the most often motifs depicted in Christian iconography in general. They indicate the importance of terrestrial life and living among people of the main Biblical characters: Jesus Christ, the Mother of God and St. John the Baptist. Presenting the key moments of any human life, starting from conception, pregnancy and delivery, maternity and childhood, all the way to death, these iconographic themes try to stress out the double nature of given characters, both divine and humane. The first iconographic presentations of these Biblical events in Vojvodina belong to biography (fresco painting) of the Fruska Gora mountain monasteries. In the middle of the 18th century, in Vojvodina, as well as in all other Austrian countries where the Serbs lived, some artists, who marked the beginning of a new baroque period, appeared. This research raised a question: how is it possible to find biological-medical content in dogmatic, theological teachings of the Bible characters, predominantly the Mother of God and Jesus Christ and events related to them, which were described in Bible and artistically depicted in sacral iconography? The sacral works of art in Vojvodina were analyzed in this research from this aspect. The themes were systematized and, with respect to all religious dogmas, some biologicalmedical and physiological elements in events of these characters' lives were classified into seven thematic groups.

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Mauti, Ricardo Miguel. "The Martyrial Face of The Salvadorean Church from The Theological Biographies of Óscar Romero and Ignacio Ellacuría." KAMASEAN: Jurnal Teologi Kristen 5, no. 1 (June 30, 2024): 34–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.34307/kamasean.v5i1.267.

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The purpose of this study is to present the relationship established between liberation and martyrdom in the Salvadorean Church. The angle of analysis is the theological biographies of Óscar Romero and Ignacio Ellacuría, both martyrs of El Salvador. The method of theological biography, in this case, allows theology not only to verify the announcement of the Kingdom as proposed by the Gospel of Jesus Christ, but also discovers a new contribution in the way of interpreting these nuclei of Christian revelation. Liberation and martyrdom are fundamental realities for liberation theology, and they endow it with a specific direction and pathos. Their commitment and denunciation of social injustice constitute a prophetic dimension that serves as a model for an entire local church and in particular for the ordained ministry. I am going to present my work with the formulation of three questions: the link between liberation and martyrdom (2), martyrs and the ordained ministry today (3), the problem of the Universal Church for a reception of the martyrs of justice (4), and some open conclusions.

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Rashid, Hafiz Abdul, and Habib ur Rehman. "U-11 Predictions About the Last Messenger Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) & Gospel of Bernabas (Research & Analysis)." Al-Aijaz Research Journal of Islamic Studies & Humanities 4, no. 2 (December 6, 2020): 169–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.53575/u11.v4.02(20).169-182.

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According to Islam, the Gospel is the name of the revelation of Allah Almighty which revealed on Jesus Christ (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), as stated in the Qur'an: و اتینه الانجیل We have given him the gospel. But to Christians, the gospel refers to the biography of Jesus as it is evident from the study of currently available Gospels.According to the Bible – Acts of the Apostels, Barnabas is one among the first three personalities who dedicated their lives to Christianity. There was a Gospel attributed to Barnabas, which was of great importance in the early days of Christianity. However, at a conference in Nicaea in 325 later, it was decided that all the Gospels in Hebrew were to be destroyed, the Gospel of Barnabas would be destroyed. The orders were issued but somehow it remained till the present time.The contents of this Gospel are closer to the Islamic teachings than the other available Gospels, so Muslim scholars liked it and disliked it by Christian scholars. In this article, the Gospels and the evangelicals related to this Gospel are presented in an exploratory way to show the truth in the Christian world. In this article presents the anecdotes and predictions related to the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) written in Gospel of Barnabās in an exploratory manner so that the truth is revealed to the Christian world.

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Gerundt, Mareike, and Markus Warode. "How Saint Clare of Assisi Guided Her Sisters. Impulses for the Today’s Leadership Context." Religions 9, no. 11 (November 6, 2018): 347. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel9110347.

