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Author : Lyndon W. Cook
Publisher : Grandin Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Kirtland Elders' Quorum Record, 1836-1841 written by Lyndon W. Cook and published by Grandin Publishing Company. This book was released on 1985 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Cheryl L. Bruno
Publisher : Greg Kofford Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Come Up Hither to Zion written by Cheryl L. Bruno and published by Greg Kofford Books. This book was released on 2024-06-11 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Come Up Hither to Zion: William Marks and the Mormon Concept of Gathering delves deep into the life of William Marks, a devoted follower of Joseph Smith and a key figure in the early history of the Latter Day Saint movement. Marks's journey from a descendant of Puritan settlers to a fervent convert to Mormonism is a fascinating exploration of faith, community, and the quest for spiritual truth. As Marks navigates the tumultuous landscape of early Mormonism, readers are taken on a gripping journey through pivotal moments such as the banking crisis in Kirtland, the expulsion of Saints from Missouri, and the clandestine practice of plural marriage. However, Marks's story goes beyond mere historical events; it is a testament to the enduring struggle to define one's place within a religious tradition while attempting to balance devotion to the faith, interpersonal relationships, and personal integrity. After the death of Joseph Smith, Marks found himself at the center of a power struggle among various groups claiming succession. His interactions with Brigham Young, James Strang, and others illuminate the diverse interpretations of Mormon doctrine and the differing visions of what Zion should be. From his involvement in defining moments in Mormonism to his break with Young and eventual ordination to the First Presidency of the Reorganized Church, Marks's life encapsulates the challenges and complexities of early Latter Day Saint history. Through meticulous research and insightful analysis, Come Up Hither to Zion sheds light on the intricate tapestry of beliefs and practices that shaped Marks's spiritual journey and offers a compelling exploration of the Mormon concept of gathering as both a physical and philosophical endeavor.
Author : John L. Brooke
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521565646
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (656 download)
Download or read book The Refiner's Fire written by John L. Brooke and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1995 book presents an alternative and comprehensive understanding of the roots of Mormon religion.
Author : Richard Lyman Bushman
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307426483
Total Pages : 768 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Joseph Smith written by Richard Lyman Bushman and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Founder of the largest indigenous Christian church in American history, Joseph Smith published the 584-page Book of Mormon when he was twenty-three and went on to organize a church, found cities, and attract thousands of followers before his violent death at age thirty-eight. Richard Bushman, an esteemed cultural historian and a practicing Mormon, moves beyond the popular stereotype of Smith as a colorful fraud to explore his personality, his relationships with others, and how he received revelations. An arresting narrative of the birth of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling also brilliantly evaluates the prophet’s bold contributions to Christian theology and his cultural place in the modern world.
Author : Joann Follett Mortensen
Publisher : Greg Kofford Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 620 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book The Man Behind the Discourse written by Joann Follett Mortensen and published by Greg Kofford Books. This book was released on 2011-12-05 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who was King Follett? When he was fatally injured digging a well in Nauvoo in March 1844, why did Joseph Smith use his death to deliver the monumental doctrinal sermon now known as the King Follett Discourse? Much has been written about the sermon, but little about King. Although King left no personal writings, Joann Follett Mortensen, King’s third great-granddaughter, draws on more than thirty years of research in civic and Church records and in the journals and letters of King’s peers to piece together King’s story from his birth in New Hampshire and moves westward where, in Ohio, he and his wife, Louisa, made the life-shifting decision to accept the new Mormon religion. From that point, this humble, hospitable, and hardworking family followed the Church into Missouri where their devotion to Joseph Smith was refined and burnished. King was the last Mormon prisoner in Missouri to be released from jail. According to family lore, King was one of the Prophet’s bodyguards. He was also a Danite, a Mason, and an officer in the Nauvoo Legion. After his death, Louisa and their children settled in Iowa where some associated with the Cutlerities and the RLDS Church; others moved on to California. One son joined the Mormon Battalion and helped found Mormon communities in Utah, Nevada, and Arizona. While King would have died virtually unknown had his name not been attached to the discourse, his life story reflects the reality of all those whose faith became the foundation for a new religion. His biography is more than one man’s life story. It is the history of the early Restoration itself.
