Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
- ISBN-10
- 0385509510
- ISBN-13
- 9780385509510
- Series
- Under the Banner of Heaven
- Category
- Religion
- Pages
- 372
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Doubleday Books
- Author
- Jon Krakauer
Description
Traces the 1984 murder of a woman and her child by fundamentalist Mormons, exploring the belief systems and traditions that mark the faith's most extreme factions and what their practices reflect about the nature of religion in America.
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