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2006 Church History Symposium

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

Keywords: Church History; Cowdery; Oliver; Witnesses
Baugh, Alexander L. “Prologue.” In Days Never to Be Forgotten.
Bushman, Richard Lyman. “Oliver’s Joseph.” In Days Never to Be Forgotten, 1-13.
Morris, Larry E. “The Conversion of Oliver Cowdery.” In Days Never to Be Forgotten, 15-49.
Skousen, Royal. “Oliver Cowdery as Book of Mormon Scribe.” In Days Never to Be Forgotten, 51-70.
Keywords: Church History; Cowdery; Joseph; Jr.; Oliver; Scribe; Smith
Harper, Steven C. “Oliver Cowdery as Second Witness of Priesthood Restoration.” In Days Never to Be Forgotten, 73-89.
Black, Susan Easton. “Oliver Cowdery in the Doctrine and Covenants.” In Days Never to Be Forgotten.
Keywords: Book of Mormon; Book of Mormon Translation; Church History; Cowdery; Joseph; Jr.; Oliver; Smith
Underwood, Grant. “Oliver Cowdery’s Correspondence with Joseph Smith.” In Days Never to Be Forgotten.
Keywords: Church History; Cowdery; Joseph; Jr.; Oliver; Scribe; Smith
Bishop, Patrick A. “Images of Oliver.” In Days Never to Be Forgotten.
Welch, John W. “Oliver Cowdery as Editor, Defender, and Justice of the Peace in Kirtland.” In Days Never to Be Forgotten, 255-77.
Staker, Mark Lyman. “Raising Money in Righteousness.” In Days Never to Be Forgotten, 143-253.
Hales, Brian C. “‘Guilty of Such Folly’? Accusations of Adultery or Polygamy Against Oliver Cowdery.” In Days Never to Be Forgotten.
Walker, Jeffrey N. “Oliver Cowdery’s Legal Practice in Tiffin, Ohio.” In Days Never to Be Forgotten.
Romig, Ronald E. “Elizabeth Ann Whitmer Cowdery: A Historical Reflection of Her Life.” In Days Never to Be Forgotten.
Holzapfel, Richard Neitzel. “The 1911 Dedication of the Oliver Cowdery Monument in Richmond, Missouri.” In Days Never to Be Forgotten.

2007 Church History Symposium

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

Baugh, Alexander L. “Images of Wilford Woodruff’s Life: A Photographic Journey.” In Banner of the Gospel.
Woods, Fred E. “Wilford Woodruff and the Gathering of Modern-day Israel, 1834-50.” In Banner of the Gospel.
Thompson, Jason E. “‘The Lord Told Me to Go and I Went’” In Banner of the Gospel.
Green, Cynthia Doxey. “Wilford Woodruff: Missionary in Herefordshire.” In Banner of the Gospel.
Gaskill, Alonzo L. “‘To Every Man Is Given a Gift’” In Banner of the Gospel.
Esplin, Scott C. “Wilford Woodruff: A Founding Father of the Mormon Academies.” In Banner of the Gospel.
Bennett, Richard E. “Wilford Woodruff and the Rise of Temple Consciousness among the Latter-day Saints, 1877-84.” In Banner of the Gospel.
Neilson, Reid L. “A Friendship Forged in Exile.” In Banner of the Gospel.
Alexander, Thomas G. “The Odyssey of a Latter-day Prophet.” In Banner of the Gospel.
Holzapfel, Richard Neitzel, and Stephen H. Smoot. “Wilford Woodruff’s 1897 Testimony.” In Banner of the Gospel.
Baugh, Alexander L. “Wilford Woodruff Chronology.” In Banner of the Gospel.

2008 Church History Symposium

Woodger, Mary Jane, ed. Champion of Liberty: John Taylor. Proceedings of The 2008 BYU Church History Symposium. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009.

The 2008 BYU Church History Symposium The road from being an obscure child born in England to a “champion of liberty” in America began with John Taylor’s baptism into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. From that time until his death, John Taylor was an unflinching and powerful advocate of the truths that had come into his life. His motto became “The kingdom of God or nothing.” When John Taylor became the leader of the Church, his administration was limited by exile, due to federal prosecution of polygamy. Forced to move from hideout to hideout, he was rarely in a safe enough position to meet with his counselors or to be among general Church membership. This book is a compilation of presentations from the 2008 annual BYU Church History Symposium. The purpose of this book is to remember the great legacy of John Taylor and the contributions he made to the Church during his lifetime. ISBN 978-0-8425-2736-1

