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Alder, Douglas D. Dixie Saints: Laborers in the Field. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2017.In Dixie Saints, you’ll learn about the daily lives of Saints who grew up between the late 1800s and the early 1900s in the villages of southern Utah, including St. George, and nearby Nevada and Arizona. Explore the many stories detailing their struggles and their achievements during childhood in large families, their experiences in one-room schools, their physical work (all without machines), their health challenges and herbal medicine, and their dealings with American Indians and with the Mexican exiles from the 1912 Revolution. ISBN 978-1-9443-9420-2
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Alder, Douglas D. “Preface.” In Dixie Saints.Links to available media:
Alder, Douglas D. “Introduction.” In Dixie Saints.Links to available media:
Alder, Douglas D. “Map of Utah’s Dixie Area.” In Dixie Saints.Links to available media:
Alder, Douglas D. “Family Life, Childhood, Teenage Years.” In Dixie Saints.Links to available media:
Alder, Douglas D. “Schools.” In Dixie Saints.Links to available media:
Alder, Douglas D. “Youth and Adults at Work.” In Dixie Saints.Links to available media:
Alder, Douglas D. “Health and Sickness.” In Dixie Saints.Links to available media:
Alder, Douglas D. “Mormon Colonists of Mexico Who Moved to the US.” In Dixie Saints.Links to available media:
Alder, Douglas D. “American Indians.” In Dixie Saints.Links to available media:
Alder, Douglas D. “Service-Military, Church, and Civic Efforts.” In Dixie Saints.Links to available media:
Alder, Douglas D. “Appendix: Statistics of the Voices of Remembrance Interviews.” In Dixie Saints.Links to available media:
Alder, Douglas D. “Chart : Statistics of the Voices of Remembrance Interviews.” In Dixie Saints.Links to available media:
Alder, Douglas D. “About the Compiler.” In Dixie Saints.Links to available media:
Alder, Douglas D. “Index.” In Dixie Saints.Links to available media:
Esplin, Scott C., and Kenneth L. Alford, eds. Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2011.For more than 150 years, “Come, Come, Ye Saints,” the anthem of the pioneer journey, has praised Salt Lake City as “the place, which God for us prepared.” This new book from Brigham Young University’s Religious Studies Center analyzes the fulfillment of that poetic longing. The sixteenth in a series of regional studies on Latter-day Saint church history, it contains a collection of essays by faculty members in the Department of Church History and Doctrine discussing Salt Lake’s place in our sacred story. Topics include histories of significant landmarks, stories from the city’s past, and discussions of Church organizations. The reader will see connections between the revelations of Joseph Smith and Salt Lake City as a modern city of Zion, the place, indeed, where the Saints have been blessed. ISBN 978-0-8425-2799-6
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Esplin, Scott C., and Kenneth L. Alford. “Introduction.” In Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared.Links to available media:
Jensen, Marlin K. “Remarks at the Dedication of the Church History Library.” In Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared, 1-6.Links to available media:
Ostler, Craig James. “Salt Lake City.” In Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared, 7-25.Links to available media:
Wright, Dennis A., and Rebekah E. Westrup. “Ensign Peak.” In Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared, 27-46.Links to available media:
Cowan, Richard O. “The Design, Construction, and Role of the Salt Lake Temple.” In Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared, 47-68.Links to available media:
Esplin, Scott C. “The Salt Lake Tabernacle.” In Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared, 69-96.Links to available media:
Alford, Kenneth L., and Robert C. Freeman. “The Salt Lake Theatre.” In Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared, 97-118.Links to available media:
Black, Susan Easton. “The Beehive and Deseret.” In Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared, 119-132.Links to available media:
Garr, Arnold K. “Thomas Bullock.” In Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared, 133-154.Links to available media:
Boone, David F. “‘And Should We Die’” In Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared, 155-178.Links to available media:
Alford, Kenneth L. “Camp Douglas.” In Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared, 179-202.Links to available media:
Woods, Fred E. “The Arrival of Nineteenth-Century Mormon Emigrants in Salt Lake City.” In Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared, 203-230.Links to available media:
Richardson, Matthew O. “A House for the Presidency.” In Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared, 231-57.Links to available media:
Goodman, Michael A. “Correlation.” In Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared, 259-284.Links to available media:
Livingstone, John P. “Historical Highlights of LDS Family Services.” In Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared, 285-304.Links to available media:
Newell, Lloyd D. “‘From the Crossroads of the West’” In Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared, 305-322.Links to available media:
Alford, Kenneth L., ed. Civil War Saints. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2012.Winner of the Harvey B. Black and Susan Easton Black Outstanding Publication Award (Gospel Scholarship in Church History and Doctrine), Civil War Saints takes a fresh look at Latter-day Saints and Utah Territory during the Civil War. Come learn the stories of Latter-day Saints who fought in Union blue and others who wore confederate gray. Civil War Saints is a nicely balanced effort to help readers gain a deeper appreciation of the events and experiences that made the Civil War and its effect upon Latter-day Saints and Utah Territory such a watershed event. How many Latter-day Saints participated in the Civil War, and who were they? The answers to those questions have remained elusive—until now. Civil War Saints also includes the most thoroughly researched list of Latter-day Saint Civil War veterans ever published. ISBN 978-0-8425-2816-0
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Alford, Kenneth L. “Latter-day Saints and the Civil War: An Introduction.” In Civil War Saints.Links to available media:
MacKinnon, William P. “Prelude to Civil War: The Utah War’s Impact and Legacy.” In Civil War Saints, 1-21.Links to available media:
Fleek, Sherman L. “Overview of the Civil War.” In Civil War Saints, 23-39.Links to available media:
Esplin, Scott C. “‘Have We Not Had a Prophet Among Us?’: Joseph Smith’s Civil War Prophecy.” In Civil War Saints, 41-59.Links to available media:
Woodger, Mary Jane. “Abraham Lincoln and the Mormons.” In Civil War Saints, 61-81.Links to available media:
Manscill, Craig K. “Rumors of Secession in the Utah Territory: 1847–61.” In Civil War Saints, 84-91.Links to available media:
Bennett, Richard E. “‘We Know No North, No South, No East, No West’: Mormon Interpretations of the Civil War, 1861–65.” In Civil War Saints.Links to available media:
Dowdle, Brett D. “‘What Means This Carnage?’: The Civil War in Mormon Thought.” In Civil War Saints.Links to available media:
Alford, Kenneth L., and Joseph R. Stuart. “The Lot Smith Cavalry Company: Utah Goes to War.” In Civil War Saints, 127-41.Links to available media:
Dickson, Ephraim D., III. “Protecting the Home Front: The Utah Territorial Militia During the Civil War.” In Civil War Saints, 143-59.Links to available media:
Alford, Kenneth L., and William P. MacKinnon. “What’s in a Name? The Establishment of Camp Douglas.” In Civil War Saints, 161-81.Links to available media:
Alford, Kenneth L., and Brant W. Ellsworth. “Mormon Motivation for Enlisting in the Civil War.” In Civil War Saints, 183-201.Links to available media:
Alford, Kenneth L. “Indian Relations in Utah during the Civil War.” In Civil War Saints, 203-25.Links to available media:
Schindler, Harold. “The Bear River Massacre: New Historical Evidence.” In Civil War Saints, 227-35.Links to available media:
Hartley, William G. “Latter-day Saint Emigration during the Civil War.” In Civil War Saints, 237-65.Links to available media:
Alford, Kenneth L. “Utah and the Civil War Press.” In Civil War Saints, 267-83.Links to available media:
Freeman, Robert C. “Latter-day Saints in the Civil War.” In Civil War Saints, 285-93.Links to available media:
Skinner, Andrew C. “Civil War’s Aftermath: Reconstruction, Abolition, and Polygamy.” In Civil War Saints, 295-315.Links to available media:
Alford, Kenneth L. “Mormons and the Grand Army of the Republic.” In Civil War Saints, 317-39.Links to available media:
Parshall, Ardis E. “‘This Splendid Outpouring of Welcome’: Salt Lake City and the 1909 National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic.” In Civil War Saints.Links to available media:
MacKinnon, William P. “Appendix A: Rooted in Utah: Civil War Strategy and Tactics, Generals and Guerrillas.” In Civil War Saints, 385-97.Links to available media:
Dickson, Ephraim D., III. “Appendix B: Camp Douglas’s First Photographer.” In Civil War Saints, 399-403.Links to available media:
Alford, Kenneth L. “Appendix C: Identifying Latter-day Saint Civil War Veterans.” In Civil War Saints, 405-9.Links to available media:
Alford, Kenneth L., and Richard E. Bennett, eds. An Eye of Faith: Essays in Honor Richard O. Cowan. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2015.An Eye of Faith contains nineteen thought-provoking and new essays about the following topics: ancient and modern temples, revelations to the Latter-day Saints, serving others and sharing the gospel, increasing scriptural understanding, and Church history. Jointly published by Deseret Book and Brigham Young University’s Religious Studies Center, this book was written by established Church scholars including Susan Easton Black, Richard E. Bennett, Kent P. Jackson, S. Kent Brown, Richard Draper, Alexander L. Baugh, Craig Ostler, Brent L. Top, and other notable writers. ISBN 978-0-8425-2889-4
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Newell, Lloyd D. “Richard O. Cowan: Fifty-Three Years as a Teacher, Scholar, and Mentor.” In An Eye of Faith, 1-30.Links to available media:
Ball, Terry B. “Isaiah and the Latter-day Temple.” In An Eye of Faith, 31-45.Links to available media:
Manscill, Craig K. “Hyrum Smith’s Building of the Kirtland Temple.” In An Eye of Faith, 47-67.Links to available media:
Madsen, Ann N. “Solomon’s Temple Compared to the Salt Lake Temple.” In An Eye of Faith, 69-89.Links to available media:
Gaskill, Alonzo L., and Seth G. Soha. “The Woman at the Veil: The History and Symbolic Merit of One of the Salt Lake Temple’s Most Unique Symbols.” In An Eye of Faith, 91-111.Links to available media:
Baugh, Alexander L. “‘For Their Salvation Is Necessary and Essential to Our Salvation’: Joseph Smith and the Practice of Baptism and Confirmation for the Dead.” In An Eye of Faith, 113-37.Links to available media:
Bennett, Richard E. “‘I Mean to Be Baptized for Scores More’: Baptisms for the Dead among the Latter-day Saints, 1846–67.” In An Eye of Faith, 139-57.Links to available media:
Ostler, Craig James. “The Promises Made to and the Right Belonging to the Fathers.” In An Eye of Faith, 159-73.Links to available media:
Blythe, Christopher J. “Heber C. Kimball and Orson Hyde’s 1837 Vision of the Infernal World.” In An Eye of Faith, 175-87.Links to available media:
Black, Susan Easton. “Monument to Women Memorial Garden.” In An Eye of Faith, 189-211.Links to available media:
Alford, Kenneth L. “Prophets Rendering Christlike Service: Looking to Peter as an Example.” In An Eye of Faith.Links to available media:
Frederick, Nicholas J. “Deconstructing the Sacred Narrative of the Restoration.” In An Eye of Faith.Links to available media:
Petersen, Elise, and Steven C. Harper. “Forming A Collective Memory of the First Vision.” In An Eye of Faith.Links to available media:
Draper, Richard D. “A Scriptural Basis for the Doctrine of Sexual Purity.” In An Eye of Faith.Links to available media:
Jackson, Kent P. “How the King James Translators ‘Replenished’ the Earth.” In An Eye of Faith.Links to available media:
Brown, S. Kent. “Missionaries in War and Peace (Helaman 4–5).” In An Eye of Faith.Links to available media:
Top, Brent L. “The Mormon Pavilion at the 1964–65 New York World’s Fair.” In An Eye of Faith.Links to available media:
Alford, Kenneth L., and JeanMarie Stewart. “Visions of Faith: Early Church Pioneers in Ghana.” In An Eye of Faith.Links to available media:
Haws, JB. “Why the ‘Mormon Olympics’ Didn’t Happen.” In An Eye of Faith.Links to available media:
Alford, Kenneth L. Saints at War: The Gulf War, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2020.This volume is a compilation of inspirational stories shared by Latter-day Saints who served on the front lines in several recent military conflicts. These stories detail their trials, challenges, setbacks, faith, courage, and numerous victories in overcoming extraordinary circumstances. This book is filled with remarkable first-person accounts from Latter-day Saint soldiers, sailors, Marines, airmen, and civilians who served in the Gulf War, the War in Afghanistan, and the Iraq War. Their amazing stories—published together for the first time—chronicle the sacrifice, dedication, and humor of day-to-day life in modern combat zones. This book also shares the story of how fully functioning districts of the Church were organized and operated in the war-torn countries of Afghanistan and Iraq to meet the spiritual needs of the Church members there. Richly illustrated with photographs from the participants, this book will introduce you to a new generation of Latter-day Saint heroes. ISBN 978-1-9443-9487-5
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Alford, Kenneth L., Lloyd D. Newell, and Alexander L. Baugh, eds. Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC: History, People, and Places. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.This volume takes a fresh look at the history, people, and places in Washington, DC, that have affected the Church. Beginning with Joseph Smith’s earliest interactions with the federal government in the 1830s, the Church’s progress has been shaped by leaders and members interacting in Washington. This volume is filled with essays on many topics about the Church’s history, people, and places in the nation’s capital. It also chronicles many of the Saints and statesmen who have worked to bring the Church out of obscurity and onto a national and international stage. ISBN 978-1-9503-0403-5
