Home›Sources›Michael Austin, "Theology for the Approaching Millennium: Angels in America, Activism, and the American Religion" (1997)SourcesMichael Austin, "Theology for the Approaching Millennium: Angels in America, Activism, and the American Religion" (1997)Michael Austin, 1997Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Michael Austin, "Theology for the Approaching Millennium: Angels in America, Activism, and the American Religion" (1997)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/austin-theology-approaching-millennium-angels-in-america-1997.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Michael Austin, "Theology for the Approaching Millennium: Angels in America, Activism, and the American Religion" (1997). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/austin-theology-approaching-millennium-angels-in-america-1997Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-michael-austin-theology-for-the-approach, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Michael Austin, "Theology for the Approaching Millennium: Angels in America, Activism, and the American Religion" (1997)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/austin-theology-approaching-millennium-angels-in-america-1997}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXA peer reviewed article by Michael Austin, checked directly at Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought's own publisher page. Its strength is a close reading of how the play's treatment of Hannah Pitt and its angel plot draws on real Latter-day Saint theological concepts, together with a stated limitation in how the play depicts Mormon community life outside Utah.FactsClaims Backed By This Source (14 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1Michael Austin's peer reviewed article in Dialogue, A Journal of Mormon Thought, the top tier reflecting a close reading of how Angels in America's treatment of Hannah Pitt and its angel plot draws on real Latter-day Saint theological concepts, notwithstanding its own stated limitation in how the play depicts Mormon community life outside Utah.NotesWell-attestedChecked at its publisher page (Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Vol. 30, No. 1, Spring 1997). Austin argues Kushner's angel plot, in which Prior Walter is visited by an angel and given a buried book and a prophetic calling, and Hannah counsels him to wrestle with the angel rather than submit to or reject it, draws on authentic Latter-day Saint theological structure, echoing both Jacob's biblical wrestling and Joseph Smith's own accounts of angelic visitation and continuing revelation. Austin also argues the play misrepresents contemporary Mormon community life by treating any departure from Utah as a near total break from the faith.CitationPublisherWell-attestedDialogue: A Journal of Mormon ThoughtURLWell-attestedhttps://www.dialoguejournal.com/articles/theology-for-the-approaching-millennium-angels-in-america-activism-and-the-american-religion/Source TypeWell-attestedpeer-reviewed articleClaims Backed By This Source (14 claims)This source backs 14 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.Articles, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 general references.Literary Works, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.Well-attested10ArticlesA Landmark Play, and What It Got Right and Wrong About MormonismA Mormon Grandmother Becomes an Angel's TranslatorLiterary WorksAngels in AmericaSourcesMichael Austin, "Theology for the Approaching Millennium: Angels in America, Activism, and the American Religion" (1997)Holds1Literary WorksAngels in AmericaGeneral References3ArticlesA Landmark Play, and What It Got Right and Wrong About MormonismA Mormon Grandmother Becomes an Angel's TranslatorLiterary WorksAngels in AmericaComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year