Griffiths, Casey Paul. “John Taylor, Adopted Son of America.” In Champion of Liberty: John Taylor.
Black, Susan Easton. “The Pivotal Role of John Taylor in the Political Campaign of Joseph Smith.” In Champion of Liberty: John Taylor.
Taylor, Mark H. “John Taylor: Witness to the Martyrdom of the Prophet Joseph Smith.” In Champion of Liberty: John Taylor.
Walker, Jeffrey N. “John Taylor: Beyond ‘A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief’” In Champion of Liberty: John Taylor.
Whittaker, David J. “John Taylor and Mormon Imprints in Europe, 1840–52.” In Champion of Liberty: John Taylor.
Geilman, Douglas J. “Étoile du Déséret, Publication of the French Mission, 1851–52.” In Champion of Liberty: John Taylor.
Woods, Fred E. “A Gifted Gentleman in Perpetual Motion: John Taylor as an Emigration Agent.” In Champion of Liberty: John Taylor.
Taylor, J. Lewis. “John Taylor: Family Man.” In Champion of Liberty: John Taylor.
Williams, James G. “Defending Plural Marriage to Vice President Colfax.” In Champion of Liberty: John Taylor.
Bishop, Patrick A. “Precept upon Precept: The Succession of John Taylor.” In Champion of Liberty: John Taylor.
Holzapfel, Richard Neitzel, and Christopher C. Jones. “‘John the Revelator’: The Written Revelations of John Taylor.” In Champion of Liberty: John Taylor.
Skinner, Andrew C. “John Taylor, Teacher of the Atonement.” In Champion of Liberty: John Taylor.
Esplin, Scott C. “Moving Zion ‘Far Ahead’: John Taylor’s Educational Contributions.” In Champion of Liberty: John Taylor.
Perkins, Eric, and Mary Jane Woodger. “Administration from the Underground.” In Champion of Liberty: John Taylor.

2009 Church History Symposium

Harper, Steven C., and Richard E. Turley Jr., eds. Preserving the History of the Latter-day Saints. Proceedings of The 2009 BYU Church History Symposium. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.

The 2009 BYU Church History Symposium The pattern of keeping records dates back to the earliest days of the church, when Joseph Smith, the church’s founding prophet, announced the divine decree, “Behold, there shall be a record kept among you” (D&C 21:1). Leaders of the church have strived to obey that command. Contemporaneous records were kept of revelations received by the prophet, the calling and interaction of early leaders, missionary assignments, the building of temples, and much more. The Latter-day Saints continue to be a record-keeping people. In fact, there may be no other people on earth of comparable size who have a richer record-keeping tradition than the people nicknamed Mormons. It is a part of the church’s administrative system, reaching from small committees to the church’s general conferences and from new members to the most senior leaders. Because of this tradition, scholars can readily evaluate Latter-day Saint history from a wealth of primary documents. ISBN 978-0-8425-2777-4

Jensen, Marlin K. “Making a Case for Church History.” In Preserving the History of the Latter-day Saints.
Turley, Richard E., Jr. “Assistant Church Historians and the Publishing of Church History.” In Preserving the History of the Latter-day Saints.
Esplin, Scott C. “‘A History of All the Important Things’ (D&C 69:3).” In Preserving the History of the Latter-day Saints.
Allen, James B. “William Clayton and the Records of Church History.” In Preserving the History of the Latter-day Saints.
Park, Benjamin E. “Developing a Historical Conscience: Wilford Woodruff and the Preservation of Church History.” In Preserving the History of the Latter-day Saints.
Jensen, Robin Scott. “Ignored and Unknown Clues of Early Mormon Record Keeping.” In Preserving the History of the Latter-day Saints.
Neilson, Reid L. “Enlarging the Memory of Mormonism.” In Preserving the History of the Latter-day Saints.
Esplin, Ronald K. “Modern Efforts to Preserve Church History.” In Preserving the History of the Latter-day Saints.
Barney, Ronald O. “A Generation of Church History: A Personal View.” In Preserving the History of the Latter-day Saints.
Heiss, Matthew K. “Doing the Impossible: Documenting the Worldwide Church.” In Preserving the History of the Latter-day Saints.
Grover, Mark L. “Documenting the History of the Church in South America: Recovering the Past.” In Preserving the History of the Latter-day Saints.

2010 Church History Symposium

Whittaker, David J., and Arnold K. Garr, eds. A Firm Foundation: Church Organization and Administration. Proceedings of The 2010 BYU Church History Symposium. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2011.