Author : Brian C. Hales
Publisher : Greg Kofford Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 638 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Joseph Smith’s Polygamy, Volume 1: History written by Brian C. Hales and published by Greg Kofford Books. This book was released on 2013-02-26 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few American religious figures have stirred more passion among adherents and antagonists than Joseph Smith. Born in 1805 and silenced thirty-nine years later by assassins’ bullets, he dictated more than one-hundred revelations, published books of new scripture, built a temple, organized several new cities, and became the proclaimed prophet to tens of thousands during his abbreviated life. Among his many novel teachings and practices, none is more controversial than plural marriage, a restoration of the Old Testament practice that he accepted as part of his divinely appointed mission. Joseph Smith taught his polygamy doctrines only in secret and dictated a revelation in July 1843 authorizing its practice (now LDS D&C 132) that was never published during his lifetime. Although rumors and exposés multiplied, it was not until 1852 that Mormons in Brigham Young’s Utah took a public stand. By then, thousands of Mormons were engaged in the practice that was seen as essential to salvation. Victorian America saw plural marriage as immoral and Joseph Smith as acting on libido. However, the private writings of Nauvoo participants and other polygamy insiders tell another, more complex and nuanced story. Many of these accounts have never been published. Others have been printed sporadically in unrelated publications. Drawing on every known historical account, whether by supporters or opponents, Volumes 1 and 2 take a fresh look at the chronology and development of Mormon polygamy, including the difficult conundrums of the Fannie Alger relationship, polyandry, the “angel with a sword” accounts, Emma Smith’s poignant response, and the possibility of Joseph Smith offspring by his plural wives. Among the most intriguing are the newly available Andrew Jenson papers containing not only the often-quoted statements by surviving plural wives but also Jenson’s own private research, conducted in the late nineteenth century. Telling the story of Joseph Smith’s polygamy from the records of those who knew him best, augmented by those who observed him from a distance, may have produced the most useful view of all.
Author : B. Carmon Hardy
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806159138
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)
Download or read book Doing the Works of Abraham written by B. Carmon Hardy and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2017-08-30 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celestial Marriage—the “doctrine of the plurality of wives”—polygamy. No issue in the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (popularly known as the Mormon Church) has attracted more attention. From its contentious and secretive beginnings in the 1830s to its public proclamation in 1852, and through almost four decades of bitter conflict with the federal government to Church renunciation of the practice in 1890, this belief helped define a new religious identity and unify the Mormon people, just as it scandalized their neighbors and handed their enemies the most effective weapon they wielded in their battle against Mormon theocracy. This newest addition to the Kingdom in the West Series provides the basic documents supporting and challenging Mormon polygamy, supported by the concise commentary and documentation of editor B. Carmon Hardy. Plural marriage is everywhere at hand in Mormon history. However, despite its omnipresence, including a broad and continuing stream of publications devoted to it, few attempts have been made to assemble a documentary history of the topic. Hardy has drawn on years of research and writing on the controversial and complex subject to make this narrative collection of documents illuminating and myth-shattering. The second “relic of barbarism,” as the Republican Party platform of 1856 characterized polygamy, was believed by the Saints to be God’s law, trumping the laws of a mere republic. The long struggle for what was, and for some fundamentalists remains, religious freedom still resonates in American religious law. Throughout the West, thousands of families continue the practice, even In the face of LDS Church opposition. The book includes a bibliography and an index. It is bound in rich blue linen cloth, two-color foil stamped spine and front cover.
Author : Samuel Morris Brown
Publisher : OUP USA
ISBN 13 : 0199793573
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)
Download or read book In Heaven as It Is on Earth written by Samuel Morris Brown and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2012-01-02 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the foundational beliefs of the Mormon Church by focusing on early Mormon conceptions of death.
Author : Roger D. Launius
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252067310
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (673 download)
Download or read book Differing Visions written by Roger D. Launius and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1998-01-15 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first serious attempt to analyze the careers of converts who later left the Mormon church, this book contains selections about 18 Mormon dissenters--David Whitmer, Fawn Brody, and Sonia Johnson, among them--contributed by Richard N. Holzapfel, John S. McCormick, Kenneth M. Godfrey, William D. Russell, Dan Vogel, Jessie L. Embry, and many others.
Author : Davis Bitton
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810862514
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Mormonism written by Davis Bitton and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2008-10-23 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clearing up many of the misconceptions held about Mormonism and its members, the third edition of the Historical Dictionary of Mormonism expands on the second edition and includes hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on crucial persons, organizations, churches, beliefs, and events.
Author : Newell C. Bringhurst
Publisher : Greg Kofford Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Excavating Mormon Pasts written by Newell C. Bringhurst and published by Greg Kofford Books. This book was released on 2004-08-31 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Special Book Award from the John Whitmer Historical Association Excavating Mormon Pasts assembles sixteen knowledgeable scholars from both LDS and the Community of Christ traditions who have long participated skillfully in this dialogue. It presents their insightful and sometimes incisive surveys of where the New Mormon History has come from and which fields remain unexplored. It is both a vital reference work and a stimulating picture of the New Mormon History in the early twenty-first century.