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Saint Clare and leadership? A lot of research on her person has been done in recent years. However, her importance for today’s management has not been taken into account. In this article, we will look more closely at her understanding of leadership and how the medieval saint led the community of her sisters. To do this, we first look at biographical reports and written testimonies (about and written by her) that characterize her leadership actions and behavior. First and foremost, it was her endeavor to lead a life according to Jesus Christ under the privilege of poverty. In this presentation, the excerpts from the canonization process and passages of her order rule are of central importance. These testimonies provide valuable information on her understanding and her leadership style. Her biography, her leadership, and the values that shape her actions provide valuable insights into today’s leadership challenges. Through her example, St. Clare can help us to train ourselves as authentic leaders and to reflect on our own leadership and values. She can sensitize people to cultivate an appreciative inner attitude in dealing with others and thus develop our own effect as (leadership) personalities.

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Vasnev, Sergey Ivanovich. "The spiritual path of Fyodor Dostoevsky." Neophilology, no. 2 (2022): 385–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.20310/2587-6953-2022-8-2-385-392.

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The analytical review of the main milestones in spiritual development of the great writer F.M. Dostoevsky’s personality from the standpoint of Orthodox dogma and morality is presented. The relevance of the research is determined by high interest in his life and work among each gen-eration of readers and the presence of a deep connection between his spiritual quest and moral problems that concern our contemporaries. Using biographical, cultural-historical and historical-functional research methods, a three-part model of the spiritual growth of F.M. Dostoevsky is con-structed, the core image of which is the figure of Jesus Christ. The features of the writer’s percep-tion of the Orthodox dogma at each stage of his life’s journey are studied. At the end of the work, a conclusion is made about high missionary and pedagogical potential contained both in works of art and in the biography of Russian literature classic, examples of the moral impact of his life and work on the fate of specific people are given. The research materials can be used in teaching Rus-sian Literature, Basics of Orthodox Culture and other disciplines in the course of a secondary edu-cation, as well as specialized secondary and higher education.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Jesus Christ – Biography"

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Homolka, Walter. "Claiming a place in pluralist society : Jewish Jesus research in post-colonial perspective." Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 2015. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683030.

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Moran, Maureen. "Jesus the Galilean in his First Century context : a little tradition perspective." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/13528.

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More than two thousand years after his death the words and deeds of Jesus of Nazareth are still proclaimed, listened to and believed in. They form a part of the Great Tradition of Christianity in which Jesus is perceived as both "fully human and fully divine". In first century CE Palestine, however, they functioned very differently. In this thesis we seek to re-root Jesus of Nazareth, his teachings and his actions, in his first century Galilean context. In Chapter One of this study, we therefore examine Galilee, its economic, political, religious and social makeup in order not merely to provide a framework for Jesus' ministry, but rather to determine the milieu in which he was socialised and formed. The Galilee into which Jesus was acculturated was not, we conclude, a Hellenised region of trading and opportunity, as some modem scholars have suggested, but a land in which the peasantry struggled to meet their subsistence needs and in which an increasing number were forced into the forfeiture of their patrimonial land. In this light, we turn our attention, in our second chapter, to forms of non-elite resistance to elite oppression. We describe five forms of non-elite response. Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance, Social Banditry, The City Mob, Prophecy and Prophet Led Movements and Messiah/Deliverer Led Movements, each of which, we argue, coheres with the values inherent in the little tradition of the peasantry. The Prophet and Messiah Led Movements prove particularly significant in so far as they also provide the categories within which Jesus' social identity could be understood. In Chapter Three we reconsider four of Jesus' parables illustrating the extent to which they reflect the little tradition themes of reversal, abundance and condemnation of an exploitative elite. Similarly, we present his healings as a challenge to the religious elites' manipulation of the purity and debt codes, and his exorcisms as a condemnation of a social system which leaves the marginalised more vulnerable to demon possession. His practice of table fellowship with tax collectors and sinners not only foreshadows the messianic banquet, it also demonstrates the little tradition value of reversal (Chapter Four). In Chapter Five we illustrate that through his action in the Jerusalem temple, Jesus condemns the oppressive behaviour of the socio-religious elite and offers a new vision of the temple as a 'house of prayer' built on the values of the kingdom of God. The trial and crucifixion of Jesus, we present as the elite response (Chapter Six). The words and deeds of Jesus of Nazareth and his identification by at least some of his followers with the social role of messiah provoked the ire of the Judean elite. They also, we contend, led the Roman authorities to crucify him as 'King of the Judeans'.

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Farnes, Sherilyn. "Fact, Fiction and Family Tradition: The Life of Edward Partridge (1793-1840), The First Bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2009. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2302.