The 2010 BYU Church History Symposium How did a church that started with just six official members blossom into a global organization of over fourteen million members? Authors such as Richard L. Bushman, John W. Welch, and Susan Easton Black show how Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, and other leaders established the foundation upon which the Church was built. According to Welch, the Book of Mormon provides the foundational administrative principles of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ, “not only its doctrines and instructions for personal living but also its many administrative guidelines.” He went on to say, “The administrative character and personality of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has indeed grown directly from the genetic material found in the Book of Mormon.” This book teaches how the individuals throughout Church history were inspired to restore and establish Christ’s Church in the latter days. ISBN 978-0-8425-2785-9

Bushman, Richard Lyman. “Joseph Smith and Power.” In A Firm Foundation.
Welch, John W. “The Book of Mormon as the Keystone of Church Administration.” In A Firm Foundation.
Bennett, Richard E. “‘The Circumference of the Apostleship’” In A Firm Foundation.
Ostler, Craig James. “The Articles and Covenants: A Handbook for New Branches.” In A Firm Foundation.
Darowski, Joseph F. “Seeking After the Ancient Order: Conferences and Councils in Early Church Governance, 1830–34.” In A Firm Foundation.
Staker, Mark Lyman. “Sharing Authority: Developing the First Presidency in Ohio.” In A Firm Foundation.
Black, Susan Easton. “Early Quorums of the Seventies.” In A Firm Foundation.
Walker, Ronald W. “Six Days in August: Brigham Young and the Succession Crisis of 1844.” In A Firm Foundation.
Woods, Fred E. “Men in Motion: Administering and Organizing the Gathering.” In A Firm Foundation.
Alford, Kenneth L. “A History of Mormon Catechisms.” In A Firm Foundation.
Benson, RoseAnn. “Primary Association Pioneers: An Early History.” In A Firm Foundation.
Peterson, Janet. “Young Women of Zion: An Organizational History.” In A Firm Foundation.
Alexander, Thomas G. “Church Administrative Change in the Progressive Period, 1898–1930.” In A Firm Foundation.
Goodman, Michael A. “Correlation: The Early Years.” In A Firm Foundation.
Mott, Elizabeth, and Sherry P. Baker. “From Radio to the Internet: Church Use of Electronic Media in the Twentieth Century.” In A Firm Foundation.
Hall, Dave. “Relief Society Educational and Social Welfare Work, 1900–1929.” In A Firm Foundation.
Griffiths, Casey Paul. “Joseph F. Merrill and the Transformation of Church Education.” In A Firm Foundation.
Moore, Theodore D., and William G. Hartley. “The Church’s Beautification Movement, 1937–47.” In A Firm Foundation.
Woodger, Mary Jane, and Jessica Wainwright Christensen. “Ardeth Greene Kapp’s Influence on the Young Women Organization.” In A Firm Foundation.
Esplin, Scott C. “Tying It to the Priesthood: Harold B. Lee’s Restructuring of the Young Men Organization.” In A Firm Foundation.
Livingstone, John P. “N. Eldon Tanner and Church Administration.” In A Firm Foundation.
Hicks, Michael. “How to Make (and Unmake) a Mormon Hymnbook.” In A Firm Foundation.
Kimball, Edward L. “Events and Changes during the Administration of Spencer W. Kimball.” In A Firm Foundation.
Richards, A. LeGrand, and Jessie L. Embry. “Global Lessons from a Local Stake.” In A Firm Foundation.
Minert, Roger P. “Succession in German Mission Leadership during World War II.” In A Firm Foundation.
Cowan, Richard O. “The Seventies’ Role in Worldwide Church Administration.” In A Firm Foundation.
Britsch, R. Lanier. “Missions and Missionary Administration and Organization.” In A Firm Foundation.
Whittaker, David J. “Mormon Administrative and Organizational History: A Source Essay.” In A Firm Foundation.

2011 Church History Symposium

Neilson, Reid L., and Fred E. Woods, eds. Go Ye into All the World: The Growth and Development of Mormon Missionary Work. Proceedings of The 2011 BYU Church History Symposium. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2012.

The 2011 BYU Church History Symposium This book features the winner of the Mormon History Association’s Best International Article Award, Ronald E. Bartholomew’s essay “The Role of Local Missionaries in Nineteenth-Century England.” Just as the risen Christ charged his Apostles, “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature,” he also charged his latter-day followers to do likewise. Using the Prophet Joseph Smith as his instrument, the Lord created his missionary system early in the Restoration. The Prophet received many revelations regarding missionary work and its urgency. Over the years, policies and procedures of missionary work have varied and grown a great deal, but it is always done under the direction of the Lord. The missionary system today is founded on principles based on revelation. The Church has used every righteous means available to take the gospel to the world, and the ways and means continue to expand. The outreach of the Church through missionary work is nothing short of amazing. This volume focuses on the growth and development of Mormon missionary work since the early days of the Restoration. ISBN 978-0-8425-2821-4

