Under the banner of Heaven : a story of violent faith
Jon Krakauer
Bok · Engelsk · 2022
| Utgitt | New York : Picador , 2022
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| Omfang | XXIII, 399 sider : kart
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| Opplysninger | Har bibliografi. - Defying both civil authorities and the Mormon establishment in Salt Lake City, the renegade leaders of these Taliban-like theocracies are zealots who answer only to God; some 40,000 people still practice polygamy in these communities. At the core of the story are brothers Ron and Dan Lafferty, who insist they received a commandment from God to kill a blameless woman and her baby girl. Beginning with a meticulously researched account of this appalling double murder, the author constructs a multi-layered, bone-chilling narrative of messianic delusion, polygamy, savage violence, and unyielding faith. Along the way he uncovers a shadowy offshoot of America’s fastest growing religion, and raises provocative questions about the nature of religious belief.
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| ISBN | 978-1-0350-1476-7 : Nkr 151.00
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| Hylleplass | 364.152 K
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