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Korth, Byran B. “Joseph Smith’s 1839–40 Visit to Washington.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Watkins, Jordan T. “The Revelatory Sources of Latter-day Saint Petitioning.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Dirkmaat, Gerrit J. “‘Obliterated from the Face of the Earth’: Latter‐day Saint Flight and Expulsion.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Woods, Fred E. “A Mission to Washington: Orson Pratt’s Publishing of The Seer.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Baugh, Alexander L. “The Smithsonian Sunstone: An Iconic Nauvoo Temple Relic.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Newell, Lloyd D. “‘Make the Air with Music Ring’: A Personal Perspective of the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Dyer, W. Justin, and Michael A. Goodman. “The Prophetic Nature of the Family Proclamation.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Haws, JB. “On the Pages of the Post: Latter-day Saints and Washington’s Newspaper of Record.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Griffiths, Casey Paul. “Latter-day Saints in the National Consciousness: The Seating of Senator Reed Smoot.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Charles, Carter. “Theodore Roosevelt’s Defense of the Latter-day Saints.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Jensen, R. Devan, and Petra Javadi-Evans. “Senator Elbert D. Thomas: Advocate for the World.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Ogletree, Mark D. “Ezra Taft Benson’s Influence on Washington.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Atta, Dale Van. “Hot Shoppes, Hotels, and Influence: The Marriotts in Washington.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Christensen, Roger G. “At the Crossroads: T. H. Bell’s Role in the Reagan Administration.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Woodger, Mary Jane, and Brooke Anderson. “Beverly Campbell: Church Public and International Affairs Director.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Hardy, Ralph W., Jr. “Eight Latter-day Saints Who Made a Difference in Washington.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Sweat, Anthony. “Joseph Smith in the National Portrait Gallery.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Gaskill, Alonzo L., and Seth G. Soha. “The Washington Chapel: An Elias to the Washington D.C. Temple.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Heward, Maclane E. “The Washington D.C. Temple: Mr. Smith’s Church Goes to Washington.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Alford, Kenneth L. “Latter-day Saints at Arlington National Cemetery.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Esplin, Scott C. “Church and State: The National Park Service and Nauvoo.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Crookston, Richard B., and R. Devan Jensen. “Historic Sites in Washington, DC: A Photo Essay.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Maness, Ruth Ellen, Shauna C. Anderson Young, and Susan Easton Black. Legacy of Sacrifice: Missionaries to Scandinavia, 1872–94. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2007.It takes courage to accept a religion that requires sacrifices of the heart. The nineteenth-century Scandinavian converts are a commendable example of this courage. They gave up worldly goods, standing in the community, and sometimes their lives for their newfound beliefs. As a family history resource, this compilation contains vital information, scrupulously researched, about each of these valiant missionaries. Other features include explanations of surnames in Scandinavian countries, a pronunciation guide, and photos. ISBN 978-0-8425-2668-5
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Maness, Ruth Ellen, Shauna C. Anderson Young, and Susan Easton Black. “Acknowledgements.” In Legacy of Sacrifice.Links to available media:
Maness, Ruth Ellen, Shauna C. Anderson Young, and Susan Easton Black. “Comments from Researchers.” In Legacy of Sacrifice.Links to available media:
Maness, Ruth Ellen, Shauna C. Anderson Young, and Susan Easton Black. “Introduction: Laboring in the Old Country.” In Legacy of Sacrifice.Links to available media:
Maness, Ruth Ellen, Shauna C. Anderson Young, and Susan Easton Black. “Parameters in Preparing This Work.” In Legacy of Sacrifice.Links to available media:
Maness, Ruth Ellen, Shauna C. Anderson Young, and Susan Easton Black. “A.” In Legacy of Sacrifice.Links to available media:
Maness, Ruth Ellen, Shauna C. Anderson Young, and Susan Easton Black. “B.” In Legacy of Sacrifice.Links to available media:
Maness, Ruth Ellen, Shauna C. Anderson Young, and Susan Easton Black. “C.” In Legacy of Sacrifice.Links to available media:
Maness, Ruth Ellen, Shauna C. Anderson Young, and Susan Easton Black. “D, E.” In Legacy of Sacrifice.Links to available media:
Maness, Ruth Ellen, Shauna C. Anderson Young, and Susan Easton Black. “F, G.” In Legacy of Sacrifice.Links to available media:
Maness, Ruth Ellen, Shauna C. Anderson Young, and Susan Easton Black. “H.” In Legacy of Sacrifice.Links to available media:
Maness, Ruth Ellen, Shauna C. Anderson Young, and Susan Easton Black. “I, J.” In Legacy of Sacrifice.Links to available media:
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Maness, Ruth Ellen, Shauna C. Anderson Young, and Susan Easton Black. “Bibliography.” In Legacy of Sacrifice.Links to available media:
Maness, Ruth Ellen, Shauna C. Anderson Young, and Susan Easton Black. “About the Authors, Contributors.” In Legacy of Sacrifice.Links to available media:
Maness, Ruth Ellen, Shauna C. Anderson Young, and Susan Easton Black. “Birth Date Records.” In Legacy of Sacrifice.Links to available media:
Moffat, Riley M., Fred E. Woods, and Brent R. Anderson. Saints of Tonga: A Century of Island Faith. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2019.Tonga has by far the highest percentage of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of any country in the world. How did this come to be? At first, missionary work in Tonga appeared to be a failure. Then after the mission was closed for a decade, the Church returned and began harvesting the fruits from the seeds that were planted earlier amid tremendous official opposition. The truths of the gospel resonated with the Tongan people, who exhibited tremendous faith and sacrifice. The Church grew to be a strong influence in the Kingdom of Tonga and with the people of the country. ISBN 978-1-9443-9488-2
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Moffat, Riley M., Fred E. Woods, and Brent R. Anderson. “Preface.” In Saints of Tonga.Links to available media:
Moffat, Riley M., Fred E. Woods, and Brent R. Anderson. “Acknowledgments.” In Saints of Tonga.Links to available media:
Moffat, Riley M., Fred E. Woods, and Brent R. Anderson. “Abbreviations.” In Saints of Tonga.Links to available media:
Moffat, Riley M., Fred E. Woods, and Brent R. Anderson. “Setting the Stage.” In Saints of Tonga.Links to available media:
Moffat, Riley M., Fred E. Woods, and Brent R. Anderson. “Planting Seeds with Little Harvest (1891-97).” In Saints of Tonga.Links to available media:
Moffat, Riley M., Fred E. Woods, and Brent R. Anderson. “Returning to Establish a Mission (1907-19).” In Saints of Tonga.Links to available media:
Moffat, Riley M., Fred E. Woods, and Brent R. Anderson. “Struggling to Create a Firm Foundation (1920-29).” In Saints of Tonga.Links to available media:
Moffat, Riley M., Fred E. Woods, and Brent R. Anderson. “Challenging Times (1930-39).” In Saints of Tonga.Links to available media:
Moffat, Riley M., Fred E. Woods, and Brent R. Anderson. “Carrying On: The War and Afterward (1940-49).” In Saints of Tonga.Links to available media:
Moffat, Riley M., Fred E. Woods, and Brent R. Anderson. “Liahona, the Labor Missionaries, and Preparing for Temple Blessings (1950-59).” In Saints of Tonga.Links to available media:
Moffat, Riley M., Fred E. Woods, and Brent R. Anderson. “Expanding Church Education and Preparing for Stakehood (1960-69).” In Saints of Tonga.Links to available media:
Moffat, Riley M., Fred E. Woods, and Brent R. Anderson. “Establishing a Tongan Church Led by Tongans (1970-79).” In Saints of Tonga.Links to available media:
Moffat, Riley M., Fred E. Woods, and Brent R. Anderson. “From Tonga Temple Announcement to Centennial Celebration (1981-91).” In Saints of Tonga.Links to available media:
Moffat, Riley M., Fred E. Woods, and Brent R. Anderson. “Epilogue: Commemorative Events since 1991.” In Saints of Tonga.Links to available media:
Moffat, Riley M., Fred E. Woods, and Brent R. Anderson. “Appendix A.” In Saints of Tonga.Links to available media:
Moffat, Riley M., Fred E. Woods, and Brent R. Anderson. “Appendix B.” In Saints of Tonga.Links to available media:
Moffat, Riley M., Fred E. Woods, and Brent R. Anderson. “Appendix C.” In Saints of Tonga.Links to available media:
Moffat, Riley M., Fred E. Woods, and Brent R. Anderson. “Bibliography.” In Saints of Tonga.Links to available media:
Moffat, Riley M., Fred E. Woods, and Brent R. Anderson. “Index.” In Saints of Tonga.Links to available media:
Moffat, Riley M., Fred E. Woods, and Brent R. Anderson. “About the Authors.” In Saints of Tonga.Links to available media:
Brinley, Douglas E., Perry W. Carter, and James K. Archibald, eds. Moral Foundations: Standing Firm in a World of Shifting Values. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2008.A symposium titled “The Gospel: The Foundation for a Professional Career Symposium” was held on Brigham Young University campus in March 2007. It was cosponsored by Religious Education and the Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology. The purpose of the symposium was to emphasize how important it is for graduates of BYU to live the highest standards of morality and integrity as they leave campus and assume residency and employment in the world community. It was an opportunity to make principles taught by the Latter-day Saint faith find practical application in the lives of graduates. This volume contains the presentations from this symposium. “We live in most interesting times. Scandals in society and infamous episodes in the lives of respected leaders force us to ask hard questions about what matters in people’s lives. We must explore the difficult issue of whether leaders’ private morality is in any way related to their capacity to make responsible and moral judgments in our behalf.”—Robert L. Millet “Both by doctrine and by covenant, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are compelled to be men and women of character, honesty, and integrity in their personal and professional lives. As students attend Brigham Young University, graduate, and move out into the community and various chosen careers, they have an obligation to maintain the highest standards of integrity. In the workplace, whether they are employees or employers, they must be immune to improper incentives, social and corporate pressures, and shortcuts designed to enhance balance sheets at the expense of integrity and sound, acceptable business practices. “Integrity is a matter of behavior, sound thinking, and an attitude that honesty is essential to good business and engineering practices. Adherence to a code of professional integrity has its foundations in the doctrines of the Restoration, particularly the knowledge that we are all sons and daughters of God and face eventual accountability for our words, works, and thoughts (see Alma 12:14). Church membership compels Latter-day Saints to be trustworthy and immune from political, financial, or personal corruption in a world where such traits are fast losing ground to economic expediency and personal greed.”—The Editors ISBN 978-0-8425-2686-9
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Scott, Richard G. “Living the Gospel.” In Moral Foundations.Links to available media:
Parkinson, Alan R. “Ethics in Engineering and Technology.” In Moral Foundations.Links to available media:
Ball, Terry B. “Faithful Science.” In Moral Foundations.Links to available media:
Millet, Robert L. “The Prophets and the Restoration of Integrity.” In Moral Foundations.Links to available media:
Husein, Firoz. “Integrity and Honesty.” In Moral Foundations.Links to available media:
Benzley, Stephen E. “Embracing Gospel Principles to Confront Major Global Moral Issues.” In Moral Foundations.Links to available media:
Brinley, Douglas E. “Latter-day Saint.” In Moral Foundations.Links to available media:
Brooks, Kent R. “Desires, Character, and Principle-Based Decision Making.” In Moral Foundations.Links to available media:
Dorius, Guy L. “Integrity.” In Moral Foundations.Links to available media:
Hawks, Val. “A Pattern of Integrity.” In Moral Foundations.Links to available media:
Judd, Daniel K. “Success and the Second Mile.” In Moral Foundations.Links to available media:
Peery, Mary. “Integrity in Leadership.” In Moral Foundations.Links to available media:
Richardson, Matthew O. “Losing the Sacred Perspective.” In Moral Foundations.Links to available media:
Terry, Ronald E. “Becoming One with Christ.” In Moral Foundations.Links to available media:
Winder, Daniel R. “Incorporating Character Education into a BYU Engineering Department.” In Moral Foundations.Links to available media:
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Judd, Daniel K. “The Final Judgment.” In The Book of Mormon and the Message of the Four Gospels, 1-18.Links to available media:
Largey, Dennis L. “The Key of Knowledge.” In The Book of Mormon and the Message of the Four Gospels, 19-31.Links to available media:
Marsh, W. Jeffrey. “The Priesthood.” In The Book of Mormon and the Message of the Four Gospels, 33-44.Links to available media:
Matthews, Robert J. “The Meaning of the Word Gospel.” In The Book of Mormon and the Message of the Four Gospels, 45-56.Links to available media:
Nyman, Monte S. “A Scriptural Comparison Concerning Anger: 3 Nephi 12:22 and Matthew 5:22.” In The Book of Mormon and the Message of the Four Gospels, 57-76.Links to available media:
Ostler, Craig James. “Hell Second Death, Lake of Fire and Brimstone, and Outer Darkness.” In The Book of Mormon and the Message of the Four Gospels, 77-89.Links to available media:
Reeve, Rex C., Jr. “The Second Coming of Jesus.” In The Book of Mormon and the Message of the Four Gospels, 92-109.Links to available media:
Satterfield, Bruce K. “A Doctrinal Framework for the New Testament.” In The Book of Mormon and the Message of the Four Gospels, 111-23.Links to available media:
Top, Brent L. “The Sacrament: Building upon Christ’s Rock.” In The Book of Mormon and the Message of the Four Gospels, 125-37.Links to available media:
Wilson, Keith J. “Baptism.” In The Book of Mormon and the Message of the Four Gospels, 139-57.Links to available media:
Ball, Terry B. “Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.” In The Book of Mormon and the Message of the Four Gospels, 159-71.Links to available media:
Flinders, Neil J. “Gethsemane and Golgotha: Why and What the Savior Suffered.” In The Book of Mormon and the Message of the Four Gospels, 173-99.Links to available media:
Garrett, H. Dean. “Spiritual Rebirth: Have Ye Been Born of God?” In The Book of Mormon and the Message of the Four Gospels, 201-17.Links to available media:
Huntington, Ray L. “The Resurrection: An Embattled Keystone.” In The Book of Mormon and the Message of the Four Gospels, 219-33.Links to available media:
