Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
By Jon Krakauer
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This extraordinary work of investigative journalism takes readers inside America’s isolated Mormon Fundamentalist communities, where some 40,000 people 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 …
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AwardsPrint BooksBibles & ChristianityReligionSocial SciencesPaperbackDiscover TitleNonfictionChristianityGeneral & Miscellaneous ReligionTrue CrimeGeneral ChristianityOther Christian Denominations & SectsMurderChristianity - General & MiscellaneousMormonism - General & MiscellaneousFundamentalism, ReligiousMurder - General & MiscellaneousChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day SaintsNew York Times Notable Nonfiction of 2003Best Books of the Year 2003Best Books of the YearNew York Times Best Books of 2003