Author : Davis Bitton
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810870606
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)
Download or read book The A to Z of Mormonism written by Davis Bitton and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2009-11-25 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mormonism is the unofficial name for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, which originated in the early 1800s. Mormonism refers to the doctrines taught by Joseph Smith, doctrines that are believed to be original gospel preached by Jesus Christ. The Mormons oppose abortion, homosexuality, unmarried sexual acts, pornography, gambling, tobacco, consuming alcohol, tea, coffee, and the use of drugs. Despite its relatively young age, the Mormon Church continues to grow, and today it contains about 13 million members. The A to Z of Mormonism relates the history of the Mormon church through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on crucial persons, organizations, churches, beliefs, and events. Clearing up many of the misconceptions held about Mormonism and its members, this is an essential reference.
Author : Douglas James Davies
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 9781409406495
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)
Download or read book Joseph Smith, Jesus, and Satanic Opposition written by Douglas James Davies and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2010 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joseph Smith, Jesus, and Satanic Opposition explores Mormon theology in new ways from a scholarly non-Mormon perspective. Bringing Jesus and Satan into relationship with Joseph Smith the founding prophet, Douglas Davies shows how the Mormon 'Plan of Salvation' can be equated with mainstream Christianity's doctrine of the Trinity as a driving force of the faith. Exploring how Jesus has been understood by Mormons, his many Mormon identities are described in this book: he is the Jehovah of the Bible, our Elder Brother and Father, probably also a husband, he visited the dead and is also the antagonist of Satan-Lucifer.
Author : Brigham Young University
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 542 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Brigham Young University Studies written by Brigham Young University and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A voice for the community of LDS scholars.
Author : B. Carmon Hardy
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252018336
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (183 download)
Download or read book Solemn Covenant written by B. Carmon Hardy and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his famous Manifesto of 1890, Mormon church president Wilford Woodruff called for an end to the more than fifty-year practice of polygamy. Fifteen years later, two men were dramatically expelled from the Quorum of Twelve Apostles for having taken post-Manifesto plural wives and encouraged the step by others. Evidence reveals, however, that hundreds of Mormons (including several apostles) were given approval to enter such relationships after they supposedly were banned. Why would Mormon leaders endanger agreements allowing Utah to become a state and risk their church's reputation by engaging in such activities--all the while denying the fact to the world? This book seeks to find the answer through a review of the Mormon polygamous experience from its beginnings. In the course of national debate over polygamy, Americans generally were unbending in their allegiance to monogamy. Solemn Covenant provides the most careful examination ever undertaken of Mormon theological, social, and biological defenses of "the principle". Although polygamy was never a way of life for the majority of Latter-day Saints in the nineteenth century, Carmon Hardy contends that plural marriage enjoyed a more important place in the Saints' restorationist vision than most historians have allowed. Many Mormons considered polygamy a prescription for health, an antidote for immorality, and a key to better government. Despite intense pressure from the nation to end the experiment, because of their belief in its importance and gifts, polygamy endured as an approved arrangement among church members well into the twentieth century. Hardy demonstrates how Woodruff's Manifesto of 1890 evolved from a tactic to preservepolygamy into a revelation now used to prohibit it. Solemn Covenant examines the halting passage followed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as it transformed itself into one of America's most vigilant champions of the monogamous way.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Mormon Historical Studies written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : LauraMaery Gold
Publisher : Prima Lifestyles
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Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Mormons on the Internet, 2000-2001 written by LauraMaery Gold and published by Prima Lifestyles. This book was released on 2000 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the worldwide community of Latter-day Saints, the Internet offers a wealth of resources and opportunities, as well as an effective way for members to join together in fellowship. This newly revised and updated Internet guide for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will direct you to: - New information about the FamilySearch Web site - News of the Church - Scripture study tools - Missionary opportunities and updates - BYU and other church education resources - Inspirational stories and testimonies - Church history, leadership, and doctrine - Scouting, sports, singles' groups, and youth activities - And much more! "[With the Internet, ] we may be able to give facts and tell our story better than we could at any time in history. . . . I'm sure the Internet will be a blessing, and there will be a certain kind of missionary effort going forth that way."--Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, from the exclusive interview in "Mormons on the Internet "Finally--a computer book I not only understand, but find exciting. LauraMaery Gold gives us an explosion of righteous ways to use technology to bless ourselves and others."--Joni Hilton, author of "As the Ward Turns and other LDS bestsellers "A timely and useful guide for LDS Internet users, and a convenient 'phone book' of like-minded friends."--Christina Nibley Mincek, LDS Director of Public Affairs for North Florida/South Georgia "I heartily recommend this as must reading for anyone interested in religion and/or the Internet."--Arthur Wilde, LDS Section Leader, the CompuServe Religion Forum About the Author LauraMaery Gold is a computer and business editor and the author ofseveral books on computing. She is also a committed Latter-day Saint, a longtime gospel doctrine teacher, and a student of Church history. She operates several Church-related Web sites.