Handley, George B., Terry B. Ball, and Steven L. Peck, eds. Stewardship and the Creation: LDS Perspectives on the Environment. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2006.The essays in this book inspire Latter-day Saints to consider carefully their stewardship in caring for God’s creations. It also encourages finding common ground with those of other persuasions. The book demonstrates that our religion offers a vital perspective on environmental stewardship that encompasses the best impulses of liberal generosity and conservative restraint. ISBN 0-8425-2618-8
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Adolphson, Donald L. “Environmental Stewardship and Economic Prosperity.” In Stewardship and the Creation.Links to available media:
Alexander, Thomas G. “Stewardship and Enterprise: The LDS Church and the Wasatch Oasis Environment, 1847–1930.” In Stewardship and the Creation.Links to available media:
Galli, Craig D. “Stewardship, Sustainability, and Cities.” In Stewardship and the Creation.Links to available media:
Handley, George B. “The Desert Blossoms as a Rose: Toward a Western Conservation Aesthetic.” In Stewardship and the Creation.Links to available media:
Harris, Reed E. “‘Oh Say, What Is Truth?’” In Stewardship and the Creation, 73-9.Links to available media:
Hedges, Andrew H. “‘Compassion upon the Earth’: Man, Prophets, and Nature.” In Stewardship and the Creation, 81-8.Links to available media:
Kelson, Aaron R. “The Hope for Extraordinary Ecological Improvement.” In Stewardship and the Creation, 89-95.Links to available media:
Menning, Nancy. “National Forest Management: LDS Views in Eastern Arizona.” In Stewardship and the Creation, 97-108.Links to available media:
Metge, Alisse Garner. “Conservation through Consecration.” In Stewardship and the Creation, 109-19.Links to available media:
Monson, Clark S. “A House Divided: Utah and the Return of the Wolf.” In Stewardship and the Creation, 121-39.Links to available media:
Montague-Judd, Danielle. “How Can Church Members Increase Their Environmental Awareness?” In Stewardship and the Creation, 141-53.Links to available media:
Osborn, David. “Rattlesnakes and Beehives: Why Latter-day Saints Should Support Ecologically Sustainable Development.” In Stewardship and the Creation, 155-64.Links to available media:
Rudy, William. “A Latter-day Saint Perspective in the Environment-Religion Dialogue.” In Stewardship and the Creation, 177-86.Links to available media:
Peck, Steven L. “An Ecologist’s View of Latter-day Saint Culture and the Environment.” In Stewardship and the Creation.Links to available media:
Rupp, Larry A., and Roger Kjelgren. “Stewardship and the Concept of Yield in Landscape Water Conservation.” In Stewardship and the Creation.Links to available media:
Baugh, Alexander L., ed. Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery. Proceedings of The 2006 BYU Church History Symposium. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009.The 2006 BYU Church History Symposium Besides the Prophet, no one was more involved in the key events of the Restoration or mentioned more often in the Doctrine and Covenants than Oliver Cowdery. He was influential in the highest councils of the Church as well as in the councils of his community. While many are familiar with his contributions to the Restoration, few understand his personality and his deep spirituality. This book is a compilation of presentations selected from the annual BYU Church History Symposium hosted by BYU Religious Education and explores the life of Oliver Cowdery and the many roles he filled. This symposium was held to honor him and celebrate the two hundredth anniversary of his birth. ISBN 978-0-8425-2742-2
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Baugh, Alexander L. “Prologue.” In Days Never to Be Forgotten.Links to available media:
Bushman, Richard Lyman. “Oliver’s Joseph.” In Days Never to Be Forgotten, 1-13.Links to available media:
Morris, Larry E. “The Conversion of Oliver Cowdery.” In Days Never to Be Forgotten, 15-49.Links to available media:
Harper, Steven C. “Oliver Cowdery as Second Witness of Priesthood Restoration.” In Days Never to Be Forgotten, 73-89.Links to available media:
Bishop, Patrick A. “Images of Oliver.” In Days Never to Be Forgotten.Links to available media:
Welch, John W. “Oliver Cowdery as Editor, Defender, and Justice of the Peace in Kirtland.” In Days Never to Be Forgotten, 255-77.Links to available media:
Staker, Mark Lyman. “Raising Money in Righteousness.” In Days Never to Be Forgotten, 143-253.Links to available media:
Hales, Brian C. “‘Guilty of Such Folly’? Accusations of Adultery or Polygamy Against Oliver Cowdery.” In Days Never to Be Forgotten.Links to available media:
Walker, Jeffrey N. “Oliver Cowdery’s Legal Practice in Tiffin, Ohio.” In Days Never to Be Forgotten.Links to available media:
Romig, Ronald E. “Elizabeth Ann Whitmer Cowdery: A Historical Reflection of Her Life.” In Days Never to Be Forgotten.Links to available media:
Holzapfel, Richard Neitzel. “The 1911 Dedication of the Oliver Cowdery Monument in Richmond, Missouri.” In Days Never to Be Forgotten.Links to available media:
Baugh, Alexander L., and Susan Easton Black, eds. Banner of the Gospel: Wilford Woodruff. Proceedings of The 2007 BYU Church History Symposium. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.The 2007 BYU Church History Symposium Wilford Woodruff was different from his predecessors and successors in one particular way—he left an incredibly detailed handwritten record, spanning over sixty years, of nearly everything he did and experienced. He is arguably the third most important figure in all of LDS church history after Joseph Smith, who began Mormonism, and Brigham Young, who led the Saints to Utah and supervised the early colonization of the intermountain west. Through his skillful, inspired leadership and direction, Wilford Woodruff helped bring about accommodation and change, leading the Church into the social, cultural, and religious mainstream of American society. This book is a compilation of presentations selected from the annual BYU Church History Symposium hosted by BYU Religious Education to honor Wilford Woodruff, to explore his life and the many roles he filled, and to celebrate the two-hundredth anniversary of his birth. ISBN 978-0-8425-2776-7
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Baugh, Alexander L. “Images of Wilford Woodruff’s Life: A Photographic Journey.” In Banner of the Gospel.Links to available media:
Woods, Fred E. “Wilford Woodruff and the Gathering of Modern-day Israel, 1834-50.” In Banner of the Gospel.Links to available media:
Thompson, Jason E. “‘The Lord Told Me to Go and I Went’” In Banner of the Gospel.Links to available media:
Green, Cynthia Doxey. “Wilford Woodruff: Missionary in Herefordshire.” In Banner of the Gospel.Links to available media:
Gaskill, Alonzo L. “‘To Every Man Is Given a Gift’” In Banner of the Gospel.Links to available media:
Esplin, Scott C. “Wilford Woodruff: A Founding Father of the Mormon Academies.” In Banner of the Gospel.Links to available media:
Bennett, Richard E. “Wilford Woodruff and the Rise of Temple Consciousness among the Latter-day Saints, 1877-84.” In Banner of the Gospel.Links to available media:
Neilson, Reid L. “A Friendship Forged in Exile.” In Banner of the Gospel.Links to available media:
Alexander, Thomas G. “The Odyssey of a Latter-day Prophet.” In Banner of the Gospel.Links to available media:
Holzapfel, Richard Neitzel, and Stephen H. Smoot. “Wilford Woodruff’s 1897 Testimony.” In Banner of the Gospel.Links to available media:
Baugh, Alexander L. “Wilford Woodruff Chronology.” In Banner of the Gospel.Links to available media:
Baugh, Alexander L., and Reid L. Neilson, eds. Conversations with Mormon Historians. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2015.The sixteen interviews in this volume tell the stories of remarkable men and women who have made careers out of researching, writing, and teaching about the past. Friends and colleagues conducted these conversations over a decade or so. All were subsequently published in the Mormon Historical Studies journal or Religious Educator periodical, and now are brought together as a single book of personal essays. As we review and reflect on the personal lives and remarkable careers featured in this volume, we sense that many of these historians feel that they were prepared or given a definite sense of mission. Both editors, who are becoming foremost Church historians in their own right, have been the beneficiaries of many mentors in the field and the recipients of a remarkable heritage of Mormon historians who have taken them under their wings and helped them become contributors to the telling of LDS history. ISBN 978-0-8425-2890-0
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Hall, Dave, and Thomas G. Alexander. “Thomas G. Alexander.” In Conversations with Mormon Historians, 1-32.Links to available media:
Smith, Alex D., and James B. Allen. “James B. Allen.” In Conversations with Mormon Historians.Links to available media:
Darowski, Joseph F., Kay Darowski, and Richard Lloyd Anderson. “Richard Lloyd Anderson.” In Conversations with Mormon Historians.Links to available media:
Harper, Steven C., and Milton V. Backman Jr. “Milton V. Backman.” In Conversations with Mormon Historians.Links to available media:
Baugh, Alexander L., and LaMar C. Berrett. “LaMar C. Berrett.” In Conversations with Mormon Historians.Links to available media:
Frederickson, Kristine Wardle, and Claudia L. Bushman. “Claudia L. Bushman.” In Conversations with Mormon Historians.Links to available media:
Woodworth, Jed L., and Richard Lyman Bushman. “Richard Lyman Bushman.” In Conversations with Mormon Historians.Links to available media:
Godfrey, Matthew C., and Kenneth W. Godfrey. “Kenneth W. Godfrey.” In Conversations with Mormon Historians.Links to available media:
Jensen, Robin Scott, and Dean C. Jessee. “Dean C. Jessee.” In Conversations with Mormon Historians.Links to available media:
Ward, Maurine Carr, and Stanley B. Kimball. “Stanley B. Kimball.” In Conversations with Mormon Historians.Links to available media:
Madsen, Carol C., and Sheree Maxwell Bench. “Carol Cornwall Madsen.” In Conversations with Mormon Historians.Links to available media:
Baugh, Alexander L., and Robert J. Matthews. “Robert J. Matthews.” In Conversations with Mormon Historians.Links to available media:
Baugh, Alexander L., and Max H. Parkin. “Max H Parkin.” In Conversations with Mormon Historians.Links to available media:
Peterson, John A., and Charles S. Peterson. “Charles S. Peterson.” In Conversations with Mormon Historians.Links to available media:
Walker, Kyle R., and Larry C. Porter. “Larry C. Porter.” In Conversations with Mormon Historians.Links to available media:
Williams, Nathan H., and Laurel Thatcher Ulrich. “Laurel Thatcher Ulrich.” In Conversations with Mormon Historians.Links to available media:
Baugh, Alexander L., Steven C. Harper, Brent M. Rogers, and Benjamin C. Pykles, eds. Joseph Smith and His First Vision: Context, Place, and Meaning. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.This volume celebrates the bicentennial of Joseph Smith’s 1820 First Vision of the Father and the Son, a founding event in the restoration of the Church of Jesus Christ. Contributors examine the various accounts of the vision, the religious excitement prevalent in the region, the question that prompted Joseph to enter the grove, the powers of darkness that assailed him, and the natural environment and ultimate preservation of the Sacred Grove. This volume brings together some of the finest presentations from a 2020 BYU Church History Symposium honoring the bicentennial of the First Vision. ISBN 978-1-9503-0408-0
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Oaks, Dallin H. “Writing about the Prophet Joseph Smith.” In Joseph Smith and His First Vision.Links to available media:
Dew, Sheri L. “Joseph Smith and the Problem of Loneliness.” In Joseph Smith and His First Vision.Links to available media:
Bushman, Richard Lyman. “The First Vision in 2020.” In Joseph Smith and His First Vision.Links to available media:
Cope, Rachel. “The First Vision within the Context of Revivalism.” In Joseph Smith and His First Vision.Links to available media:
Bennett, Richard E. “Quiet Revivalism: New Light on the Burned-Over District.” In Joseph Smith and His First Vision.Links to available media:
Staker, Mark Lyman, and Donald L. Enders. “Excitement on the Subject of Religion: Controversy within Palmyra’s 1819 and 1820 Preaching District.” In Joseph Smith and His First Vision.Links to available media:
Barney, Quinten Zehn. “A Contextual Background for Joseph Smith’s Last Known Recounting of the First Vision.” In Joseph Smith and His First Vision.Links to available media:
Godfrey, Matthew C. “The ‘Nature’ of Revelation: The Influence of the Natural Environment on Joseph Smith’s Revelatory Experiences.” In Joseph Smith and His First Vision.Links to available media:
Boatright, Gary L., Jr. “The Sacred Grove: Its History, Preservation, and Regeneration.” In Joseph Smith and His First Vision.Links to available media:
Hepworth, Steven. “‘I Was Seized Upon by Some Power’: Joseph Smith, Satan, and the First Vision.” In Joseph Smith and His First Vision.Links to available media:
Jackson, Kent P. “‘O Lord, What Church Shall I Join?’: The Question and the Answer.” In Joseph Smith and His First Vision.Links to available media:
Olsen, Steven L. “Literary Craftsmanship of the Joseph Smith Story.” In Joseph Smith and His First Vision.Links to available media:
Tait, Lisa Olsen. “Susa Young Gates’s ‘Vision Beautiful’” In Joseph Smith and His First Vision.Links to available media:
Griffiths, Casey Paul. “The First Vision Goes to the Movies.” In Joseph Smith and His First Vision.Links to available media:
Alford, Kenneth L., Lloyd D. Newell, and Alexander L. Baugh, eds. Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC: History, People, and Places. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.This volume takes a fresh look at the history, people, and places in Washington, DC, that have affected the Church. Beginning with Joseph Smith’s earliest interactions with the federal government in the 1830s, the Church’s progress has been shaped by leaders and members interacting in Washington. This volume is filled with essays on many topics about the Church’s history, people, and places in the nation’s capital. It also chronicles many of the Saints and statesmen who have worked to bring the Church out of obscurity and onto a national and international stage. ISBN 978-1-9503-0403-5
