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008			041029s2004 nyub b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2004559884
020			_a9781400032808 (paperback)
020			_a1400032806 (paperback)
024			_a9781400032808
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092			_a289.33 KRAKAUER 2004
100	1		_aKrakauer, Jon.
245	1	0	_aUnder the banner of heaven : _ba story of violent faith / _cJon Krakauer.
250			_aFirst Anchor Books edition.
260			_aNew York : _bAnchor Books, _c2004.
300			_axxiii, 399 pages : _bmaps ; _c21 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [379]-386) and index.
520			_aJon Krakauer's literary reputation rests on insightful chronicles of lives conducted at the outer limits. He now shifts his focus from extremes of physical adventure to extremes of religious belief within our own borders, taking readers inside isolated American communities where some 40,000 Mormon Fundamentalists still practice polygamy. 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. At the core of Krakauer's book 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, Krakauer 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.
650		0	_aMormon fundamentalism.
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