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Edward Partridge (1793-1840) became the first bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1831, two months after joining the church. He served in this capacity until his death in 1840. The first chapter examines his preparation for his role as bishop. Having no precedent to follow, he drew extensively upon his background and experiences in civic leadership, business management, and property ownership in order to succeed in his assignment. Partridge moved to Missouri in 1831 at the forefront of Mormon settlement in the state, where on behalf of the church he ultimately purchased hundreds of acres, which he then distributed to the gathering saints as part of the law of consecration. In addition, he prepared consecration affidavits and oversaw each family's contributions and stewardships. The second chapter examines Partridge's ability to succeed in his assignment, and the tensions that he felt between seeing the vision of Zion and administering the practical details. Forty years after his death, his children began to write extensively about their father. The third chapter of this thesis examines their writings, focusing on how their memories of their father illuminate their own lives as well as their father's. The final chapter finds that the three published descendants' modern attempts to chronicle the life of Edward Partridge each fall short in at least one of the following: the field of history, literature, or a faithful representation of his life.

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Holt, Kamia Walton. "The Sound of Utah: the Presence of Geographical Elements in Music Written About the State of Utah." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 1997. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/u?/MTGM,35377.

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Cope, Rachel. "John B. Fairbanks : the man behind the canvas /." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access CLICK HERE for online access, 2003. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/u?/MormonThesesC,7523.

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Dijkhuizen, Pieternella. "An investigation into the historical, hermeneutical and Gospel-critical parameters for the interpretation of the symbol of resurrection." Diss., 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2140.

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`Resurrection' can be approached from several angles. The most common angle is what this study avoids: pressing for a `yes' or a `no' answer as to whether `Jesus really rose from the dead'. That is, demanding a definitive and final outcome from the discipline of historical-critical research. This study treats resurrection as a symbol. Symbols intrinsically generate multiple meanings. Historical, hermeneutical and gospel-critical parameters are the constraints within which reflection on the symbol of resurrection must take place, and the validity of perspectives be established. John Dominic Crossan's view of the resurrection is the focal point of discussion in this thesis, for two reasons. (1) He has clearly mapped out his method. (2) He occupies a middle position, by interpreting resurrection metaphorically and theologically. This sets him apart from those who interpret the resurrection literally and historically and those who accept the negative or uncertain outcome from the side of historical-critical inquiry as the death sentence for Christian faith.
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Slaymaker, Peter James Victor. "Augustine and the Trinity vision in the Vita Sancti Augustini Imaginibus Adornata." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/3886.

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Pitt, Clifford C., Barbara Douglas, James Leach, Dyke Margaret Van, Calvin Seerveld, Jeremy E. Fisher, and G. Marcille Frederick. "Perspective vol. 23 no. 1 (Feb 1989)." 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10756/251249.

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Pitt, Clifford C., Barbara Douglas, James Leach, Dyke Margaret Van, Calvin Seerveld, Jeremy E. Fisher, and G. Marcille Frederick. "Perspective vol. 23 no. 1 (Feb 1989)." 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10756/277579.

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Books on the topic "Jesus Christ – Biography"

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Crossan, John Dominic. Jesus: A revolutionary biography. (San Francisco): HarperSanFrancisco, 1994.

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Crossan, John Dominic. The essential Jesus: What Jesus really taught. New York, NY: HarperSanFrancisco, 1994.

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Sheen, Fulton J. Life of Christ. New York: Image Books/Doubleday, 2008.

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editor, Wayment Thomas A., Strathearn Gaye editor, and Blumell, Lincoln H. (Lincoln Harris), 1975- editor, eds. Jesus the Christ. Springville, Utah: CFI, an imprint of Cedar Fort, Inc., 2015.

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Sanders, E. P. The historical figure of Jesus. New York: Penguin Books, 1996.

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Paul, Johnson. Jesus: A twenty-first-century biography. New York: Viking, 2010.

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Sheed, F. J. To know Christ Jesus. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1992.

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O'Hear, Anthony. Introducing Jesus. Barton, Cambridge, England: Icon Books, 1994.

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Wilson, A. N. Jesus: A life. New York: Norton, 1992.

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Doney, Meryl. Jesus. Tring: Lion, 1988.