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Korth, Byran B. “Joseph Smith’s 1839–40 Visit to Washington.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Watkins, Jordan T. “The Revelatory Sources of Latter-day Saint Petitioning.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Dirkmaat, Gerrit J. “‘Obliterated from the Face of the Earth’: Latter‐day Saint Flight and Expulsion.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Woods, Fred E. “A Mission to Washington: Orson Pratt’s Publishing of The Seer.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Baugh, Alexander L. “The Smithsonian Sunstone: An Iconic Nauvoo Temple Relic.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Newell, Lloyd D. “‘Make the Air with Music Ring’: A Personal Perspective of the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Dyer, W. Justin, and Michael A. Goodman. “The Prophetic Nature of the Family Proclamation.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Haws, JB. “On the Pages of the Post: Latter-day Saints and Washington’s Newspaper of Record.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Griffiths, Casey Paul. “Latter-day Saints in the National Consciousness: The Seating of Senator Reed Smoot.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Charles, Carter. “Theodore Roosevelt’s Defense of the Latter-day Saints.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Jensen, R. Devan, and Petra Javadi-Evans. “Senator Elbert D. Thomas: Advocate for the World.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Ogletree, Mark D. “Ezra Taft Benson’s Influence on Washington.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Atta, Dale Van. “Hot Shoppes, Hotels, and Influence: The Marriotts in Washington.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Christensen, Roger G. “At the Crossroads: T. H. Bell’s Role in the Reagan Administration.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Woodger, Mary Jane, and Brooke Anderson. “Beverly Campbell: Church Public and International Affairs Director.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Hardy, Ralph W., Jr. “Eight Latter-day Saints Who Made a Difference in Washington.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Sweat, Anthony. “Joseph Smith in the National Portrait Gallery.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Gaskill, Alonzo L., and Seth G. Soha. “The Washington Chapel: An Elias to the Washington D.C. Temple.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Heward, Maclane E. “The Washington D.C. Temple: Mr. Smith’s Church Goes to Washington.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Alford, Kenneth L. “Latter-day Saints at Arlington National Cemetery.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Esplin, Scott C. “Church and State: The National Park Service and Nauvoo.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Crookston, Richard B., and R. Devan Jensen. “Historic Sites in Washington, DC: A Photo Essay.” In Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC.Links to available media:
Becerra, Daniel, Amy Easton-Flake, Nicholas J. Frederick, and Joseph M. Spencer. Book of Mormon Studies: An Introduction and Guide. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.Where does one go to learn more about Book of Mormon studies? For those who do not regularly engage with scholarship, it’s hard to know how to begin. Currently there’s no general guide to Book of Mormon scholarship available to the public. Even with all that’s happened in the last few decades, and especially all that’s happening right now in Book of Mormon studies, this situation needs to be remedied. There has been no general guide to Book of Mormon scholarship available to the public—until now. This introduction breaks down Book of Mormon studies, from its history to the obstacles that will need to be overcome as it moves forward. Additionally, this introduction provides readers with resources that they can turn to for further information on Book of Mormon studies. ISBN 978-1-9503-0426-4
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Strathearn, Gaye, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap, eds. The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture. Proceedings of The 39th Annual Brigham Young University Sidney B. Sperry Symposium. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.The 39th Annual Brigham Young University Sidney B. Sperry Symposium Christians around the world look to the Sermon on the Mount for encouragement and guidance in developing the attitudes and behavior the Lord admonished us to have. The 2010 Sperry Symposium focuses on the teachings of the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew, Luke, and 3 Nephi. It will discuss in depth specific passages and textual variations in the different accounts of the Sermon, as well as the social and cultural context of the Sermon. Chapters will review the contributions that the Joseph Smith Translation makes to our understanding, as well as the use of the Sermon in later biblical and Book of Mormon teachings. Contributors include Richard D. Draper, Matthew J. Grey, Daniel K Judd, Jennifer C. Lane, Eric-John K. Marlowe, Robert L. Millet, Thomas A. Wayment, and John W. Welch. ISBN 978-1-60641-823-9
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Huntsman, Eric D. “‘Resist Not Evil’” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture.Links to available media:
Draper, Richard D. “The Sociocultural Context of the Sermon on the Mount.” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture.Links to available media:
Judd, Frank F., Jr. “Audience Astonishment at the Sermon on the Mount and the Sermon at the Temple.” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture.Links to available media:
Ludlow, Jared W. “Israel’s Ancient Psalms.” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture.Links to available media:
Lane, Jennifer Clark. “Salt and Light.” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture.Links to available media:
Grey, Matthew J. “The Six Antitheses.” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture.Links to available media:
Marlowe, Eric-Jon K. “‘What Therefore God Hath Joined Together, Let No Man Put Asunder’” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture.Links to available media:
Millet, Robert L. “‘Be Ye Therefore Perfect’” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture.Links to available media:
Bowen, Matthew L. “The Father in the Sermon on the Mount.” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture.Links to available media:
Frederick, Nicholas J. “The Kingdom of God.” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture.Links to available media:
Belnap, Daniel L. “‘Beholdest Thou. . .the Priests and the Levites’” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture.Links to available media:
LeFevre, David A. “The Golden Rule.” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture.Links to available media:
Wayment, Thomas A. “‘By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them’” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture.Links to available media:
Welch, John W. “‘Thy Will Be Done’” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture.Links to available media:
Judd, Daniel K. “‘As Your Father Also Is Merciful’” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture.Links to available media:
Hardison, Amy Blake. “‘A Wise Man Built His House upon a Rock’” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture.Links to available media:
Triplet-Hitoto, Valerie. “The Sermon on the Mount in the Joseph Smith Translation.” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture.Links to available media:
Skinner, Andrew C. “How New Testament Variants Contribute to the Meaning of the Sermon on the Mount.” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture.Links to available media:
Richardson, Matthew O. “Echoes from the Sermon on the Mount.” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture.Links to available media:
Belnap, Daniel L., Gaye Strathearn, and Stanley A. Johnson, eds. The Things Which My Father Saw: Approaches to Lehi’s Dream and Nephi’s Vision. Proceedings of the 40th Annual Brigham Young University Sidney B. Sperry Symposium. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2011.The 40th Annual Brigham Young University Sidney B. Sperry Symposium A dark and dreary waste, a man in a shining robe, a rod of iron, and a tree of life—these symbols evoke powerful images in our minds and deepen our appreciation for the Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ. The 2011 Sperry Symposium volume explores the rich symbolism of Lehi’s dream and Nephi’s vision, placing such symbols as the mists of darkness, the great and spacious building, and the church of the Lamb of God in the context of the last days. By introducing new perspectives to a familiar account, this volume offers a stirring reminder of the implications for Latter-day Saints. ISBN 978-1-6090-8738-8
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Osguthorpe, Russell T. “The Power of Inspired Invitations.” In The Things Which My Father Saw.Links to available media:
Hardy, Heather. “The Double Nature of God’s Saving Work: The Plan of Salvation and Salvation History.” In The Things Which My Father Saw.Links to available media:
Griffiths, Casey Paul. “The Church of the Lamb of God.” In The Things Which My Father Saw.Links to available media:
Halverson, Jared M. “Lehi’s Dream and Nephi’s Vision as Apocalyptic Literature.” In The Things Which My Father Saw.Links to available media:
Driggs, Lori. “Nephi’s Vision and the Loss and Restoration of Plain and Precious Truths.” In The Things Which My Father Saw.Links to available media:
Pike, Dana M. “Lehi Dreamed a Dream: The Report of Lehi’s Dream in Its Biblical Context.” In The Things Which My Father Saw.Links to available media:
Lane, Jennifer Clark. “The Presence of the Lord.” In The Things Which My Father Saw.Links to available media:
Schade, Aaron P. “The Strait and Narrow Path: The Covenant Path of Discipleship Leading to the Tree of Life.” In The Things Which My Father Saw.Links to available media:
Easton-Flake, Amy. “Lehi’s Dream as a Template for Understanding Each Act of Nephi’s Vision.” In The Things Which My Father Saw.Links to available media:
Hardy, Grant R. “Prophetic Perspectives: How Lehi and Nephi Applied the Lessons of Lehi’s Dream.” In The Things Which My Father Saw.Links to available media:
Belnap, Daniel L. “‘Even as Our Father Lehi Saw’: Lehi’s Dream as Nephite Cultural Narrative.” In The Things Which My Father Saw.Links to available media:
Bowen, Matthew L. “Not Partaking of the Fruit: Its Generational Consequences and Its Remedy.” In The Things Which My Father Saw.Links to available media:
Alford, Kenneth L. “‘Delivered by the Power of God’: Nephi’s Vision of America’s Birth.” In The Things Which My Father Saw.Links to available media:
Judd, Frank F., Jr. “What Nephi’s Vision Teaches about the Bible and the Book of Mormon.” In The Things Which My Father Saw.Links to available media:
King, Seth J. “Illuminating a Darkened World.” In The Things Which My Father Saw.Links to available media:
Line, C. Robert. “Bitter and Sweet: Dual Dimensions of the Tree of Life.” In The Things Which My Father Saw.Links to available media:
Smith, D. Mick. “Sacrifice and Condescension: Types and Shadows for Latter-day Living.” In The Things Which My Father Saw.Links to available media:
Swift, Charles. “‘It Filled My Soul with Exceedingly Great Joy’: Lehi’s Vision of Teaching and Learning.” In The Things Which My Father Saw.Links to available media:
Woodger, Mary Jane, and Michelle Vanegas Brodrick. “Lehi’s Dream and Nephi’s Vision as Used by Church Leaders.” In The Things Which My Father Saw.Links to available media:
Belnap, Daniel L., ed. By Our Rites of Worship: Latter-day Saint Views on Ritual in History, Scripture, and Practice. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2013.Winner of the Harvey B. Black and Susan Easton Black Outstanding Publication Award (Gospel Scholarship in Ancient Scripture). While negative meanings are often attached to the words rite and ritual, these terms simply mean “with correct religious procedure; in the manner required, properly, duly, correctly, rightly, fittingly.” Thus, the term perfectly describes an array of practices within our church, including baptism, the laying on of hands, and temple ordinances. This book explores the relationship between the performance of priesthood ordinances (or rituals) and the power of godliness that is mentioned in Doctrine and Covenants 84. Just as in biblical and Book of Mormon times, rites are an essential part of God’s plan for his children. The messages in this book help us understand ritual and its profound role within the Church so that we are able to recognize the transforming power of our rites of worship. ISBN 978-0-8425-2741-2
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Belnap, Daniel L. “Introduction: Latter-day Saints and the Perception of Ritual.” In By Our Rites of Worship.Links to available media:
van Beek, Walter E. A. “Ritual and the Quest for Meaning.” In By Our Rites of Worship.Links to available media:
Hoffmann, John P. “Culture, Cohesion, and Conceptualizing the Sacred.” In By Our Rites of Worship.Links to available media:
Head, Ronan James. “The Politics of Feasting in the Ancient Near East.” In By Our Rites of Worship.Links to available media:
Rhodes, Michael D. “The Eternal Nature of the Family in Egyptian Beliefs.” In By Our Rites of Worship.Links to available media:
Benson, RoseAnn. “The Marriage of Adam and Eve: Ritual and Literary Elements.” In By Our Rites of Worship.Links to available media:
Gaskill, Alonzo L. “The ‘Ceremony of the Shoe’: A Ritual of God’s Ancient Covenant People.” In By Our Rites of Worship.Links to available media:
Ricks, Stephen D. “The Doctrine of Baptism: Immersions at Qumran and the Baptisms of John, the Earliest Christians, and Book of Mormon Peoples.” In By Our Rites of Worship.Links to available media:
Strathearn, Gaye. “Reading the Gospel of Philip as a Temple Text.” In By Our Rites of Worship.Links to available media:
Belnap, Daniel L. “‘Those Who Receive You Not’: The Rite of Wiping Dust Off the Feet.” In By Our Rites of Worship.Links to available media:
Reeves, Aaron. “Embodied Authority: Priesthood Ordination and the Laws of the Mortal Body.” In By Our Rites of Worship.Links to available media:
Stapley, Jonathan A. “‘Pouring in Oil’: The Development of the Modern Mormon Healing Ritual.” In By Our Rites of Worship.Links to available media:
Jones, Megan Sanborn. “Imaging a Global Religion, American Style: Mormon Pageantry as a Ritual of Community Formation.” In By Our Rites of Worship.Links to available media:
Ing, Michael. “Ritual as a Process of Deification.” In By Our Rites of Worship.Links to available media:
Millet, Robert L. “Sacramental Living: Reflections on Latter-day Saint Ritual.” In By Our Rites of Worship.Links to available media:
Platt, Jennifer Brinkerhoff. “Sisters in Transition: Moving from the Buna Coffee Ritual to Relief Society.” In By Our Rites of Worship.Links to available media:
