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SUPPLEMENT
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
Index of relevant supplemental material for Jon
Krakauer's book that deals with frightening fundamentalist manifestations of LDS
doctrines no longer actively practiced by Mormonism.
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Jon Krakauer
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Page Contents:
Preface Comment: Problem & Solution • The
Book • Related Studies at GreaterThings.com
• LDS Church Statement Against • Official
Book Website by RandomHouse • Media Reviews • News
Coverage • Related News • Speaking
Engagements • See also
FEATURING: Jon Krakauer Resonates with Overflow Audience in Salt
Lake City July 18, 2003
Recovering extremist, Sterling Allan, gives first-hand account of SLC reading -- and extremism.
Author of Under the Banner of Heaven 'nails it.'
See also:
John D. Lee:
Portrait of a Mormon Scapegoat
Lee was marginalized, excommunicated and executed; but at the time he committed his
deeds at the Mountain Meadows Massacre, he represented epitome Mormon faith.
Problem:
Mindlessly letting edict guide us, whether religious, political, scientific, social.
Solution:
When we let our conscience be our guide; then we are approaching the true walk that
crosses all denominational boundaries.
-- Sterling D. Allan (recovering
extremist)
Amazon.com
Sales Rank: #4 on July 16, 2003; #11 on July 20; #7 on July 21-22; #12 on July 24;
#16 July 26; #8 July 29; #6 Aug. 3; #13 Aug. 9; #15 on Aug. 16; #18 on Aug.
21. #21 on Aug. 29. #46 on Sept. 13.
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Under
the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
Author of Into
the Wild and Into
Thin Air
Doubleday; 372 pp., $26
Reviews the life and beliefs of incarcerated Mormon polygamist Ron
Lafferty, who received a "revelation from God" that he was to kill his brother's
wife and baby. Twenty years later he is still convinced the deed was righteous,
justified in his mind by an extreme fundamentalist rendition of the LDS-based faith.
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National Bestseller:
- Aug. 30: #7 National Bestseller, non-fiction (ref)
- Aug. 24: #3 National Bestseller, non-fiction (ref)
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Local Bestseller
- Aug. 29: #1 Bestseller in S
- Aug. 16: #1 Bestseller in Denver, CO (ref)
- Aug. 3: #1 Bestseller in Denver, CO (ref)
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- July 31; #2 'Top 10 Reads; Vail, CO" (ref)
(#8 Aug. 7)
- July 27: #1 Bestseller in Denver, CO (ref)
LDS Church Publishes Press Release Against Krakauer's
Book
 | SL Tribune Summary > Church:
Best-selling author is no historian - Statement from Mike Otterson, LDS Church's
director of media relations. A press release was issued by the LDS Church to hundreds of
major news organizations prior to the release of Krakauer's book. "A full-frontal
assault on the veracity of the modern church."
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| SL Tribune Summary > Krakauer:
Church rigidly controls its past - Krakauer responds. Quoting from Quinn:
"So-called 'faith-promoting' Church history which conceals controversies and difficulties
of the Mormon past actually undermines the faith of Latter-day Saints who eventually learn about
the problems from other sources."
