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This book, by Mormon apostle and later Prophet Joseph Fielding Smith, was written in response to a number of attacks on the teachings of the Utah-based Mormon Church by ministers of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, now known as the Community of Christ. Within this book,...

Rudger Clawson (1857–1943) was the first Mormon convicted of being in violation of the Edmund–Tucker Act, which outlawed polygamy. Born into a polygamous family, Clawson married Florence Dinwoodey in August 1882, Lydia Spencer is March 1883, and eventually entered into a “post-Manifesto union”...

This book by Mormon apostle James E. Talmage is revised and reconstructed version of numerous lectures that he delivered at several different universities. Within them, he addressed the story and major historical events of Mormonism as they'd largely occurred to that point.

Originally a series of radio broadcasts by Mormon leader B. H. Roberts, these sixteen discourses are on what Mormons refer to as the 'Great Apostasy' or the falling away from the original teachings of the Church that Jesus Christ established during the period of the New Testament.

Through this doctrinal treatise written in 1893, Mormon leader B. H. Roberts set out to teach the principles of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He did so by examining four main events: the mortal ministry of Jesus Christ and His Apostles, the Great Apostasy that followed their deaths, The Reformation, and what Mormons refer to as the Restoration of the Gospel through Joseph Smith.

This volume collects, for the first time in book form, stories from the “September Six,” a group of intellectuals officially excommunicated or disfellowshipped from the LDS Church in September of 1993 on charges of “apostasy” or “conduct unbecoming” Church members. Their experiences are...

A mere two hundred years old, Mormonism is still in its infancy compared to other theological disciplines (Judaism, Catholicism, Buddhism, etc.). This volume will introduce its reader to the rich blend of theological viewpoints that exist within Mormonism. The essays break new ground in Mormon studies...

What is hope? What is Zion? And what does it mean to hope for Zion? In this insightful book, Joseph Spencer explores these questions through the scriptures of two continents separated by nearly two millennia. In the first half, Spencer engages in a rich study of Paul's letter to the Roman to better...

Originally published shortly after the LDS Church lifted its priesthood and temple restriction on black Latter-day Saints, Newell G. Bringhurst’s landmark work remains ever-relevant as both the first comprehensive study on race within the Mormon religion and the basis by which contemporary discussions...

Under the subject of alternative lifestyles, the issue of polygamous relationships falls squarely in the middle of the debate. Polygamous marriages are a common practice in many other countries, but the United States has vehemently opposed such unions and will no doubt find itself disputing its position...

Excavating Mormon Pasts assembles sixteen knowledgeable scholars from both LDS and the Community of Christ traditions who have long participated skillfully in this dialogue. It presents their insightful and sometimes incisive surveys of where the New Mormon History has come from and which fields remain...

Mormons and non-Mormons all have their views about how polygamy was practiced in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Embry has examined the participants themselves in order to understand how men and women living a nineteenth-century...

Many Mormon dreams flourished in Missouri. So did many Mormon nightmares. The Missouri period--especially from the summer of 1838 when Joseph took over vigorous, personal direction of this new Zion until the spring of 1839 when he escaped after five months of imprisonment--represents a moment of intense...

This small pamphlet was published shortly after the Carthage murder of Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith and his brother - and Mormon Patriarch - Hyrum Smith. It describes the events leading up to the assassination by several eyewitnesses of those times.