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Under the Banner of Heaven
by Jon Krakauer
Mostly focused on the background of the LDS church, including persecution faced by early Mormons and the division caused by plural marriage. The true-crime story of the murder of Brenda and Erica Lafferty is woven throughout, as well.
Like many, I picked this up because I wanted to understand the background before getting further into the Hulu series. The series focuses heavily on the murder, and Krakauer attempts to draw a line from the early Mormon fanatics to that horrific crime
I have no attachment to the Mormon church, and have met only a handful of LDS folks in my 40-plus years of life, and I still found myself feeling that Krakauer seemed to be overly harsh. To be sure, the Mormons experienced crimes both as targets and perpetrators.
I’m not sure that makes it an especially violent faith, though. Many established faiths are responsible for atrocities large and small, and I’m not sure the Mormons are more prone to religiously motivated violence than anyone else.
Make no mistake, though, that there is violence depicted in this work. (Cw: I skipped over the specifics of the murder of Baby Erica). The Laffertys planned this act openly, with even an infuriating scene where their mother knits while listening to plans for her grand daughter and daughter in law to be murdered. Didn’t bother to tell anyone.
That roughly sums up my thoughts.
Like many, I picked this up because I wanted to understand the background before getting further into the Hulu series. The series focuses heavily on the murder, and Krakauer attempts to draw a line from the early Mormon fanatics to that horrific crime
I have no attachment to the Mormon church, and have met only a handful of LDS folks in my 40-plus years of life, and I still found myself feeling that Krakauer seemed to be overly harsh. To be sure, the Mormons experienced crimes both as targets and perpetrators.
I’m not sure that makes it an especially violent faith, though. Many established faiths are responsible for atrocities large and small, and I’m not sure the Mormons are more prone to religiously motivated violence than anyone else.
Make no mistake, though, that there is violence depicted in this work. (Cw: I skipped over the specifics of the murder of Baby Erica). The Laffertys planned this act openly, with even an infuriating scene where their mother knits while listening to plans for her grand daughter and daughter in law to be murdered. Didn’t bother to tell anyone.
That roughly sums up my thoughts.