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Quoting from Hot
off the presses (Salt Lake Tribune; July 15, 2003)
| A "convincing" study that argues "the [LDS] Church's phenomenal success is an
example of holy conquest, and American jihad as brutal as any fundamentalist Islamic
parallel." -- Book Magazine |
| "Frightfully unfair" to mainstream Mormons. "By lightly skipping over the
past 100 years of Mormon history, Krakauer implies that the fundamentalists are the rightful
inheritors of the church's tradition" -- Wall Street Journal |
News Coverage of Under the Banner of Heaven
| See also >
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| Google News (indexes latest stories on the subject)
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| Network Television
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| Salt Lake Tribune (bane of LDS
Church headquarters)
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| Deseret News (LDS Church-owned)
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| International
 | Book Review: Under the Banner of
Heaven - (International Herald Tribune, France; July 24, 2003) |
| Exploring
the violence of the Mormon faith (Taipei Times, Taiwan; Aug. 3, 2003) |
| When certainty reigns,
reason goes into thin air - (Christian Science Monitor; Jul 16, 2003) |
| Mormons who
murder (Economist [subscription], UK - Jul 3, 2003) |
| Mormon fury as
author likens 'fundamentalist' wing to the Taleban (The Scotsman, UK; Jul
27, 2003) |
| Plumbing the
depths of faith (The Age, Australia; Aug. 17, 2003) |
| Krakauer
draws fire from Mormon church (Toronto Star, Canada, July 19, 2003) |
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| Major U.S. Magazines
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| NY Times
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| USA Today
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| Chicago Sun Times
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| KSL-TV, UT
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| The Spectrum, UT
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| Blood,
Faith and Fanaticism (San Francisco Chronicle, CA - Jul 13, 2003) |
| Krakauer's new book
raises Mormon ire (Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA - Jul 5, 2003) |
| Church speaks out about book's accuracy
- (The BYU Newsnet, UT; July 21, 2003) |
| Informed
by faith (Lincoln County Weekly, ME - Aug 14, 2003) |
| NONFICTION/review
- "Krakauer has found a fascinating story in plain sight, right in the heart of the
American West, and told it with the narrative drive and unflinching honesty" (Oregonian,
OR; July 20, 2003) |
| Author, Mormons clash
on roots of polygamy (Arizona Republic, AZ - Jul 5, 2003) |
| Krakauer
causes headaches for Mormon church leaders (Erie Times News; July 12, 2003) -
"Best-selling author Jon Krakauer has built a reputation on gripping portrayals of those
who push their physical limits. Now the writer has set his sights on spiritual extremes."
-- By C.G. WALLACE, Associated Press |
| Denver Post
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| Cleveland Plain Dealer, OH
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| Book
examines Mormon ties to extremists (Baltimore Sun, MD - Jul 13, 2003) |
| Fundamentals of murder
(Akron Beacon Journal, OH - Aug 17, 2003) |
| Religion
in the News (Rocky Mount Telegram, NC - Jul 11, 2003) |
| `Under
the Banner' shows sordid side of Mormon `prophets' (Kansas City Star, MO Jul
27, 2003) |
| Book
examines Mormon church history and the actions of extremists (Boulder Daily Camera,
CO - Jul 11, 2003) |
| Among the
believers - Two books - a memoir and a tale of true crime - explore the drama and dogma
of Mormonism (Boston Globe, MA; Jul 27, 2003) |
| Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA
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| Cats
schooled by Portland - athlete includes Krakauer's book in his academic side interests (Davis
Enterprise, CA; July 24, 2003) |
| Exploring the scary world of
fanaticism (Salem Statesman Journal, OR; Aug. 3, 2003) |
| Religious conviction
(Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX; Aug. 3, 2003) |
| Author blames
Mormon church for murders (Alameda Times-Star, CA - Aug 10, 2003) |
| Bishop clears up Mormon
misconceptions "I don't know if it's created controversy so much within the
church" (Contra Costa Times, CA; Aug. 2, 2003) |
| Readings by Krakauer
| Jon Krakauer Defends Book on Mormons in Salt Lake
City - list of related news stories |
| Best
selling author reads, signs books - (OSU Daily Barometer, OR; Jul
30, 2003) |
| Literary Calendar
(Portland Tribune, OR; Jul 29, 2003) |
| Writer Jon Krakauer
(Salem Statesman Journal, OR - Jul 27, 2003) |
| Book Briefs
(Marysville Herald, WA - Jul 27, 2003) |
| LITERARY
Calendar (Contra Costa Times, CA - Jul 27, 2003) |
| Literary
datebook for the week of 08-10 (Kansas City Star, MO - Aug 10,
2003)
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| Salt Lake Tribune
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| Other Books by Jon Krakauer
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| Google:
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Page created by Sterling D. Allan July
16, 2003
Page last updated October 22, 2006
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