Britsch, R. Lanier. “By All Means.” In Go Ye into All the World.
Cowan, Richard O. “‘Called to Serve’” In Go Ye into All the World.
Livingstone, John P., and Richard E. Bennett. “‘Remember the New Covenant, Even the Book of Mormon’ (D&C 84:57).” In Go Ye into All the World.
Neilson, Reid L. “The Nineteenth-Century Euro-American Mormon Missionary Model.” In Go Ye into All the World.
Wright, Dennis A. “Missionary Materials and Methods.” In Go Ye into All the World.
Embry, Jessie L. “‘New Ways of Proselyting’” In Go Ye into All the World.
White, Benjamin Hyrum. “The History of Preach My Gospel.” In Go Ye into All the World.
Woods, Fred E. “Launching Mormonism in the South Pacific.” In Go Ye into All the World.
Woodger, Mary Jane. “The Ten Pioneering Missionaries of the Sandwich Islands, 1850–54.” In Go Ye into All the World.
Goodman, Michael A. “Elam Luddington.” In Go Ye into All the World.
Perrin, Kathleen C. “Louisa Barnes Pratt.” In Go Ye into All the World.
Reeves, Brian D. “‘Divert the Minds of the People’” In Go Ye into All the World.
Seferovich, Heather M. “Hospitality and Hostility.” In Go Ye into All the World.
Alford, Kenneth L. “Ben E. Rich.” In Go Ye into All the World.
Dowdle, Brett D. “‘There Is No More Satisfying Activity’” In Go Ye into All the World.
Esplin, Scott C. “A Place for ‘the Weary Traveler’” In Go Ye into All the World.
Christensen, Clinton D. “Senior Missionaries in the Caribbean.” In Go Ye into All the World.
Bartholomew, Ronald Errol. “The Role of Local Missionaries in Nineteenth-Century England.” In Go Ye into All the World.
Buckley, Jay H. “‘Good News’ at the Cape of Good Hope.” In Go Ye into All the World.
Baugh, Alexander L. “Defending Mormonism.” In Go Ye into All the World.
Mehr, Kahlile B. “The Mission of the Kyiv Ukraine Temple.” In Go Ye into All the World.

2012 Church History Symposium

Manscill, Craig K., Brian D. Reeves, Guy L. Dorius, and JB Haws, eds. Joseph F. Smith: Reflections on the Man and His Times. Proceedings of The BYU 2012 Church History Symposium. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2013.

The BYU 2012 Church History Symposium This book is a compilation of presentations from a BYU Church History Symposium. It features more than twenty messages about the life of Joseph F. Smith, including chapters by Elder M. Russell Ballard and Joseph Fielding McConkie. Elder Ballard, great-grandson of Joseph F. Smith, describes how the Lord prepared President Smith to lead the Church. Several scholars, historians, educators, and researchers highlight aspects of President Smith’s life, including his boyhood and adolescence, his family and personal relationships, his doctrinal contributions, Church government, and initiatives taken during his presidency in education, building construction, building the Laie Temple, creating the seminary program, and public outreach. ISBN 978-0-8425-2747-4

