Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith

Jon Krakauer?s literary reputation rests on insightful chronicles of lives conducted at the outer limits. He now shifts his focus from extremes of physical adventure to extremes of religious belief within our own borders, taking readers inside isolated American communities where some 40,000 Mormon Fundamentalists 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 her baby girl. Beginning with a meticulously researched account of this appalling double murder, Krakauer constructs a multi-layered, bone-chilling narrative of messianic delusion, polygamy, savage violence, and unyielding faith. Along the way he uncovers a shadowy offshoot of America?s fastest growing religion, and raises provocative questions about the nature of religious belief. more

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Oct-06-2009; RIP Brenda and Erica; Jon K says is took 3 years to research this book and 1year to write it. This is a good book but I found it a little bothersome switching back and forth from the murder,to past Mormon history then to the present day.I expected more about...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Oct-05-2009; A fast paced story of religion and murder in modern day America; This is an excellently written book - fast paced and engaging. Jon Krakauer is adept at interweaving the history of the LDS Church with a present day story of "violent faith". Based on a "revelation" he received from God, Ron Lafferty...; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-29-2009; Oversimplification, which haunts many journalistic formats, has no place in a book; If you don't like Mormons you'll enjoy the book, but if you want to understand them, look elsewhere. As a religious studies major I was dissapointed, expecting a frank impartial look at Mormons but finding instead a classical blunder...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-28-2009; Challenges believers of "reasonable" religions; I read this book several years ago, but it was brought to my mind again after reading The God Delusion. Although Krakauer chose fundamentalist Mormonism, this could have been written about any religion. Krakauer aptly points out that we...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Oct-06-2009; RIP Brenda and Erica; Jon K says is took 3 years to research this book and 1year to write it. This is a good book but I found it a little bothersome switching back and forth from the murder,to past Mormon history then to the present day.I expected more about...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-01-2009; Great story telling, lousy history.; First of all, I enjoyed reading this book. It was an easy read and I had trouble putting it down which to me is the signs of a good author. The problem I had was the history of Mormonism was quite fractured at best. Parts of his telling...; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-29-2009; Oversimplification, which haunts many journalistic formats, has no place in a book; If you don't like Mormons you'll enjoy the book, but if you want to understand them, look elsewhere. As a religious studies major I was dissapointed, expecting a frank impartial look at Mormons but finding instead a classical blunder...; read full review | report as inappropriate