The Mission: Inside the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Hardcover)

Various

$3.99
(No reviews yet) Write a Review
SKU:
10752
Condition:
Used
Adding to cart… The item has been added

Sellers Note: These books are used.  We try to ensure that they are in reasonable condition. Some may have dust jackets, others may not and covers may vary depending on the edition.  There may be notations, etc. by previous readers.  All sales of used books are final.

Shipping Deal:  For a shipping deal check out our shipping policy page.

Author: Various

About Product: Featuring candid photographs by nearly fifty photo-journalists, an oversized, unique portrait of the Mormons at work, worship, and play includes essays by the church's fifteenth prophet, President Gordon B. Hinckley, and others. 100,000 first printing.

With the cooperation of Mormon Church authorities, 50 "of the world's best" photojournalists (including three Pulitzer Prize winners) were given unprecedented access to Mormon leaders and Mormon life in order that they might capture both the private moments and the ritual gatherings of Latter-Day Saints around the world. And the resulting, handsome coffee-table volume does indeed open what has previously been for most outsiders the vaguely mysterious world of approximately nine million Latter-Day Saints, only half of whom live in this country. These images portray a committed community that concentrates on family and missionary work but that also likes to go dancing and to the rodeo. With the feel of the A Day in the Life books and with useful text that does not overwhelm, this is a valuable volume that should also be the gift of the year for Mormons. More than 300 color and b&w photos.

This lavish and beautiful book is not just A Day in the Life of the Mormons, although the series of national photo portfolios is what its pictures of happy families, worshipers, and missionaries suggest. Its three parts present the essence of Mormonism. "Families Are Forever," proclaims the first part, demonstrating both the centrality of family ties to Mormonism and the Mormon belief that such bonds are eternal. The second part, "A New Church for a New Land," stresses the communalism of the church and the qualities of character--industriousness, reliability, sobriety, and optimism--that practicing full church membership fosters. Finally, "Spreading the Word" shows plenty of the familiar black-suited, white-shirted young Mormon men taking the gospel to such benighted places as the former Soviet Union and the South Bronx (nowadays, young women and older people also do this work) and performing a lot of good works--a Catholic nun remarks that others just talk to the elderly residents of her nursing home, "but when the Mormons come, they come to work." Altogether, this vibrant and moving album from the producers of the best-selling Clinton: Portrait of Victory (1993) affords a sunny view of a most sunny brand of Christianity that demonstrably works for an ever-growing number of adherents throughout the world. Ray Olson
 

Pages: 225