Manscill, Craig K. “Preface.” In Joseph F. Smith, ix-xii.
Ballard, M. Russell. “Joseph F. Smith and the Importance of Family.” In Joseph F. Smith.
McConkie, Joseph Fielding. “Doctrinal Contributions of Joseph F. Smith.” In Joseph F. Smith.
Ricks, Nathaniel R. “Triumphs of the Young Joseph F. Smith.” In Joseph F. Smith.
Marlowe, Eric-Jon K., and Isileli Kongaika. “Joseph F. Smith’s 1864 Mission to Hawaii: Leading a Reformation.” In Joseph F. Smith.
Tait, Lisa Olsen. “‘A Modern Patriarchal Family’: The Wives of Joseph F. Smith in the Relief Society Magazine, 1915-19.” In Joseph F. Smith.
Ogletree, Mark D. “The Fathering Practices of Joseph F. Smith.” In Joseph F. Smith.
Folkman, Kevin. “Letters from Joseph F. Smith to His Adopted Son Edward Arthur Smith.” In Joseph F. Smith.
Haws, JB. “Joseph F. Smith’s Encouragement of His Brother, Patriarch John Smith.” In Joseph F. Smith.
Whitchurch, David M. “Personal Glimpses of Joseph F. Smith: Adolescent to Prophet.” In Joseph F. Smith.
Godfrey, Matthew C. “‘My Dear Charlie’: The Friendship of Joseph F. Smith and Charles W. Nibley.” In Joseph F. Smith.
Ostler, Craig James. “Joseph F. Smith on Priesthood and Church Government.” In Joseph F. Smith.
Stuart, Joseph R. “Development of the Understanding of the Postmortal Spirit World.” In Joseph F. Smith.
Stapley, Jonathan A. “‘The Last of the Old School’: Joseph F. Smith and Latter-day Saint Liturgy.” In Joseph F. Smith.
Bishop, Patrick A. “The Apostolic Succession of Joseph F. Smith.” In Joseph F. Smith.
Horne, Dennis B. “Joseph F. Smith’s Succession to the Presidency.” In Joseph F. Smith.
Dowse, Richard J. “Joseph F. Smith and the Hawaiian Temple.” In Joseph F. Smith.
Boatright, Gary L., Jr. “‘We Shall Have Temples Built’: Joseph F. Smith and a New Era of Temple Building.” In Joseph F. Smith.
Luce, W. Ray. “Joseph F. Smith and the Great Mormon Building Boom.” In Joseph F. Smith.
Lund, Jennifer L. “Joseph F. Smith and the Origins of the Church Historic Sites Program.” In Joseph F. Smith.
Neilson, Reid L., and Mitchell K. Schaefer. “Excavating Early Mormon History: The 1878 History Fact-Finding Mission of Apostles Joseph F. Smith and Orson Pratt.” In Joseph F. Smith.
Dowdle, Brett D., and Casey Paul Griffiths. “‘A Godsend for the Salvation of Modern Israel’” In Joseph F. Smith.
Esplin, Scott C. “Joseph F. Smith and the Shaping of the Modern Church Educational System.” In Joseph F. Smith.
Cowan, Richard O. “Church Programs in Transition.” In Joseph F. Smith.
Alford, Kenneth L. “Joseph F. Smith and the First World War: Eventual Support and Latter-day Saint Chaplains.” In Joseph F. Smith.
Bray, Justin R. “Joseph F. Smith’s Beard and the Public Image of the Latter-day Saints.” In Joseph F. Smith.
Davies, Matthew R. “The Tongues of the Saints: The Azusa Street Revival and the Changing Definition of Tongues.” In Joseph F. Smith.

2013 Church History Symposium

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

Wayment, Thomas A. “Joseph Smith’s Developing Relationship with the Apocrypha.” In Approaching Antiquity, 331-355.

Several approaches to interpreting Joseph Smith’s use of the so-called Jewish and Christian apocryphal literature have been employed both by critics of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (hereafter LDS), and by those professing faith in the Church and whose interests may be classified as apologetic. These approaches span the range of being probative of Joseph Smith’s restoration of lost texts and scripture and being dismissive of Mormonism generally, because its sacred religious texts are founded on flagrant plagiarism of apocryphal literature.[1] Before one can answer the most important historical question at hand, how Joseph Smith used the Apocrypha and what relationship that body of literature had to early Mormon writings, it seems prudent to first of all establish some controls on the discussion. This is necessary because previous discussions have largely contented themselves with drawing out parallels between apocryphal writings and early Mormon publications without any discussion of whether or not Joseph Smith had access to the texts under discussion. Moreover, a wide variety of modern translations of ancient apocryphal texts are often employed when there is no possible way that someone living in the early nineteenth century could have known them. This is particularly important when citing phrases or words that Joseph Smith might have incorporated into the language of his revelations.

Bushman, Richard Lyman. “Joseph Smith’s Place in the Study of Antiquity in Antebellum America.” In Approaching Antiquity.
Holland, David F. “American Visionaries and Their Approaches to the Past.” In Approaching Antiquity.
Bennett, Richard E. “‘A Very Particular Friend’—Luther Bradish.” In Approaching Antiquity.
MacKay, Michael Hubbard. “‘Git Them Translated’: Translating the Characters on the Gold Plates.” In Approaching Antiquity.
Wright, Mark Alan. “Joseph Smith and Native American Artifacts.” In Approaching Antiquity.
Roper, Matthew P. “Joseph Smith, Central American Ruins, and the Book of Mormon.” In Approaching Antiquity.
Jackson, Kent P. “Joseph Smith’s Biblical Antiquity.” In Approaching Antiquity.
Frederick, Nicholas J. “Of ‘Life Eternal’ and ‘Eternal Lives’: Joseph Smith’s Engagement with the Gospel of John.” In Approaching Antiquity.
Bowman, Matthew. “The Spectrum of Apostasy: Mormonism, Early Christianity and the Quest for True Religion in Antebellum America.” In Approaching Antiquity.
Grey, Matthew J. “‘The Word of the Lord in the Original’: Joseph Smith’s Study of Hebrew in Kirtland.” In Approaching Antiquity.
Welch, John W. “Joseph Smith’s Awareness of Greek and Latin.” In Approaching Antiquity.
Blumell, Lincoln H. “Palmyra and Jerusalem: Joseph Smith’s Scriptural Texts and the Writings of Flavius Josephus.” In Approaching Antiquity.
Heal, Kristian S. “Patristic Writings in Early Mormon Periodicals.” In Approaching Antiquity.
Gee, John. “Joseph Smith and Ancient Egypt.” In Approaching Antiquity.
Muhlestein, Kerry. “Joseph Smith’s Biblical View of Egypt.” In Approaching Antiquity.
Hauglid, Brian M. “The Book of Abraham and the Egyptian Project: ‘A Knowledge of Hidden Languages’” In Approaching Antiquity.

