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Dave Banack Mormon Inquiry
Wednesday, July 29 2009 11:00 PM

The meanings of Zion

This is the third post on Richard L. Bushman's Mormonism: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2008). [See Part 1 and Part 2.] In Chapter Three, Bushman reviews the several meanings of the term "Zion" in LDS doctrine and thinking. The Mormon sense of Zion has no real parallels in Protestant thought....

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