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dc.contributor.advisorMartin, George H.
dc.contributor.authorBeshears, Kyle Robert
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-28T20:03:21Z
dc.date.available2021-09-28T20:03:21Z
dc.date.issued2021-09-25
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10392/6603
dc.description.abstractWingfield S. Watson (1828–1922) was a fiercely loyal apologist for the Mormon prophet James J. Strang, a successor to Joseph Smith. In the aftermath of the succession crisis that followed Smith’s unexpected death, Strang attracted hundreds of converts to his theocratic commune on Beaver Island in Lake Michigan, Watson being one of them. After Strang’s own untimely death, Watson stepped forward from among his religious community as a Strangite apologist to ensure that Strangite distinctives of Latter Day Saint restorationism would survive the unstoppable decline of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangites) due to internal dissension and external opposition. From primary documents, this dissertation demonstrates that Watson succeeded at maintaining the Strangite identity among its remnant after the death of its founder.en_US
dc.subject.lcshStrang, James Jesse, 1813-1856en_US
dc.subject.lcshWatson, Wingfielden_US
dc.subject.lcshSmith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844en_US
dc.subject.lcshChurch of Jesus Christ (Strangites)--Historyen_US
dc.subject.lcshMormon Church--Historyen_US
dc.titleWingfield Scott Watson and His Struggle to Preserve the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite) After the Death of Its Founderen_US
dc.typeText
dc.typeElectronic dissertationen_US
dc.contributor.committeeBeougher, Timothy K.
dc.contributor.committeeWilsey, John D.
dc.type.qualificationnamePh.D.en_US
dc.publisher.institutionSouthern Baptist Theological Seminaryen_US
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Missions and Evangelism


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