2014 Church History Symposium

Goodman, Michael A., and Mauro Properzi, eds. The Worldwide Church: Mormonism as a Global Religion. Proceedings of The 2014 BYU Church History Symposium. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2016.

The 2014 BYU Church History Symposium This volume is a compilation of scholarly papers prepared by presenters at the BYU Church History Symposium entitled The Worldwide Church: The Global Reach of Mormonism. President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, second counselor in the First Presidency, was the first keynote speaker. He emphasized the importance of learning our history. Quoting Michael Crichton he stated, “If you don’t know history, then you don’t know anything. You are a leaf that doesn’t know it is part of a tree.” The second keynote speaker, Terryl Givens, highlighted the universal nature of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Seventeen other papers by notable historians, scholars, educators, and leaders are included in this volume. ISBN 978-0-8425-2973-0

Goodman, Michael A. “Introduction: The Worldwide Reach of Mormonism.” In The Worldwide Church.
Uchtdorf, Dieter F. “Seeing Beyond the Leaf.” In The Worldwide Church.
Haws, JB. “The Freeze and the Thaw: The LDS Church and the State in Ghana of the 1980s.” In The Worldwide Church.
Alford, Kenneth L. “Organizing the Church in Afghanistan.” In The Worldwide Church.
Rutherford, Taunalyn F. “Shifting Focus to Global Mormonism: The LDS Church in India.” In The Worldwide Church.
Goodman, Michael A. “Religious and Cultural Influences Faced by the First LDS Missionary in Thailand.” In The Worldwide Church.
Chou, Po Nien (Felipe). “History of the Church in Taiwan in the 1970s.” In The Worldwide Church.
Wilkinson, Greg. “Is the LDS Church a Japanese New Religion?” In The Worldwide Church.
Neilson, Reid L. “A Light in the Darkness: Apostle Ezra Taft Benson’s 1959 Sermon at Moscow’s Central Baptist Church.” In The Worldwide Church.
Reed, Andrew C. “The Non-Mormon Mormony: Authority, Religious, Tolerance, and Sectarian Identification in Late Imperial Russia.” In The Worldwide Church.
Miller, James A. “To Every Tongue: The Church and Language in the Former Soviet Union.” In The Worldwide Church.
Woodger, Mary Jane. “Moses of Czechoslovakia: Wallace F. Toronto, the Thirty-Two-Year Mission President.” In The Worldwide Church.
Toronto, James A., and Mauro Properzi. “From Conflict to Collaboration: Mormons and Waldensians in Italy.” In The Worldwide Church.
Howard, Susan W. “Mormonism and the British Press, 1880-90: Penrose, Roberts, and Sloan Fight for Fair Treatment.” In The Worldwide Church.
Hansen, Gerald, Jr., Hans Noot, and Medlir Mema. “The Church’s Cultural Challenges in Europe.” In The Worldwide Church.
Grover, Mark L. “Latin America and the Globalization of the LDS Church: From an American to an Americas Church.” In The Worldwide Church.
Gardner, Barbara Morgan. “A Century of LDS Church Schools in Mexico Influenced by Lamanite Identity.” In The Worldwide Church.
Esplin, Scott C. “‘Good Citizens of Our Adopted Country’: The Juarez Academy and Latter-day Saint Globalization through Education.” In The Worldwide Church.
Ostler, Craig James, and Brady Burns. “Development of LDS Humanitarian Aid.” In The Worldwide Church.
Givens, Terryl L. “The Global Church.” In The Worldwide Church.
Plaiss, John. “Mormon Relations with Islam.” The Worldwide Church: Mormonism as a Global Religion. The 2014 BYU Church History Symposium.

2016 Church History Symposium

BYU Religious Studies Center. Beyond Biography: Sources in Context for Mormon Women’s History. The 2016 BYU Church History Symposium.

2018 Church History Symposium

Godfrey, Matthew C., and Michael Hubbard MacKay, eds. Business and Religion: The Intersection of Faith and Finance. Proceedings of The 2018 BYU Church History Symposium. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2019.

