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Joseph Smith’s July 12, 1843, revelation on plural marriage was the last of his formal written revelations and a transformational moment in Mormonism. While acting today as the basis for the doctrine of eternal nuclear families, the revelation came forth during a period of theological expansion...

Book Description: Mormon and Maori examines the appeal of Mormonism for the Maori of New Zealand from its first introduction to them in the 1880s and the reasons for its continuing success. It discusses the impact of an American religion on its Maori converts and their culture over the last...

From the arrival of the first Mormon missionaries in New Zealand in 1854 until stakehood and the dedication of the Hamilton New Zealand Temple in 1958, Tiki and Temple tells the enthralling story of Mormonism’s encounter with the genuinely different but surprisingly harmonious Maori culture. Mormon...

Doing theology is like building a comically circuitous Rube Goldberg machine: you spend your time tinkering together an unnecessarily complicated, impractical, and ingenious apparatus for doing things that are, in themselves, simple. But there is a kind of joy in theology’s gratuity, there is a...

The Liberal Soul offers something lacking in LDS culture. That is the presentation of a different way for Latter-day Saints to examine the question of how to be faithful disciples of Christ and good citizens. It shows public policy decision-making regarding government role as the manifestation of...

Continuing a conversation as old as Mormonism itself, Jack Harrell explores the relationship between Mormonism and the writer. Mormons see the universe in mythic proportions. Their God is a creator, their devil a destroyer. This makes meaningful conflict fundamental to their worldview, and begs the...

Written by his sister Eliza R. Snow, this biography sets out many of the events of Lorenzo Snow's life; his early life, his initial encounter with and conversion to Mormonism, and his labors, missions, and call as an apostle within the Mormon Church.  Also included are a number of letters written by Lorenzo Snow describing travel through Europe and the Holy Land.

Written with firsthand knowledge by Mormon Battalion soldier Daniel Tyler, this book undertakes to give a concise and powerful history of the experiences of the Mormon Battalion during their years of service from 1846 to 1847.

Dime novels probably did more than any other kind of book to turn lower- and middle-class Americans into both book owners and book readers. They were so cheap that almost anyone could afford them, and so exciting that almost everybody wanted to read them. It’s hard to tell just how many of these...

Originally published in Spanish, Curbelo’s The History of the Mormons in Argentina is a groundbreaking book detailing the growth of the Church in this Latin American country. Through numerous interviews and access to other primary resources, Curbelo has constructed a timeline, and then documents...

This book, written by Mormon President and Prophet John Taylor, puts forth and expounds his view of the sacrifice and atonement of Jesus Christ. In so doing, he quotes from the Bible, Mormon scripture, as well as the teachings and revelations received by other Mormon leaders.

As one of the LDS Church’s most widely recognized scholars, Hugh Nibley is both an icon and an enigma. Through complete access to Nibley’s correspondence, journals, notes, and papers, Petersen has painted a portrait that reveals the man behind the legend. Starting with a foreword written by Zina...

Given by his own mouth, this narrative of Jacob Hamblin's life gives a fascinating account of his life; from his conversion to Mormonism in the early 1840s and migrations that came with experience to his missionary work among the Native Americans in the West.

This is the publication of a debate between Elder B. H. Roberts, a Mormon theologian and leader, and the Reverend Cyril Van Der Donckt, a Catholic theologian, over the nature and Biblical basis of the Mormon concept of God.  It also includes a discourse by Roberts on the divinity of Jesus Christ.