Belnap, Daniel L., ed. Illuminating the Jaredite Records. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2020.This is a new volume from the Book of Mormon Academy at Brigham Young University. This volume explores the relationship between the Nephite and the Jaredite records culturally, politically, literarily, and theologically. The first approach is a cultural-historical lens, in which elements of Jaredite culture are discussed, including the impact of a Jaredite subculture on Nephite politics during the reign of the judges, and a Mesopotamia perspective as seership and divination, and the brother of Jared’s experience as a spiritual transition. The second grouping looks at the book of Ether through a narratological lens, all three papers exploring different aspects of Moroni’s construction of the book of Ether. The third grouping explores the book of Ether’s depiction of women, as it contains one of the most descriptive, yet ambivalent females in the Book of Mormon, both historically and in our contemporary era. Finally, the book of Ether is reviewed via a teaching lens. In Alma 37, Alma the Younger explained the teaching value of the Jaredite records. These last two studies examine ways in which the book of Ether in particular can be taught to a modern audience. ISBN 978-1-9443-9497-4
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Belnap, Daniel L. “‘They Are of Ancient Date’: Jaredite Traditions and the Politics of Gadianton’s Dissent.” In Illuminating the Jaredite Records.Links to available media:
Hull, Kerry. “Divination as Translation: The Function of Sacred Stones in Ancient Mesopotamia and the Book of Ether.” In Illuminating the Jaredite Records.Links to available media:
Swift, Charles. “Upon Mount Shelem: The Liminal Experience of the Brother of Jared.” In Illuminating the Jaredite Records.Links to available media:
Easton-Flake, Amy. “Seeing Moroni and the Book of Ether through a Study of Narrative Time.” In Illuminating the Jaredite Records.Links to available media:
Judd, Frank F., Jr. “Moroni’s Six Commentaries in the Book of Ether.” In Illuminating the Jaredite Records.Links to available media:
Ludlow, Jared W. “Power in the Book of Ether.” In Illuminating the Jaredite Records.Links to available media:
Spencer, Joseph M. “Jared’s Two Daughters.” In Illuminating the Jaredite Records.Links to available media:
Frederick, Nicholas J. “Whence the Daughter of Jared?: Text and Context.” In Illuminating the Jaredite Records.Links to available media:
Sharp, Ryan H. “Of Captivity and Kingdoms: Helping Students Find a Place in the Book of Ether.” In Illuminating the Jaredite Records.Links to available media:
Griffin, Tyler J. “The Jaredite Journey: A Symbolic Reflection of Our Own Journey along the Covenant Path.” In Illuminating the Jaredite Records.Links to available media:
Belnap, Daniel L., and Aaron P. Schade, eds. From Creation to Sinai: The Old Testament through the Lens of the Restoration. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.For some, the Old Testament is a difficult volume to read, much less understand. The language, symbolism, and history depicted within it can be challenging and at times frustrating. Modern biblical research and the methodologies used in that research have opened up this book of scripture to greater understanding. So too have the restoration of the priesthood and continuing revelation, which have revealed that the Old Testament patriarchs are not simply literary examples of righteous behavior in the past but living beings who have engaged with the Saints in this dispensation. This volume incorporates both academic insights and restoration revelation, thus demonstrating the way in which both can be used to gain greater insight into these pivotal narratives. ISBN 978-1-9503-0419-6
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Schade, Aaron P., and Daniel L. Belnap. “Introduction.” In From Creation to Sinai.Links to available media:
Belnap, Daniel L. “In the Beginning: Genesis 1–3 and Its Significance to the Latter-day Saints.” In From Creation to Sinai.Links to available media:
Skinner, Andrew C. “Cain and Abel (Genesis 4 and Moses 5).” In From Creation to Sinai.Links to available media:
Ludlow, Jared W. “Enoch in the Old Testament and Beyond.” In From Creation to Sinai.Links to available media:
Schade, Aaron P. “The Rainbow as a Token in Genesis: Covenants and Promises in the Flood Story.” In From Creation to Sinai.Links to available media:
Pierce, George A. “The Ancestors of Israel and the Environment of Canaan in the Early Second Millennium BC.” In From Creation to Sinai.Links to available media:
Muhlestein, Kerry. “Israel, Egypt, and Canaan.” In From Creation to Sinai.Links to available media:
Hopkin, Shon D. “The Covenant among Covenants: The Abrahamic Covenant and Biblical Covenant Making.” In From Creation to Sinai.Links to available media:
Gee, John. “The Wanderings of Abraham.” In From Creation to Sinai.Links to available media:
Shannon, Avram R. “Abraham: A Man of Relationships.” In From Creation to Sinai.Links to available media:
Benson, RoseAnn. “Lot: Likened to Noah.” In From Creation to Sinai.Links to available media:
Schade, Aaron P. “Isaac and Jacob: Succession Narratives, Birthrights, and Blessings.” In From Creation to Sinai.Links to available media:
Olson, Camille Fronk. “The Matriarchs: Administrators of God’s Covenantal Blessings.” In From Creation to Sinai.Links to available media:
Gee, John. “Clothes and Cups: The Tangible World of Joseph.” In From Creation to Sinai.Links to available media:
Muhlestein, Kerry. “‘What I Will Do to Pharaoh’: The Plagues Viewed as a Divine Confrontation with Pharaoh.” In From Creation to Sinai.Links to available media:
Skinner, Andrew C., and Daniel L. Belnap. “The Promise and the Provocation: The Sinai Narrative.” In From Creation to Sinai.Links to available media:
Bowen, Matthew L. “‘I Will Give Judgment unto Him in Writing’: The Three Law Codes of the Pentateuch.” In From Creation to Sinai.Links to available media:
Pike, Dana M. “Balaam in the Book of Numbers.” In From Creation to Sinai.Links to available media:
Esplin, Scott C., Richard E. Bennett, Susan Easton Black, and Craig K. Manscill, eds. Far Away in the West: Reflections on the Mormon Pioneer Trail. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2015.The story of the Mormon exodus from Nauvoo to a new mountain home “far away in the west” still stirs the imagination of writers, artists, historians, and musicians. Letters, diaries and other manuscript sources continue to be discovered that recount this stirring chapter in Mormon history. An entire believing people came to trust that they would find their place to worship without fear of persecution if they followed their God. This book is divided into three sections: the Mormons’ forced departure from their Nauvoo homes in 1846–47; the Mormons’ experiences along their journey to the Rocky Mountains; and what the Mormon Trail has come to mean in recent times. Even readers who have followed this history will discover new and inspiring facts about this enduring story. ISBN 978-0-8425-2969-3
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Seefeldt, Douglas. “Cartographic Representations of the American West on the Eve of the Mormon Exodus.” In Far Away in the West.Links to available media:
Baugh, Alexander L. “John C. Frémont’s 1843–44 Western Expedition and Its Influence on Mormon Settlement in Utah.” In Far Away in the West.Links to available media:
Black, Susan Easton. “The Economic Sacrifice of the Nauvoo Exodus.” In Far Away in the West.Links to available media:
Top, Wendy. “‘The Poorest of the Poor and the Sickest of the Sick’: The Luman Andros Shurtliff Poor Camp Rescue.” In Far Away in the West.Links to available media:
Ball, Terry B., and Spencer S. Snyder. “‘The Place Which God for Us Prepared’: Presettlement Wasatch Range Environment.” In Far Away in the West.Links to available media:
Bennett, Richard E. “The Mormon Exodus—as Seen through the Horace K. Whitney Journals.” In Far Away in the West.Links to available media:
Boone, David F. “The Mississippi Saints: A Unique Odyssey of Southern Pioneers.” In Far Away in the West.Links to available media:
Smith, Hank R. “Cache Cave: Utah’s First Register.” In Far Away in the West.Links to available media:
Alford, Kenneth L. “Utah’s Role in Protecting the Mormon Trail during the Civil War.” In Far Away in the West.Links to available media:
Cowan, Richard O. “The Pioneer Trail: Routes of the Iron Horse and the Horseless Carriage.” In Far Away in the West.Links to available media:
Haws, JB. “Wilford Wood’s Twentieth-Century Treks East: A Visionary’s Mission to Preserve Historic Sites.” In Far Away in the West.Links to available media:
Esplin, Scott C. “‘Lest Thou Forget’: Memorializing and Marking the Mormon Pioneer Trail.” In Far Away in the West.Links to available media:
Alford, Kenneth L., and Richard E. Bennett, eds. An Eye of Faith: Essays in Honor Richard O. Cowan. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2015.An Eye of Faith contains nineteen thought-provoking and new essays about the following topics: ancient and modern temples, revelations to the Latter-day Saints, serving others and sharing the gospel, increasing scriptural understanding, and Church history. Jointly published by Deseret Book and Brigham Young University’s Religious Studies Center, this book was written by established Church scholars including Susan Easton Black, Richard E. Bennett, Kent P. Jackson, S. Kent Brown, Richard Draper, Alexander L. Baugh, Craig Ostler, Brent L. Top, and other notable writers. ISBN 978-0-8425-2889-4
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Newell, Lloyd D. “Richard O. Cowan: Fifty-Three Years as a Teacher, Scholar, and Mentor.” In An Eye of Faith, 1-30.Links to available media:
Ball, Terry B. “Isaiah and the Latter-day Temple.” In An Eye of Faith, 31-45.Links to available media:
Manscill, Craig K. “Hyrum Smith’s Building of the Kirtland Temple.” In An Eye of Faith, 47-67.Links to available media:
Madsen, Ann N. “Solomon’s Temple Compared to the Salt Lake Temple.” In An Eye of Faith, 69-89.Links to available media:
Gaskill, Alonzo L., and Seth G. Soha. “The Woman at the Veil: The History and Symbolic Merit of One of the Salt Lake Temple’s Most Unique Symbols.” In An Eye of Faith, 91-111.Links to available media:
Baugh, Alexander L. “‘For Their Salvation Is Necessary and Essential to Our Salvation’: Joseph Smith and the Practice of Baptism and Confirmation for the Dead.” In An Eye of Faith, 113-37.Links to available media:
Bennett, Richard E. “‘I Mean to Be Baptized for Scores More’: Baptisms for the Dead among the Latter-day Saints, 1846–67.” In An Eye of Faith, 139-57.Links to available media:
Ostler, Craig James. “The Promises Made to and the Right Belonging to the Fathers.” In An Eye of Faith, 159-73.Links to available media:
Blythe, Christopher J. “Heber C. Kimball and Orson Hyde’s 1837 Vision of the Infernal World.” In An Eye of Faith, 175-87.Links to available media:
Black, Susan Easton. “Monument to Women Memorial Garden.” In An Eye of Faith, 189-211.Links to available media:
Alford, Kenneth L. “Prophets Rendering Christlike Service: Looking to Peter as an Example.” In An Eye of Faith.Links to available media:
Frederick, Nicholas J. “Deconstructing the Sacred Narrative of the Restoration.” In An Eye of Faith.Links to available media:
Petersen, Elise, and Steven C. Harper. “Forming A Collective Memory of the First Vision.” In An Eye of Faith.Links to available media:
Draper, Richard D. “A Scriptural Basis for the Doctrine of Sexual Purity.” In An Eye of Faith.Links to available media:
Jackson, Kent P. “How the King James Translators ‘Replenished’ the Earth.” In An Eye of Faith.Links to available media:
Brown, S. Kent. “Missionaries in War and Peace (Helaman 4–5).” In An Eye of Faith.Links to available media:
Top, Brent L. “The Mormon Pavilion at the 1964–65 New York World’s Fair.” In An Eye of Faith.Links to available media:
Alford, Kenneth L., and JeanMarie Stewart. “Visions of Faith: Early Church Pioneers in Ghana.” In An Eye of Faith.Links to available media:
Haws, JB. “Why the ‘Mormon Olympics’ Didn’t Happen.” In An Eye of Faith.Links to available media:
Bennett, Richard E., ed. The Journey West: The Mormon Pioneer Journals of Horace K. Whitney with Insights from Helen Mar Kimball Whitney. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2018.How did a young newlywed couple experience the pioneer trek west? In The Journey West, award-winning author Richard E. Bennett has compiled the first combined husband-and-wife account of the pioneer trek. The six journals rank among the great exodus journals. They were written by Horace K. Whitney, son of Newel K. and Elizabeth Whitney, with reminiscences and insights from Helen Mar Kimball Whitney, daughter of Heber C. and Vilate Kimball. One of Helen’s greatest contributions was to share a woman’s perspective and complement her husband’s perspectives in so many faith-building ways. The book has been richly illustrated and annotated to provide historical context. It is a remarkable story, with few parallels in the church history, of a young newlywed couple heading west with the exodus. It is a story of triumph over trials. ISBN 978-1-9443-9434-9
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Bennett, Richard E. “Acknowledgments.” In The Journey West.Links to available media:
Bennett, Richard E. “Introduction.” In The Journey West.Links to available media:
Bennett, Richard E. “Editor’s Notes.” In The Journey West.Links to available media:
Bennett, Richard E. “Illustrations.” In The Journey West, ed. Richard E. Bennett. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2018.Links to available media:
Bennett, Richard E. “Journal 1.” In The Journey West.Links to available media:
Bennett, Richard E. “Journal 2.” In The Journey West.Links to available media:
Bennett, Richard E. “Journal 3.” In The Journey West.Links to available media:
Bennett, Richard E. “Journal 4.” In The Journey West.Links to available media:
Bennett, Richard E. “Journal 5.” In The Journey West.Links to available media:
Bennett, Richard E. “Journal 6.” In The Journey West.Links to available media:
Bennett, Richard E. “Glossary: People Mentioned In The Journals and Reminiscences.” In The Journey West.Links to available media:
Bennett, Richard E. “About The Editor.” In The Journey West.Links to available media:
Bennett, Richard E. “Index.” In The Journey West.Links to available media:
Bennett, Richard E. 1820: Dawning of the Restoration. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2020.What was the world like in 1820? Written to commemorate the bicentennial of the First Vision, this new book introduces the vision and the Restoration of the gospel within a global setting. Seeking to capture the qualities and essential meanings of the age, Richard E. Bennett explores what he calls the “four dominant constellations in the skies of early nineteenth-century history,” namely revolution and reform, Romanticism, emancipation and independence, and religious revivalism. From Napoléon to Beethoven to Bolívar, Dawning of the Restoration is a biographical examination of “the year of our Lord 1820” as it broke upon a weary world that was cautiously seeking new hopes, new dreams, and bold new visions—including Joseph Smith’s. ISBN 978-1-9443-9494-3