The 2018 BYU Church History Symposium Historians have increasingly examined how economics and business have influenced religion and religious practices, and these examinations have provided better understandings of race, gender, and ethnicity within American religion. This volume highlights the research of fifteen presenters at a BYU Church History Symposium, including keynote addresses by Bishop Gérald Caussé and Sharon Ann Murphy. The remaining essays examine the prac­tice of consecration and cooperation by the Church, specific case studies of business and economics in Utah Territory, and financial issues pertaining to the institutional Church. These essays illuminate topics such as plural marriage, immigration, the Saints’ relation­ship to the federal government, and the creation and demise of Church programs. The BYU Church History Symposium highlighted that the field of economics and finance have much to offer to Latter-day Saint history. ISBN 978-1-9443-9482-0

Caussé, Gérald. “In the Lord’s Way.” In Business and Religion.
Murphy, Sharon Ann. “Financing Faith.” In Business and Religion.
Dirkmaat, Gerrit J. “Consecration and Controversy.” In Business and Religion.
Thompson, Jeffrey Paul. “Zion’s Co-operative Mercantile Institution.” In Business and Religion.
Spilsbury, Patricia Lemmon. “Striving for Cooperation and Economic Improvement.” In Business and Religion.
Brassard, Brooke Kathleen. “The Last Best West.” In Business and Religion.
Jensen, R. Devan. “The Mail, the Trail, and the War.” In Business and Religion.
MacKinnon, William P. “Off-the-Books Warfare.” In Business and Religion.
Farnes, Sherilyn. “‘We Cannot Sit Down Quietly and See our Children Starve’” In Business and Religion.
Allen, Julie K. “He’s Been Working on the Railroad.” In Business and Religion.
Brunson, Samuel D. “‘To Omit Paying Tithing’” In Business and Religion.
Cannon, Brian Q. “The Thousand-Dollar Class.” In Business and Religion.
Esplin, Scott C. “Ideological or Financial?” In Business and Religion.
Darowski, Joseph F. “‘The Lord’s Way’” In Business and Religion.
Woodger, Mary Jane, and Kiersten Robertson. “The Great Cause.” In Business and Religion.

2020 Church History Symposium

BYU Religious Studies Center. Visions and Visionaries: Joseph Smith in Comparative Contexts. The 2021 BYU Church History Symposium.

