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Book Review of Under the Banner of Heaven : A Story of Violent Faith (Audio CD) (Abridged)

Under the Banner of Heaven : A Story of Violent Faith (Audio CD) (Abridged)
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Indepth study of the Mormon faith. How did one man begin from scratch a new religion that is estimate to have over 300 million followers by 2010? How the elders coped, or didn't, with all their subjects receiving personal messages from their god, and the abhorrent acts committed in that god's name. The men and the myths revealed, along with explanations of some of the differences between the mainstream followers and the fundamentalists who insist on keeping to the most anti-social and frowned upon aspects of the Mormon religion. Part history, part social study, part true life crime.