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Benson, RoseAnn. Alexander Campbell and Joseph Smith: Nineteenth-Century Restorationists. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2017.Two nineteenth-century men, Alexander Campbell and Joseph Smith, each launched restoration movements in the United States. They vied for seekers and dissatisfied mainstream Christians, which led to conflict in northeastern Ohio. Both were searching for the primordial beginning of Christianity: Campbell looking back to the Christian church described in the New Testament epistles, and Smith looking even further back to the time of Adam and Eve as the first Christians. Campbell took a rational approach to reading the Bible, emphasizing the New Testament, and began by advocating reform among the Baptists. Smith took a revelatory approach to reading the Bible, both Old and New Testaments, and adding new scriptures. This book is a comparison of these two nineteenth-century men and the restoration movements they created with an in-depth examination of what restoration meant to both groups, as well as their beliefs, their interactions with each other, their similarities, their differences, and their unique contributions to Christianity. This book is copublished by BYU Press and Abilene Christian University Press. ISBN 978-1-9443-9428-8
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Black, Susan Easton, and Charles D. Tate Jr., eds. Joseph Smith: The Prophet, the Man. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1993.This book, which contains proceedings of the 1991 dedication of the Joseph Smith Memorial building at Brigham Young University as well as twenty-three papers from the 1992 Joseph Smith Symposium, is a fitting tribute to the mighty prophet and seer who stands as the head of the dispensation of the fulness of times. The variety and scope of the material presented here are indicative of the powerful example of Christian living and sacrifice and the wealth of gospel understanding that the Prophet left to the world. ISBN 0-8849-4876-5
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Lee, Rex E. “Dedication Remarks.” In Joseph Smith: The Prophet, The Man, xvii-xx.Links to available media:
Millet, Robert L. “Dedication Remarks.” In Joseph Smith: The Prophet, The Man, xxi-xxvi.Links to available media:
Packer, Boyd K. “Dedication Remarks.” In Joseph Smith: The Prophet, The Man, xxvii-xxviii.Links to available media:
Hinckley, Gordon B. “Dedication Remarks.” In Joseph Smith: The Prophet, The Man, xxix-xxxvi.Links to available media:
Hinckley, Gordon B. “Dedicatory Prayer (Hinckley).” In Joseph Smith: The Prophet, The Man, xxxvii-xxxix.Links to available media:
Cowan, Richard O. “Memorials to the Prophet.” In Joseph Smith: The Prophet, The Man, xli-l.Links to available media:
Hinckley, Gordon B. “As One Who Loves the Prophet.” In Joseph Smith: The Prophet, The Man, 1-13.Links to available media:
Millet, Robert L. “Joseph Smith Among the Prophets.” In Joseph Smith: The Prophet, The Man, 15-31.Links to available media:
Bushman, Richard Lyman. “Joseph Smith in the Current Age.” In Joseph Smith: The Prophet, The Man, 33-48.Links to available media:
Porter, Larry C. “The Book of Mormon: Historical Setting for Its Translation and Publication.” In Joseph Smith: The Prophet, The Man, 49-64.Links to available media:
Skousen, Royal. “The Book of Mormon Critical Text Project.” In Joseph Smith: The Prophet, The Man, 65-75.Links to available media:
Matthews, Robert J. “Joseph Smith—Translator.” In Joseph Smith: The Prophet, The Man, 77-87.Links to available media:
Backman, Milton V., Jr. “Joseph Smith and the Restitution of All Things.” In Joseph Smith: The Prophet, The Man, 89-99.Links to available media:
Peterson, Paul H. “Understanding Joseph: A Review of Published Documentary Sources.” In Joseph Smith: The Prophet, The Man, 101-16.Links to available media:
Anderson, Richard Lloyd. “The Religious Dimension of Emma’s Letters to Joseph.” In Joseph Smith: The Prophet, The Man, 117-125.Links to available media:
Garr, Arnold K. “Joseph Smith: Man of Forgiveness.” In Joseph Smith: The Prophet, The Man, 127-136.Links to available media:
Baugh, Alexander L. “Joseph Smith’s Athletic Nature.” In Joseph Smith: The Prophet, The Man, 137-150.Links to available media:
Benson, Alvin K. “Joseph Smith on Modern Science.” In Joseph Smith: The Prophet, The Man, 151-167.Links to available media:
Smith, Brian L. “Joseph Smith: Gifted Learner, Master Teacher, Prophetic Seer.” In Joseph Smith: The Prophet, The Man, 169-181.Links to available media:
Merrill, Byron R. “Joseph Smith and the Lamanites.” In Joseph Smith: The Prophet, The Man, 187-202.Links to available media:
Olsen, Steven L. “Joseph Smith’s Concept of the City of Zion.” In Joseph Smith: The Prophet, The Man, 203-211.Links to available media:
Enders, Donald L. “The Joseph Smith, Sr., Family: Farmers of the Genesee.” In Joseph Smith: The Prophet, The Man, 213-225.Links to available media:
Madsen, Carol C. “Faith and Community: Women of Nauvoo.” In Joseph Smith: The Prophet, The Man, 227-240.Links to available media:
Esplin, Ronald K. “Discipleship: Brigham Young and Joseph Smith.” In Joseph Smith: The Prophet, The Man, 241-69.Links to available media:
Hartley, William G. “Close Friends as Witnesses: Joseph Smith and the Joseph Knight Families.” In Joseph Smith: The Prophet, the Man, 271-83.Links to available media:
Cannon, Donald Q. “Joseph Smith and the University of Nauvoo.” In Joseph Smith: The Prophet, The Man, 285-300.Links to available media:
Godfrey, Kenneth W. “Remembering the Deaths of Joseph and Hyrum Smith.” In Joseph Smith: The Prophet, The Man, 301-315.Links to available media:
Bachman, Danel W. “Joseph Smith, a True Martyr.” In Joseph Smith: The Prophet, The Man, 317-32.Links to available media:
Maness, Ruth Ellen, Shauna C. Anderson Young, and Susan Easton Black. Legacy of Sacrifice: Missionaries to Scandinavia, 1872–94. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2007.It takes courage to accept a religion that requires sacrifices of the heart. The nineteenth-century Scandinavian converts are a commendable example of this courage. They gave up worldly goods, standing in the community, and sometimes their lives for their newfound beliefs. As a family history resource, this compilation contains vital information, scrupulously researched, about each of these valiant missionaries. Other features include explanations of surnames in Scandinavian countries, a pronunciation guide, and photos. ISBN 978-0-8425-2668-5
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Maness, Ruth Ellen, Shauna C. Anderson Young, and Susan Easton Black. “Acknowledgements.” In Legacy of Sacrifice.Links to available media:
Maness, Ruth Ellen, Shauna C. Anderson Young, and Susan Easton Black. “Comments from Researchers.” In Legacy of Sacrifice.Links to available media:
Maness, Ruth Ellen, Shauna C. Anderson Young, and Susan Easton Black. “Introduction: Laboring in the Old Country.” In Legacy of Sacrifice.Links to available media:
Maness, Ruth Ellen, Shauna C. Anderson Young, and Susan Easton Black. “Parameters in Preparing This Work.” In Legacy of Sacrifice.Links to available media:
Maness, Ruth Ellen, Shauna C. Anderson Young, and Susan Easton Black. “A.” In Legacy of Sacrifice.Links to available media:
Maness, Ruth Ellen, Shauna C. Anderson Young, and Susan Easton Black. “B.” In Legacy of Sacrifice.Links to available media:
Maness, Ruth Ellen, Shauna C. Anderson Young, and Susan Easton Black. “C.” In Legacy of Sacrifice.Links to available media:
Maness, Ruth Ellen, Shauna C. Anderson Young, and Susan Easton Black. “D, E.” In Legacy of Sacrifice.Links to available media:
Maness, Ruth Ellen, Shauna C. Anderson Young, and Susan Easton Black. “F, G.” In Legacy of Sacrifice.Links to available media:
Maness, Ruth Ellen, Shauna C. Anderson Young, and Susan Easton Black. “H.” In Legacy of Sacrifice.Links to available media:
Maness, Ruth Ellen, Shauna C. Anderson Young, and Susan Easton Black. “I, J.” In Legacy of Sacrifice.Links to available media:
Maness, Ruth Ellen, Shauna C. Anderson Young, and Susan Easton Black. “K, L.” In Legacy of Sacrifice.Links to available media:
Maness, Ruth Ellen, Shauna C. Anderson Young, and Susan Easton Black. “M.” In Legacy of Sacrifice.Links to available media:
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Maness, Ruth Ellen, Shauna C. Anderson Young, and Susan Easton Black. “Bibliography.” In Legacy of Sacrifice.Links to available media:
Maness, Ruth Ellen, Shauna C. Anderson Young, and Susan Easton Black. “About the Authors, Contributors.” In Legacy of Sacrifice.Links to available media:
Maness, Ruth Ellen, Shauna C. Anderson Young, and Susan Easton Black. “Birth Date Records.” In Legacy of Sacrifice.Links to available media:
Baugh, Alexander L., and Susan Easton Black, eds. Banner of the Gospel: Wilford Woodruff. Proceedings of The 2007 BYU Church History Symposium. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.The 2007 BYU Church History Symposium Wilford Woodruff was different from his predecessors and successors in one particular way—he left an incredibly detailed handwritten record, spanning over sixty years, of nearly everything he did and experienced. He is arguably the third most important figure in all of LDS church history after Joseph Smith, who began Mormonism, and Brigham Young, who led the Saints to Utah and supervised the early colonization of the intermountain west. Through his skillful, inspired leadership and direction, Wilford Woodruff helped bring about accommodation and change, leading the Church into the social, cultural, and religious mainstream of American society. This book is a compilation of presentations selected from the annual BYU Church History Symposium hosted by BYU Religious Education to honor Wilford Woodruff, to explore his life and the many roles he filled, and to celebrate the two-hundredth anniversary of his birth. ISBN 978-0-8425-2776-7
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Baugh, Alexander L. “Images of Wilford Woodruff’s Life: A Photographic Journey.” In Banner of the Gospel.Links to available media:
Woods, Fred E. “Wilford Woodruff and the Gathering of Modern-day Israel, 1834-50.” In Banner of the Gospel.Links to available media:
Thompson, Jason E. “‘The Lord Told Me to Go and I Went’” In Banner of the Gospel.Links to available media:
Green, Cynthia Doxey. “Wilford Woodruff: Missionary in Herefordshire.” In Banner of the Gospel.Links to available media:
Gaskill, Alonzo L. “‘To Every Man Is Given a Gift’” In Banner of the Gospel.Links to available media:
Esplin, Scott C. “Wilford Woodruff: A Founding Father of the Mormon Academies.” In Banner of the Gospel.Links to available media:
Bennett, Richard E. “Wilford Woodruff and the Rise of Temple Consciousness among the Latter-day Saints, 1877-84.” In Banner of the Gospel.Links to available media:
Neilson, Reid L. “A Friendship Forged in Exile.” In Banner of the Gospel.Links to available media:
Alexander, Thomas G. “The Odyssey of a Latter-day Prophet.” In Banner of the Gospel.Links to available media:
Holzapfel, Richard Neitzel, and Stephen H. Smoot. “Wilford Woodruff’s 1897 Testimony.” In Banner of the Gospel.Links to available media:
Baugh, Alexander L. “Wilford Woodruff Chronology.” In Banner of the Gospel.Links to available media:
Esplin, Scott C., Richard E. Bennett, Susan Easton Black, and Craig K. Manscill, eds. Far Away in the West: Reflections on the Mormon Pioneer Trail. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2015.The story of the Mormon exodus from Nauvoo to a new mountain home “far away in the west” still stirs the imagination of writers, artists, historians, and musicians. Letters, diaries and other manuscript sources continue to be discovered that recount this stirring chapter in Mormon history. An entire believing people came to trust that they would find their place to worship without fear of persecution if they followed their God. This book is divided into three sections: the Mormons’ forced departure from their Nauvoo homes in 1846–47; the Mormons’ experiences along their journey to the Rocky Mountains; and what the Mormon Trail has come to mean in recent times. Even readers who have followed this history will discover new and inspiring facts about this enduring story. ISBN 978-0-8425-2969-3
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Seefeldt, Douglas. “Cartographic Representations of the American West on the Eve of the Mormon Exodus.” In Far Away in the West.Links to available media:
Baugh, Alexander L. “John C. Frémont’s 1843–44 Western Expedition and Its Influence on Mormon Settlement in Utah.” In Far Away in the West.Links to available media:
Black, Susan Easton. “The Economic Sacrifice of the Nauvoo Exodus.” In Far Away in the West.Links to available media:
Top, Wendy. “‘The Poorest of the Poor and the Sickest of the Sick’: The Luman Andros Shurtliff Poor Camp Rescue.” In Far Away in the West.Links to available media:
Ball, Terry B., and Spencer S. Snyder. “‘The Place Which God for Us Prepared’: Presettlement Wasatch Range Environment.” In Far Away in the West.Links to available media:
Bennett, Richard E. “The Mormon Exodus—as Seen through the Horace K. Whitney Journals.” In Far Away in the West.Links to available media:
Boone, David F. “The Mississippi Saints: A Unique Odyssey of Southern Pioneers.” In Far Away in the West.Links to available media:
Smith, Hank R. “Cache Cave: Utah’s First Register.” In Far Away in the West.Links to available media:
Alford, Kenneth L. “Utah’s Role in Protecting the Mormon Trail during the Civil War.” In Far Away in the West.Links to available media:
Cowan, Richard O. “The Pioneer Trail: Routes of the Iron Horse and the Horseless Carriage.” In Far Away in the West.Links to available media:
Haws, JB. “Wilford Wood’s Twentieth-Century Treks East: A Visionary’s Mission to Preserve Historic Sites.” In Far Away in the West.Links to available media:
Esplin, Scott C. “‘Lest Thou Forget’: Memorializing and Marking the Mormon Pioneer Trail.” In Far Away in the West.Links to available media:
Boyd, Hal R., and Susan Easton Black, eds. Psalms of Nauvoo: Early Mormon Poetry. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2015.In the mid-nineteenth century, in the growing city of Nauvoo, Illinois, poets found ample publication outlets in the Times and Seasons, the Wasp, and the Nauvoo Neighbor. Others, however, penned poetry in private correspondence and personal diaries. They wrote of revelations, restored scriptures, prophecies, temples, and their testimonies of Jesus Christ. To these faithful psalmists, their religion served as inspiration for distinctive poetry. Psalms of Nauvoo: Early Mormon Poetry is a narrative collection of these poems. The purpose in contextualizing and publishing these poems is to provide a glimpse into the culture, life circumstances, religious heritage, and espoused doctrines of those early Latter-day Saints; by doing so this book offers readers the chance to also catch “the swift thought of God” as the poets penned it. ISBN 978-0-8425-2886-3