2022 Church History Symposium

BYU Religious Studies Center. Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives. The 2022 BYU Church History Symposium.
Gordon, Sarah B. “Keynote.” Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives, The 2022 BYU Church History Symposium.
Baugh, Alexander L. “Bringing Jackson County’s Antagonists to Justice: Civil Lawsuits Brought by the Church in Missouri, 1834–36.” Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives, The 2022 BYU Church History Symposium.
Erickson, Bethany. “‘Novel, Unlawful, Tyrannical, and Oppressive’: The Life and Political Career of Lilburn Boggs, the Extermination Order, and His Relationship with the Latter-day Saints.” Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives, The 2022 BYU Church History Symposium.
Farnes, Sherilyn. “Nineteenth-Century Latter-day Saint Religious Liberty in Historical Context in Western Missouri.” Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives, The 2022 BYU Church History Symposium.
Oman, Nathan B. “The Obligation to Obey the Law in the Latter-day Saint Tradition.” Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives, The 2022 BYU Church History Symposium.
Miner, Rachel, and Anna Bryner. “Amicus Brief Analysis and Religious Freedom.” Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives, The 2022 BYU Church History Symposium.
Huyett, Ian. “Employment Division v. Smith: A Historical Approach.” Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives, The 2022 BYU Church History Symposium.
Sainsbury, Derek R. “‘We Have Not Been Allowed the Liberty . . . to Worship as We Please’: Nancy Naomi Tracy and the Denial of Latter- day Saint Religious Liberty.” Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives, The 2022 BYU Church History Symposium.
McBride, Spencer W. “Joseph Smith and the Fight for American Religious Freedom.” Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives, The 2022 BYU Church History Symposium.
Graabek, Michelle. “‘According to the Freedom Granted Us in the Constitution’: Danish Latter-day Saints and Negotiating Religious Freedom in the 1850s.” Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives, The 2022 BYU Church History Symposium.
Allen, Julie K. “The Gap between Constitutional Religious Liberty and Individual Agency in 1850s Denmark.” Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives, The 2022 BYU Church History Symposium.
Dirkmaat, Gerrit J. “‘Too Long Trampled on to Be Celebrated’: Religious Bigotry and the Latter-day Saint Refusal to Celebrate Independence Day.” Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives, The 2022 BYU Church History Symposium.
Mahas, Jeffrey D. “Pluralism, Dissent, and Municipal Power: Nauvoo’s Religious Liberty Ordinance in the Courts.” Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives, The 2022 BYU Church History Symposium.
Carter, Edward L. “Journalism as Religious Freedom: Lessons from George Q. Cannon’s Western Standard.” Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives, The 2022 BYU Church History Symposium.
Wiewora, Nathaniel. “‘Numerous Wild Forms of Religion Soon Held Extensive Sway’: Antebellum Evangelicalism, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and the Problem of Too Much Religious Liberty.” Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives, The 2022 BYU Church History Symposium.
Armstrong, Bradley. “B. H. Roberts and Church-State Relations in the Nineteenth Century.” Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives, The 2022 BYU Church History Symposium.
Larsen, Kent. “Religious Freedom in B.H. Robert’s Corianton.” Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives, The 2022 BYU Church History Symposium.
Woodger, Mary Jane. “Latter-day Saint Historical Commitment to Religious Liberty in the Cook Islands.” Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives, The 2022 BYU Church History Symposium.
Inouye, Melissa Wei-Tsing. “How Have Racial Realities Protected or Restricted Religious Freedom in Latter-day-Saint-Majority Communities?” Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives, The 2022 BYU Church History Symposium.
Turner, Jeff. “Polygamy, Religious Freedom, and Immigration Law.” Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives, The 2022 BYU Church History Symposium.
Dowdle, Brett D. “Combatting the Other Relic: Antipolygamy and the Formation of the Republican Party, 1854–1857.” Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives, The 2022 BYU Church History Symposium.
Watkins, Jordan T. “We Cannot Legislate Against an Idea: George Ticknor Curtis and the Freedom of Religious Conscience.” Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives, The 2022 BYU Church History Symposium.
Pinheiro, Fernando. “What Happened in Jaragua? Religious Intolerance and Persecution of Missionaries in 1930s Brazil.” Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives, The 2022 BYU Church History Symposium.
Alford, Kenneth L. “War’s Influence on Missionary Work.” Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives, The 2022 BYU Church History Symposium.
Saltzgiver, Ryan W. “‘Prisoners for Jesus Christ’s Sake’: A Transnational View of Latter-day Saint Deference for Local Law, 1850–1950.” Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives, The 2022 BYU Church History Symposium.
Scharffs, Brett. “The Journey from Persecution to Inclusion.” Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives, The 2022 BYU Church History Symposium.
Worley, Michael T. “Latter-day Saints’ Promotion of Religious Freedom through Promotion of the Structure of the U.S. Government.” Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives, The 2022 BYU Church History Symposium.
Duncan, William C. “Constancy amid Change: Exploring the Historical Context of Religious Freedom Claims of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the United States.” Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives, The 2022 BYU Church History Symposium.
Holt, James D. “Religious Freedom in the UK: A Latter-day Saint Reflection.” Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives, The 2022 BYU Church History Symposium.
Hansen, Allen. “Construction of the BYU Jerusalem Center as Reflected in Knesset Minutes and Other Israeli Archival Sources.” Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives, The 2022 BYU Church History Symposium.
Cannon, Jeffrey G. “Religious Freedom in Apartheid South Africa: The Latter- day Saint Experience.” Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives, The 2022 BYU Church History Symposium.
Thomas, John Christopher. “Ahead of Its Time: Samuel Davis’s Overlooked Appeal.” Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives, The 2022 BYU Church History Symposium.
Dinger, John S. “Latter-day Saints, Voting, and Test Oaths in the Wes.” Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives, The 2022 BYU Church History Symposium.
Jung, Hannah. “‘Mere Opinion’: Polygamy and the Reach of Law in the United States.” Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives, The 2022 BYU Church History Symposium.
Parry, Joseph. “‘My Kingdom Is Not of This World’: Latter-day Saints and the Paradoxes of Religious Liberty in Nazi Germany.” Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives, The 2022 BYU Church History Symposium.
Perry, James. “‘I Expose Myself to Persecution’: Religious Persecution amongst Mid-Twentieth Century Czechoslovakian Latter-day Saint Votaries.” Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives, The 2022 BYU Church History Symposium.
Miller, James A. “Latter-day Saints and Religious Pluralism in Ukraine.” Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives, The 2022 BYU Church History Symposium.
Eubank, Sharon, Michael O. Leavitt, Elizabeth A. Clark, W. Cole Durham Jr., and Gary B. Doxey. “‘Anxiously Engaged in a Good Cause’: Religious Freedom at Home and Abroad.” Panel discussion at Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives, The 2022 BYU Church History Symposium.
Gong, Gerrit W. “Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives.” Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives, The 2022 BYU Church History Symposium.

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