Terryl L. Givens 
Viper on the Hearth [PDF ebook] 
Mormons, Myths, and the Construction of Heresy

In 1997, Terryl Givens’s The Viper on the Hearth was praised as a new classic in Mormon studies. In the wake of Mormon-inspired and -created artistic, literary, and political activity–today’s "Mormon moment"–Givens presents a revised and updated edition of his book to address the continuing presence and reception of the Mormon image in contemporary culture.