Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-205) and indexes.

Part 1. The origins of Mormonism. Joseph Smith: the restorer of the true gospel? -- Joseph Smith's Mormons move west -- From Joseph Smith to Salt Lake City -- Part 2. What Mormonism teaches and why. The one and only true church on earth -- Continual revelation and Mormon scriptural books -- The worldview of Mormonism -- Gods and the Mormon gospel of deification -- Part 3. The salvation of Mormonism. The heavens and hell of Mormonism -- Jesus, plus much more -- How the dead are saved in Mormonism. rc.

"Sociologist Rodney Stark estimates that by 2080, Mormonism will have 267 million adherents. As a leading rival to biblical Christianity in both America and Latin America, it is a religion tobe reckoned with. However, Mormons are not so much a group to be feared by Christians, says author Andrew Jackson, as a mission field to be cultivated. As a professor and a pastor in a city that boasts a large LDS community, Jackson has had not only many discussions with Mormon neighbors but with current and ex-members from every level of the church hierarchy. These conversations have led him to study this religion and write this book. His systematic, concise, and well-documented work offers an easy-reading explanation of Mormon teaching and practice today. This book is the first place readers will want to turn for a primer on Mormonism's origins and specific doctrines, and what Mormons believe and why."--Amazon.com.