6. The Basis of Mormon Success

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Extracting Social Scientific Models from Mormon History 21
6. 2. Joseph Smith Among the Revelators 30
7. 3. Mormon Networks of Faith 57
8. 4. Rationality and Mormon Sacrifice 83
9. 5. Modernization, Secularization, and Mormon Growth 95
10. 6. The Basis of Mormon Success 114
11. 7. The Rise of a New World Faith 139
12. Bibliography 147
13. Further Acknowledgments 161
14. Index 163