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Boyd, Hal R., and Susan Easton Black. “Brief Chronology.” In Psalms of Nauvoo, eds. Hal R. Boyd and Susan Easton Black. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2015.Links to available media:
Boyd, Hal R., and Susan Easton Black. “Preface.” In Psalms of Nauvoo, eds. Hal R. Boyd and Susan Easton Black. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2015.Links to available media:
Boyd, Hal R., and Susan Easton Black. “Acknowledgments.” In Psalms of Nauvoo, eds. Hal R. Boyd and Susan Easton Black. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2015.Links to available media:
Boyd, Hal R., and Susan Easton Black. “Editorial Procedures.” In Psalms of Nauvoo, eds. Hal R. Boyd and Susan Easton Black. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2015.Links to available media:
Boyd, Hal R., and Susan Easton Black. “Introduction.” In Psalms of Nauvoo, eds. Hal R. Boyd and Susan Easton Black. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2015.Links to available media:
Boyd, Hal R., and Susan Easton Black. “Flight From Missouri.” In Psalms of Nauvoo.Links to available media:
Boyd, Hal R., and Susan Easton Black. “Nauvoo the Beautiful.” In Psalms of Nauvoo, 53-186.Links to available media:
Boyd, Hal R., and Susan Easton Black. “Martyrdom and Aftermath.” In Psalms of Nauvoo, 187-280.Links to available media:
Boyd, Hal R., and Susan Easton Black. “Poet Biographies.” In Psalms of Nauvoo.Links to available media:
Boyd, Hal R., and Susan Easton Black. “Works Cited.” In Psalms of Nauvoo.Links to available media:
Boyd, Hal R., and Susan Easton Black. “Author Index.” In Psalms of Nauvoo.Links to available media:
Boyd, Hal R., and Susan Easton Black. “Title Index.” In Psalms of Nauvoo.Links to available media:
Blumell, Lincoln H., Matthew J. Grey, and Andrew H. Hedges, eds. Approaching Antiquity: Joseph Smith and the Ancient World. Proceedings of the 2013 BYU Church History Symposium. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2015.The 2013 BYU Church History Symposium This volume is a collection of essays by prominent LDS scholars–including keynote speakers Richard Bushman and David Holland–that discuss the interest in the ancient world shared by Joseph Smith and the early Latter-day Saints. Topics include Joseph Smith’s fascination with the ancient Americas, his interaction with the Bible, his study of Hebrew and Greek, his reading of Jewish and Christian apocryphal writings, and his work with the Book of Abraham in the context of nineteenth-century Egyptology. Together, these essays demonstrate that Joseph Smith’s interests in antiquity played an important role in his prophetic development as he sought to recover ancient scripture, restore the ancient Church, and bring the Latter-day Saints into fellowship with the sacred past. ISBN 978‐0‐8425‐2966‐2
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Bushman, Richard Lyman. “Joseph Smith’s Place in the Study of Antiquity in Antebellum America.” In Approaching Antiquity.Links to available media:
Holland, David F. “American Visionaries and Their Approaches to the Past.” In Approaching Antiquity.Links to available media:
Bennett, Richard E. “‘A Very Particular Friend’—Luther Bradish.” In Approaching Antiquity.Links to available media:
MacKay, Michael Hubbard. “‘Git Them Translated’: Translating the Characters on the Gold Plates.” In Approaching Antiquity.Links to available media:
Wright, Mark Alan. “Joseph Smith and Native American Artifacts.” In Approaching Antiquity.Links to available media:
Roper, Matthew P. “Joseph Smith, Central American Ruins, and the Book of Mormon.” In Approaching Antiquity.Links to available media:
Jackson, Kent P. “Joseph Smith’s Biblical Antiquity.” In Approaching Antiquity.Links to available media:
Frederick, Nicholas J. “Of ‘Life Eternal’ and ‘Eternal Lives’: Joseph Smith’s Engagement with the Gospel of John.” In Approaching Antiquity.Links to available media:
Bowman, Matthew. “The Spectrum of Apostasy: Mormonism, Early Christianity and the Quest for True Religion in Antebellum America.” In Approaching Antiquity.Links to available media:
Grey, Matthew J. “‘The Word of the Lord in the Original’: Joseph Smith’s Study of Hebrew in Kirtland.” In Approaching Antiquity.Links to available media:
Welch, John W. “Joseph Smith’s Awareness of Greek and Latin.” In Approaching Antiquity.Links to available media:
Blumell, Lincoln H. “Palmyra and Jerusalem: Joseph Smith’s Scriptural Texts and the Writings of Flavius Josephus.” In Approaching Antiquity.Links to available media:
Heal, Kristian S. “Patristic Writings in Early Mormon Periodicals.” In Approaching Antiquity.Links to available media:
Gee, John. “Joseph Smith and Ancient Egypt.” In Approaching Antiquity.Links to available media:
Muhlestein, Kerry. “Joseph Smith’s Biblical View of Egypt.” In Approaching Antiquity.Links to available media:
Hauglid, Brian M. “The Book of Abraham and the Egyptian Project: ‘A Knowledge of Hidden Languages’” In Approaching Antiquity.Links to available media:
Huntsman, Eric D., Lincoln H. Blumell, and Tyler J. Griffin, eds. Thou Art the Christ, the Son of the Living God: The Person and Work of Jesus in the New Testament. Proceedings of The 47th Annual Brigham Young University Sidney B. Sperry Symposium. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2018.The 47th Annual Brigham Young University Sidney B. Sperry Symposium While Jesus and his disciples were at or near Caesarea Philippi, Peter testified that Jesus was “the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Martha had a similar divine testimony, proclaiming, “I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God.” In much the same way, a standard part of Latter-day Saint discourse includes bearing testimony that “Jesus is the Christ,” but what do we mean when we say that Jesus is the Christ? This volume compiles essays given at a BYU Sidney B. Sperry Symposium that uniquely address such questions from a Latter-day Saint perspective, bringing together both biblical scholarship and Restoration insights that invite us to come to Christ and apply gospel teachings to real life. ISBN 978-1-9443-9453-0
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Marriott, Neill F. “Becoming True Disciples of Jesus Christ.” In Thou Art the Christ, the Son of the Living God.Links to available media:
Millet, Robert L. “One Eternal God: The Latter-day Saint Doctrine of the Father and the Son.” In Thou Art the Christ, the Son of the Living God.Links to available media:
Skinner, Andrew C. “In Praise of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ: The Culmination of His Saving Work.” In Thou Art the Christ, the Son of the Living God.Links to available media:
Olson, Camille Fronk. “We Believe and Are Sure.” In Thou Art the Christ, the Son of the Living God.Links to available media:
Griffin, Tyler J. “Matthew’s Portrayal of Jesus: Son of David, a New Moses, and Son of God.” In Thou Art the Christ, the Son of the Living God.Links to available media:
Easton-Flake, Amy. “Marcan Christology: Narrating the Christ.” In Thou Art the Christ, the Son of the Living God.Links to available media:
Huntsman, Eric D. “Luke’s Jesus: The Compassionate and Saving Son of God.” In Thou Art the Christ, the Son of the Living God.Links to available media:
Lane, Jennifer Clark, and Keith H. Lane. “God Incarnate: The Word Made Flesh.” In Thou Art the Christ, the Son of the Living God.Links to available media:
Strathearn, Gaye. “Johannine Christology through the Lens of Three of Its Dialogues.” In Thou Art the Christ, the Son of the Living God.Links to available media:
Matson, Joshua M. “The Fourth Gospel and Expectations of the Jewish Messiah.” In Thou Art the Christ, the Son of the Living God.Links to available media:
Wayment, Thomas A. “‘Each Person Has a Hymn’: The Creator-Savior Hymns.” In Thou Art the Christ, the Son of the Living God.Links to available media:
Frederick, Nicholas J., and Frank F. Judd Jr. “The Revelation of Jesus Christ to Paul: Presenting a Deeper, Full Christology.” In Thou Art the Christ, the Son of the Living God.Links to available media:
Draper, Richard D. “‘By His Own Blood He Entered in Once into the Holy Place’: Jesus in Hebrews 9.” In Thou Art the Christ, the Son of the Living God.Links to available media:
Frederick, Nicholas J. “The Paradoxical Lamb and the Christology of John’s Apocalypse.” In Thou Art the Christ, the Son of the Living God.Links to available media:
Ellison, Mark D. “Preserving or Erasing Jesus’s Humanity: Tensions in 1-2 John, Early Christian Writings, and Visual Art.” In Thou Art the Christ, the Son of the Living God.Links to available media:
Combs, Jason Robert. “‘Christ’ after the Apostles: The Humanity and Divinity of the Savior in the Second Century.” In Thou Art the Christ, the Son of the Living God.Links to available media:
Underwood, Grant. “Condescension and Fullness: LDS Christology in Conversation with Historic Christianity.” In Thou Art the Christ, the Son of the Living God.Links to available media:
LeFevre, David A. “Christology in the Joseph Smith Translation of the Gospel.” In Thou Art the Christ, the Son of the Living God.Links to available media:
Blumell, Lincoln H., ed. New Testament History, Culture, and Society: A Background to the Texts of the New Testament. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2019.This volume offers valuable perspectives from biblical scholars on the background of the New Testament texts, including the Jewish and Greco-Roman cultures of the time. The book is divided into several themes, including Jesus in the Gospels, the Apostle Paul, New Testament issues and contexts, and what transpired after the New Testament. It ranges from the intertestamental period to the First Jewish Revolt of AD 66–73 and the canonization of the New Testament. Over forty New Testament scholars and experts contributed to this comprehensive volume, which identifies further readings and has detailed general and citation indexes. ISBN 978-1-9443-9476-9
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Matson, Joshua M. “Between the Testaments.” In New Testament History, Culture, and Society.Links to available media:
Belnap, Daniel L. “The Law of Moses.” In New Testament History, Culture, and Society.Links to available media:
Griffin, Tyler J. “Jerusalem, the Holy City.” In New Testament History, Culture, and Society.Links to available media:
Seely, David Rolph. “The Temple of Herod.” In New Testament History, Culture, and Society.Links to available media:
Hatch, Trevan G. “Messianism and Jewish Messiahs in the New Testament Period.” In New Testament History, Culture, and Society.Links to available media:
Bowen, Matthew L. “Jewish Hermeneutics in the New Testament Period.” In New Testament History, Culture, and Society.Links to available media:
Pike, Dana M. “The Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament.” In New Testament History, Culture, and Society.Links to available media:
Shannon, Avram R. “Rabbinic Literature and the New Testament.” In New Testament History, Culture, and Society.Links to available media:
Trotter, Michael R. “Judea as a Roman Province, AD 6-66.” In New Testament History, Culture, and Society.Links to available media:
Welch, John W. “Roman Law Relating to the New Testament.” In New Testament History, Culture, and Society.Links to available media:
Gessell, Bryce. “Greco-Roman Philosophy and the New Testament.” In New Testament History, Culture, and Society.Links to available media:
Adamson, Grant. “Greco-Roman Religion and the New Testament.” In New Testament History, Culture, and Society.Links to available media:
Gee, John. “The Cares of This World.” In New Testament History, Culture, and Society.Links to available media:
Ludlow, Jared W. “The First Jewish Revolt against Rome.” In New Testament History, Culture, and Society.Links to available media:
Skinner, Andrew C. “The Life of Jesus of Nazareth.” In New Testament History, Culture, and Society.Links to available media:
Millet, Robert L. “The Mediator of the New Covenant.” In New Testament History, Culture, and Society.Links to available media:
Farnes, Alan Taylor. “The Synoptic Gospels.” In New Testament History, Culture, and Society.Links to available media:
Huntsman, Eric D. “The Gospel of John.” In New Testament History, Culture, and Society.Links to available media:
Combs, Jason Robert. “Noncanonical Gospels.” In New Testament History, Culture, and Society.Links to available media:
Reynolds, Noel B. “The Atonement.” In New Testament History, Culture, and Society.Links to available media:
Strathearn, Gaye. “The Crucifixion.” In New Testament History, Culture, and Society.Links to available media:
Smith, Julie M. “The Resurrection.” In New Testament History, Culture, and Society.Links to available media:
Frederick, Nicholas J. “The Life of the Apostle Paul.” In New Testament History, Culture, and Society.Links to available media:
Judd, Frank F., Jr. “The Epistles of the Apostle Paul.” In New Testament History, Culture, and Society.Links to available media:
Blumell, Lincoln H., Frank F. Judd Jr., and George A. Pierce. “Hebrews and the General Epistles.” In New Testament History, Culture, and Society.Links to available media:
Kirby, D. Jill. “The Book of Revelation.” In New Testament History, Culture, and Society.Links to available media:
Pierce, George A. “Understanding the Physical and Metaphysical Geography of the New Testament.” In New Testament History, Culture, and Society.Links to available media:
McClellan, Daniel O. “The Use of the Old Testament in the New Testament.” In New Testament History, Culture, and Society.Links to available media:
Taylor, Catherine Gines. “Women and the World of the New Testament.” In New Testament History, Culture, and Society.Links to available media:
Ellison, Mark D. “Family, Marriage, and Celibacy in the New Testament.” In New Testament History, Culture, and Society.Links to available media:
Calabro, David M. “Nonverbal Communication in the New Testament.” In New Testament History, Culture, and Society.Links to available media:
Smith, Andrew C. “Ritualized Prostration in the New Testament.” In New Testament History, Culture, and Society.Links to available media:
Yingling, Erik Odin. “Worship and Ritual Practices in the New Testament.” In New Testament History, Culture, and Society.Links to available media:
Larsen, Seth S. “Baptism in the New Testament.” In New Testament History, Culture, and Society.Links to available media:
Ball, Terry B. “Plants in the New Testament.” In New Testament History, Culture, and Society.Links to available media:
South, Kristin H., and Anita Cramer Wells. “Clothing and Textiles in the New Testament.” In New Testament History, Culture, and Society.Links to available media:
Wayment, Thomas A. “Textual Criticism and the New Testament.” In New Testament History, Culture, and Society.Links to available media:
Blumell, Lincoln H., and Jan J. Martin. “The King James Translation of the New Testament.” In New Testament History, Culture, and Society.Links to available media:
