by Jon Krakauer · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9783492242769
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«Mord im Auftrag Gottes» is Jon Krakauer's chronicle of religious fundamentalism, published by Piper in paperback (478 pages).
The book reconstructs the double murder committed in 1984 by Dan Lafferty, a fundamentalist Mormon who said he was acting on God's orders, and analyzes the religious environment from which he emerged. Krakauer investigates the history of the Mormon church, its founding revelations, and the risks of those who believe they have a divine mandate.
Originally published in 2003 as «Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith». German translation by Thomas Gunkel; 478 pages.
A work for nonfiction readers interested in true crime, the history of religion, and religious fundamentalism.
Jon Krakauer is an American writer and mountaineer. He is the author of bestselling nonfiction books—Into the Wild; Into Thin Air; Under the Banner of Heaven; and Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman—as well as numerous magazine articles. He was a member of an ill-fated expedition to summit Mount Everest in 1996, one of the deadliest disasters in the history of climbing Everest, which would become the subject of Into Thin Air.
