In 1984, Ron and Dan Lafferty murdered the wife and infant daughter of their younger brother Allen. The crimes were noteworthy not merely for their brutality but for the brothers' claim that they were acting on direct orders from God. In Under the Banner of Heaven, Jon Krakauer tells the story of the killers and their crime but also explores the shadowy world of Mormon fundamentalism from which the two emerged. The Mormon Church was founded, in part, on the idea that true believers could speak directly with God. But while the mainstream church attempted to be more palatable to the general public by rejecting the controversial tenet of polygamy, fundamentalist splinter groups saw this as apostasy and took to the hills to live what they believed to be a righteous life. When their beliefs are challenged or their patriarchal, cult-like order defied, these still-active groups, according to Krakauer, are capable of fighting back with tremendous violence. While Krakauer's research into the history of the church is admirably extensive, the real power of the book comes from present-day information, notably jailhouse interviews with Dan Lafferty. Far from being the brooding maniac one might expect, Lafferty is chillingly coherent, still insisting that his motive was merely to obey God's command. Krakauer's accounts of the actual murders are graphic and disturbing, but such detail makes the brothers' claim of divine instruction all the more horrifying. In an age where Westerners have trouble comprehending what drives Islamic fundamentalists to kill, Jon Krakauer advises us to look within America's own borders.
2 有用 野人松木 2012-08-24 10:11:29
好长,雷同,看到后面就看不下去了。但是很浅显易懂,关于LDS,作者是颇费了一番心思去描述的,若不是童年影响,难得有谁会这么用心写LDS
0 有用 ドラゴン 2019-03-27 20:48:06
Huge difference of criteria between religion believer and atheist
0 有用 siesta. 2022-03-06 11:22:02
非常引人入胜又思路清晰并观点明确地介绍了美国Mormon的起源、历史及现状。看得停不下来,太好看了!
0 有用 旱季小骆驼 2022-06-15 17:46:32
比较猎奇的一读
0 有用 阿军子 2020-07-22 11:20:52
作者从一对信仰摩门原教旨主义的两兄弟残害弟媳和侄女的凶杀案谈起,介绍了摩门教的发展历史及其主要的宗教信仰,主要围绕其多妻制教义的起源和与世俗社会的冲突展开,介绍摩门教义的发展脉络和两兄弟信仰的来源。作者能够选此题材,对摩门教进行了深刻的剖析,必定承受了不小的压力。但是,作为一名96年珠峰灾难的幸存者和登顶者《into thin air》,这些压力对作者应该不算什么吧。但凡一种宗教和组织将信仰者或跟... 作者从一对信仰摩门原教旨主义的两兄弟残害弟媳和侄女的凶杀案谈起,介绍了摩门教的发展历史及其主要的宗教信仰,主要围绕其多妻制教义的起源和与世俗社会的冲突展开,介绍摩门教义的发展脉络和两兄弟信仰的来源。作者能够选此题材,对摩门教进行了深刻的剖析,必定承受了不小的压力。但是,作为一名96年珠峰灾难的幸存者和登顶者《into thin air》,这些压力对作者应该不算什么吧。但凡一种宗教和组织将信仰者或跟随者局限于自己的圈子内,不让其与外界接触,隔绝外来的知识,它必定是反智的,是为最大限度地服务上层统治者的利益。对于摩门教原教旨主义者,上层为了自己的私欲将多妻制赋予教义,跟随者中一部分明白其中的道理,为了自己的私欲以教义背书,剩下的一部分就是脑残粉,为首脑洗脑,为所谓的教义摇旗呐喊。可悲! (展开)
0 有用 嘤鸣 2022-10-14 03:30:38 美国
是本摩门起源发展过程 感觉他的书对我来说都是knowledgeable read! 下一本into the wild!
0 有用 LLLeexxiii 2022-08-19 12:20:44
这个书名真是极大的讽刺
0 有用 Le Flaneur 2022-06-20 13:09:26
写得太乱太零散了,时间线跳来跳去的
0 有用 旱季小骆驼 2022-06-15 17:46:32
比较猎奇的一读
1 有用 北极圈烤土豆 2022-04-27 17:47:44
doing the evil things with the name of god.