Blumell, Lincoln H. “The Greek New Testament Text of the King James Version.” In New Testament History, Culture, and Society.Links to available media:
Jackson, Kent P. “Joseph Smith’s Translation of the New Testament.” In New Testament History, Culture, and Society, 707-718.Links to available media:
Frederick, Nicholas J. “The New Testament in the Doctrine and Covenants.” In New Testament History, Culture, and Society.Links to available media:
Drake, Luke. “Christianity in the Second Century.” In New Testament History, Culture, and Society.Links to available media:
Becerra, Daniel. “The Canonization of the New Testament.” In New Testament History, Culture, and Society.Links to available media:
Blumell, Lincoln H., Jason Robert Combs, Mark D. Ellison, Frank F. Judd Jr., and Cecilia M. Peek, eds. The Household of God: Families and Belonging in the Social World of the New Testament. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.The 51st Annual Brigham Young University Sidney B. Sperry Symposium The related themes of households and families figure prominently in the New Testament. On various occasions Jesus taught about marriage, divorce, and more general familial relations. Jesus, Peter, and Paul also taught about the important contributions single members and widows make in the kingdom and such household complexities as mixed-faith marriages or relationships between slaves and masters. Thus, the New Testament contains much counsel on household conduct, familial relationships, and belonging to “the household of God” (Ephesians 2:19). The Sperry Symposium, named in honor of pioneering Latter-day Saint scripture scholar Sidney B. Sperry and held on the campus of Brigham Young University, seeks each year to examine and illuminate an aspect of the religious and cultural heritage of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. ISBN 978-1-9503-0434-9
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Clark, Kim B. “The Power of the New Testament in the Latter Days.” In The Household of God.Links to available media:
Olson, Camille Fronk. “‘No More Strangers or Foreigners, but Fellowcitizens’” In The Household of God.Links to available media:
Ludlow, Jared W. “Families as Discipleship: New Testament Teachings about Family.” In The Household of God.Links to available media:
Strathearn, Gaye. “Communal Settings for Meals in the New Testament.” In The Household of God.Links to available media:
Korth, Byran B., and Andrew C. Reed. “Become as Little Children: Participating in the Household of God.” In The Household of God.Links to available media:
Huntsman, Eric D. “The Family of God in the Gospel of John.” In The Household of God.Links to available media:
Frederick, Nicholas J. “Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage in the New Testament World.” In The Household of God.Links to available media:
Sears, Joshua M., and Avram R. Shannon. “‘Let Me Take Another Wife’: Israelite, Jewish, and Latter-day Saint Polygamy in Historical and Literary Perspective.” In The Household of God.Links to available media:
Ellison, Mark D. “The Inclusion of Sexual Minorities in the Family of God.” In The Household of God.Links to available media:
Mickelson, Andy. “Recognizing and Understanding Slavery in the New Testament.” In The Household of God.Links to available media:
Ellison, Lauren. “The Slave Girls, My Sisters.” In The Household of God.Links to available media:
Bowen, Matthew L. “‘He Is Not Ashamed to Call Them Brethren’: Family Structure in Hebrew 2:10-18 and Jesus Christ’s Fraternal Roles in Atoning for Humanity.” In The Household of God.Links to available media:
Blumell, Lincoln H., and Frank F. Judd Jr. “Additional Resources for Gospel Teachers.” In The Household of God.Links to available media:
Bolton, Andrew, and Casey Paul Griffiths, eds. Restorations: Scholars in Dialogue from Community of Christ and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2022.This book contains reflections from two groups of scholars who trace their beginnings to the early Saints who built the Kirtland Temple. These scholars come from the two largest branches of the Restoration movement, Community of Christ and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who have often found themselves on the opposite sides of many issues. This book is filled with honest, frank conversations between people of the two faiths but also collegiality and friendship. Centered on twelve themes, this dialogue is about bringing together informed scholars from the two churches working together, with goodwill, to accurately understand each other. ISBN 978-1-9503-0431-8
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Moore, Richard G. “A Brief History of the Dialogue.” In Restorations.Links to available media:
Bolton, Andrew, and Alonzo L. Gaskill. “Jesus Christ.” In Restorations.Links to available media:
Goheen, Kat, and Joshua M. Sears. “Scripture.” In Restorations.Links to available media:
Millet, Robert L., and John Taylor. “Salvation.” In Restorations.Links to available media:
Erickson, Eva M., and Casey Paul Griffiths. “Ordinances and Sacraments.” In Restorations.Links to available media:
Ford, Taunalyn, and Matthew J. Frizzell. “Prophets and Polity.” In Restorations.Links to available media:
Gardner, Barbara Morgan, and Christie Skoorsmith. “Personhood.” In Restorations.Links to available media:
Mackay, Lachlan, and Keith J. Wilson. “The First Vision and Continuing Revelation.” In Restorations.Links to available media:
Watkins, Jordan T., and Gina Colvin. “Apostasy and Restoration.” In Restorations.Links to available media:
Esplin, Scott C., and Katherine Hill. “Shared Sacred Space.” In Restorations.Links to available media:
Heward, Maclane E., and David J. Howlett. “Zion.” In Restorations.Links to available media:
Clayton, Roberta Flake, Catherine H. Ellis, and David F. Boone. Pioneer Women of Arizona: Second Edition. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2017.Walk alongside the Mormon girls, young women, mothers, and grandmothers who traveled to Arizona by covered wagons and by train. This book is filled with numerous stories of remarkable women who traversed the harsh terrain, drove teams, and cared for their husbands and children while their men trailed the cattle, and were vital in settling the Arizona Strip and along the Little Colorado, San Pedro, Gila, and Salt Rivers. With references to recent publications, footnotes to explain long-forgotten phrases and events, and over three hundred photographs, this second edition will not only keep these stories alive for descendants and general readers but also provide a wealth of information for specialists in women’s studies, Arizona history, Mormon history, and Western Americana. ISBN 978-1-9443-9409-7
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Clayton, Roberta Flake, Catherine H. Ellis, and David F. Boone. “Foreword : Melanie I. Sturgeon.” In Pioneer Women of Arizona.Links to available media:
Clayton, Roberta Flake, Catherine H. Ellis, and David F. Boone. “Illustrations.” In Pioneer Women of Arizona.Links to available media:
Clayton, Roberta Flake, Catherine H. Ellis, and David F. Boone. “Abbreviations.” In Pioneer Women of Arizona.Links to available media:
Clayton, Roberta Flake, Catherine H. Ellis, and David F. Boone. “Preface.” In Pioneer Women of Arizona.Links to available media:
Clayton, Roberta Flake, Catherine H. Ellis, and David F. Boone. “Part 1: Introduction to This Edition.” In Pioneer Women of Arizona.Links to available media:
Clayton, Roberta Flake, Catherine H. Ellis, and David F. Boone. “Introduction to the First Edition.” In Pioneer Women of Arizona.Links to available media:
Clayton, Roberta Flake, Catherine H. Ellis, and David F. Boone. “A.” In Pioneer Women of Arizona.Links to available media:
Clayton, Roberta Flake, Catherine H. Ellis, and David F. Boone. “B.” In Pioneer Women of Arizona.Links to available media:
Clayton, Roberta Flake, Catherine H. Ellis, and David F. Boone. “C.” In Pioneer Women of Arizona.Links to available media:
Clayton, Roberta Flake, Catherine H. Ellis, and David F. Boone. “D.” In Pioneer Women of Arizona.Links to available media:
Clayton, Roberta Flake, Catherine H. Ellis, and David F. Boone. “E.” In Pioneer Women of Arizona.Links to available media:
Clayton, Roberta Flake, Catherine H. Ellis, and David F. Boone. “F.” In Pioneer Women of Arizona.Links to available media:
Clayton, Roberta Flake, Catherine H. Ellis, and David F. Boone. “G.” In Pioneer Women of Arizona.Links to available media:
Clayton, Roberta Flake, Catherine H. Ellis, and David F. Boone. “H.” In Pioneer Women of Arizona.Links to available media:
Clayton, Roberta Flake, Catherine H. Ellis, and David F. Boone. “I.” In Pioneer Women of Arizona.Links to available media:
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Clayton, Roberta Flake, Catherine H. Ellis, and David F. Boone. “K.” In Pioneer Women of Arizona.Links to available media:
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Clayton, Roberta Flake, Catherine H. Ellis, and David F. Boone. “M.” In Pioneer Women of Arizona.Links to available media:
Clayton, Roberta Flake, Catherine H. Ellis, and David F. Boone. “N.” In Pioneer Women of Arizona.Links to available media:
Clayton, Roberta Flake, Catherine H. Ellis, and David F. Boone. “O.” In Pioneer Women of Arizona.Links to available media:
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Clayton, Roberta Flake, Catherine H. Ellis, and David F. Boone. “XYZ.” In Pioneer Women of Arizona.Links to available media:
Clayton, Roberta Flake, Catherine H. Ellis, and David F. Boone. “Part 3: Final Reflections.” In Pioneer Women of Arizona.Links to available media:
Clayton, Roberta Flake, Catherine H. Ellis, and David F. Boone. “Appendix 1.” In Pioneer Women of Arizona.Links to available media:
Clayton, Roberta Flake, Catherine H. Ellis, and David F. Boone. “Appendix 2.” In Pioneer Women of Arizona.Links to available media:
Clayton, Roberta Flake, Catherine H. Ellis, and David F. Boone. “Appendix 3.” In Pioneer Women of Arizona.Links to available media:
Clayton, Roberta Flake, Catherine H. Ellis, and David F. Boone. “Bibliography.” In Pioneer Women of Arizona.Links to available media:
Clayton, Roberta Flake, Catherine H. Ellis, and David F. Boone. “Index.” In Pioneer Women of Arizona.Links to available media:
Schade, Aaron P., and Matthew L. Bowen. The Book of Moses: From the Ancient of Days to the Latter Days. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2021.The Book of Moses is canonized scripture spanning the epochs of Creation, Adam and Eve, Enoch, and Noah. Its content was revealed anciently by God to Moses and re-revealed to the Prophet Joseph Smith in modern times. This book explores the origins and development of the Book of Moses, its ancient nuances, the linguistic features of its revelations, and how its sweeping visions and rich doctrines inspired and guided Joseph Smith and the early members of what would become The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in their pursuit of Zion.
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Boyd, Hal R., and Susan Easton Black, eds. Psalms of Nauvoo: Early Mormon Poetry. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2015.In the mid-nineteenth century, in the growing city of Nauvoo, Illinois, poets found ample publication outlets in the Times and Seasons, the Wasp, and the Nauvoo Neighbor. Others, however, penned poetry in private correspondence and personal diaries. They wrote of revelations, restored scriptures, prophecies, temples, and their testimonies of Jesus Christ. To these faithful psalmists, their religion served as inspiration for distinctive poetry. Psalms of Nauvoo: Early Mormon Poetry is a narrative collection of these poems. The purpose in contextualizing and publishing these poems is to provide a glimpse into the culture, life circumstances, religious heritage, and espoused doctrines of those early Latter-day Saints; by doing so this book offers readers the chance to also catch “the swift thought of God” as the poets penned it. ISBN 978-0-8425-2886-3
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Boyd, Hal R., and Susan Easton Black. “Brief Chronology.” In Psalms of Nauvoo, eds. Hal R. Boyd and Susan Easton Black. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2015.Links to available media:
Boyd, Hal R., and Susan Easton Black. “Preface.” In Psalms of Nauvoo, eds. Hal R. Boyd and Susan Easton Black. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2015.Links to available media:
Boyd, Hal R., and Susan Easton Black. “Acknowledgments.” In Psalms of Nauvoo, eds. Hal R. Boyd and Susan Easton Black. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2015.Links to available media:
Boyd, Hal R., and Susan Easton Black. “Editorial Procedures.” In Psalms of Nauvoo, eds. Hal R. Boyd and Susan Easton Black. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2015.Links to available media:
Boyd, Hal R., and Susan Easton Black. “Introduction.” In Psalms of Nauvoo, eds. Hal R. Boyd and Susan Easton Black. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2015.Links to available media:
Boyd, Hal R., and Susan Easton Black. “Flight From Missouri.” In Psalms of Nauvoo.Links to available media:
Boyd, Hal R., and Susan Easton Black. “Nauvoo the Beautiful.” In Psalms of Nauvoo, 53-186.Links to available media:
Boyd, Hal R., and Susan Easton Black. “Martyrdom and Aftermath.” In Psalms of Nauvoo, 187-280.Links to available media:
Boyd, Hal R., and Susan Easton Black. “Poet Biographies.” In Psalms of Nauvoo.Links to available media:
Boyd, Hal R., and Susan Easton Black. “Works Cited.” In Psalms of Nauvoo.Links to available media:
Boyd, Hal R., and Susan Easton Black. “Author Index.” In Psalms of Nauvoo.Links to available media:
Boyd, Hal R., and Susan Easton Black. “Title Index.” In Psalms of Nauvoo.Links to available media:
Bray, Justin R., and Reid L. Neilson, eds. Exploring Book of Mormon Lands: The 1923 Latin American Travel Writings of Mormon Historian Andrew Jenson. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2014.Described as “the most traveled man in the Church,” Andrew Jenson had been a lifelong globetrotter since his emigration from Denmark to Utah as a young boy in 1866. Although Jenson’s lifelong interest in the whereabouts of ancient Nephite and Lamanite ruins propelled him to visit the remote areas of Latin America, he returned with a powerful impression that the Latter-day gospel should be spread south, beyond the borders of Mexico. Jenson’s letters help readers better understand some of the events and experiences that seemingly led to the twentieth-century reopening of the South American Mission in 1925 by Church leaders. This book covers this important chapter from Jenson’s life and church history, which has rarely been told in over seven decades and is heretofore virtually unknown by most Mormon historians. ISBN 978-0-8425-2851-1
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Grover, Mark L. “Foreword.” In Exploring Book of Mormon Lands.Links to available media:
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