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How and What You Worship

Christology and Praxis in the Revelations of Joseph Smith

Rachel Cope, Carter Charles, and Jordan T. Watkins, Editors
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Table of Contents

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  • Introduction
  • First Vision–Based Christology and Praxis for Anxious Teens
    Steven C. Harper
  • Incarnation, Exaltation, and Christological Tension in Doctrine and Covenants 93:1–20
    Nicholas J. Frederick
  • Choosing Divinity, Choosing Christ
    Jennifer C. Lane
  • Doctrine and Covenants Theology, Eastern Orthodoxy Terminology: Seeking Clarity about Theosis/Deification
    J. B. Haws
  • The (True) Light of Christ in Joseph Smith’s Revelations
    Samuel Morris Brown
  • Christology and Theosis in the Revelations and Teachings of Joseph Smith
    Jordan T. Watkins and Christopher James Blythe
  • Praxis Makes Perfect: Christian Perfection and Imitatio Christi in Joseph Smith’s Temple Pedagogy
    Richard Sleegers
  • “Thou Art an Elect Lady”: How Christ Includes and Empowers Women in Doctrine and Covenants 25
    Carter Charles
  • “A Revelation I Give unto You”: The Revelation of Jesus Christ to Emma Hale Smith
    Joseph M. Spencer
  • Zionic Nonviolence as Christian Worship and Praxis
    Patrick Q. Mason
  • “The Kingdom of God and His Laws”: Joseph Smith’s Revelations and Teachings on Christ’s Kingdom and Church in the Council of Fifty
    Gerrit J. Dirkmaat and Andrew C. Reed
  • Joseph Smith, Gethsemane, and the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ
    John Hilton III
  • Index

About the Book

The 49th Annual Brigham Young University Sidney B. Sperry Symposium

Section 93 of the Doctrine and Covenants deals with concepts that scholars term Christology and praxis. Christology has to do with the study of Christ’s nature, while praxis involves religious practice. That this revelation should insist on both the “how” and the "what" of worship indicates that knowledge and practice are inseparable. As this volume demonstrates, Joseph Smith's revelations and teachings constitute a unique textual setting to analyze this relationship. This volume focuses on both the person of Christ and the practice of worshipping him as outlined in the revelations of Joseph Smith. More specifically, this volume seeks to understand Christ as revealed in the revelations and clarify the practices required of those who worship a being who grew “from grace to grace.”

ISBN 978-1-9443-9499-8

Published in 2020

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