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Gálik, Marián. "Jesus the Proletarian: A Biography by Zhu Weizhi (1905-1999)*." In The Chinese Face of Jesus Christ: Volume 3b, 1335–51. London: Routledge, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315086934-3.

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Starr, Chloë. "Zhao Zichen and a Creative Theology: The Life of Jesus (1935)1." In Chinese Theology. Yale University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.12987/yale/9780300204216.003.0004.

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The Christian intellectuals and leaders who inherited the mission legacy and its rhetoric and remained within historic denominations occupied a demanding mediating position: interpreting Christian thought to China and Christ into Chinese modes. Zhao Zichen (T. C. Chao) was at the forefront of those conceptualizing and realizing a Chinese Protestant church. Chapter Three discusses Zhao’s 1935 Life of Jesus (Yesu zhuan), a semi-fictional biography written to respond to the call for a new “Chinese Christian Literature.” In its study of this highly readable short work, replete with Chinese literary references, the chapter focuses on the structure of the narrative, on Jesus’ self-understanding as the Messiah and on the role of landscape in the novella.

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Harper, Steven C. "Gone Are the Days." In First Vision, 247–58. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199329472.003.0029.

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Richard Bushman’s 2005 biography of Joseph Smith incorporated the findings of the New Mormon history. Bushman saw changes over time in Smith’s vision accounts and granted the critics that point, just not their interpretation that it meant Smith did not experience what he claimed. Bushman did not question whether Smith told the truth about his vision, only what truth he told he time he recorded it. Bushman’s Joseph Smith is therefore not the deceived or deceiving one of Fawn Brodie or Wesley Walters, but neither is he the simplified teenage prophet of the movies and manuals. Though initially barred from use in LDS religious education curriculum, provided the standard interpretation of Smith’s first vision adopted by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by 2018. This was most evident in “First Vision Accounts” and Saints: The Standard of Truth, volume 1—products espoused and promoted by LDS leaders.

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Pulido, Elisa Eastwood. "Introduction." In The Spiritual Evolution of Margarito Bautista, 1–8. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190942106.003.0001.

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The spiritual biography of Margarito Bautista (1878–1961), a Mexican cultural nationalist and Mormon evangelizer of Mexican and Mexican Americans in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, this book follows Bautista’s journey into and out of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) and his subsequent founding of a polygamist utopia in Central Mexico. It argues that Bautista’s insistence on indigenous ecclesiastical self-governance led to his estrangement from the Mormon Church. Bautista’s prolific writings allow a view of his life and thought in his own voice. The book embeds Bautista’s experience in the religious history of the borderlands by devoting beginning chapters to the loss of indigenous spiritual authority at the time of the Spanish Conquest and the arrival of Mormonism in Mexico in 1875. Subsequent chapters follow Bautista’s preaching of a Mexican exceptionalism founded on the Book of Mormon, for which he was ultimately excommunicated in 1936.

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Hobson, Suzanne. "The ‘Death of God’ in New Testament Biofiction." In Unbelief in Interwar Literary Culture, 93–125. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192846471.003.0004.

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Chapter 3 examines the interwar revival and transformation of a genre that had a Rationalist agenda inbuilt: New Testament biofiction or, in Graham Holderness’s words, the Jesus-novel. Following in the wake of Higher Criticism, this enormously popular genre mixed biography and fiction in its retelling of the life and death of Jesus, a process that often reduced Christ to man rather than god, and the Gospels to literature rather than scripture. This chapter emphasizes the influence of George Moore’s The Brook Kerith (1916) on later versions of the Jesus-novel by D. H. Lawrence, H.D., Mary Borden, and Iwan Nashiwin. Moore’s version emphasizes the virtues of oral presentation as a means of getting the story straight; his vernacular approach sought to cut through the rhetorical tricks and literary seductions that disguised the truth of Jesus’s life and death on the cross. Lawrence and H.D. adopt a more heavily symbolic and stylized prose in their New Testament stories but do so with similar ends in mind. In engaging with the events of Jesus’s life, and especially those connected to the crucifixion and resurrection, these authors foreground questions of belief in a way that stories based on other historical and mythological lives do not. More pointedly, this chapter argues, they counter the popular view of unbelief as a recent or modern development by locating its origins at the very beginnings of Christianity itself.

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