Mormonism category: 1202 books

Published in 1853, the first American novel about the Mormons is also one of the best. John Russell, an Illinois journalist and educator, witnessed the persecution in Missouri and Illinois and generally sympathized with the Saints. The Mormoness tells the story of Mary Maverick, the heroine of the...

Dixie Saints tells the stories of the common folk who lived in Utah's "Dixie": the farmers and ranchers, the fruit peddlers, the road builders, the timber cutters and lumber makers, the freighters, the midwives, the mothers and child nurturers, the teachers, the choir singers and band players—those...

 The Mormon church today is led by an elite group of older men, nearly three-quarters of whom are related to current or past general church authorities. This dynastic hierarchy meets in private; neither its minutes nor the church’s finances are available for public review. Members are reassured...

Might, Right, and Mitt. In the contested terrain of American politics, nowhere is the conflict more intense, even brutal, than in the territory of public life also claimed by religion. Mitt Romney’s 2007–08 presidential campaign is a textbook example. Religious historian (and ardent Republican)...

This volume in the Perspectives on Mormon Theology series is an exploration of Mormon apologetics—or the defense of faith. Since its very beginning, various Latter-day Saints have sought to utilize evidence and reason to actively promote or defend beliefs and claims within the Mormon tradition....

This compilation of groundbreaking articles about Joseph Smith is selected from over fifty years of LDS scholarship published by BYU Studies. This volume features articles on young Joseph Smith’s leg surgery, the historical setting and early accounts of the First Vision, friends’ and family members’...

This study examines Mormon mysticism, mythology, and magic. The ascension theology of the Prophet Joseph Smith (1805-1844), founder of Mormonism, is compared to the metaphysics of Nicene Christianity. Smith espoused a soteriological model in which it is necessary for each man to work out his own salvation...

For the first century of their church’s existence, Mormon observers of international events studied and cheered global revolutions as a religious exercise. As believers in divine-human co-agency, many prominent Mormons saw global revolutions as providential precursors to the imminent establishment...

To her contemporaries Amy Brown Lyman was a leader, admired for her dynamic personality, her inspiring public addresses, and especially for her remarkable vision of what Mormon women in the Relief Society could achieve. Yet today her name is barely known. This volume brings her work to light, showing...

This book distills hundreds of interesting facts of Mormonism into twelve categories of lists - Church history, General Authorities, missionaries, scriptures, and contemporary theses such as women, art, entertainment, and athletes. Use this facts-in-a-jiffy book for “gospel games,” to enliven lessons and talks, and for sheer pleasure reading.

This ebook contains chapters 1 though 9. The inexorable movement toward gender equality in the modern world has taken root in the consciousness of many Latter-day Saints and has publicly emerged as a major concern for the LDS Church. Spearheaded by a new generation of internet-savvy feminists,...

Unlike his first two years as editor of Zion's Trumpet, John S. Davis was a married man when he published the first issue of the 1851 volume. The marriage between him and Elizabeth Phillips took plan on 30 December 1850 in Merthyr Tydfil. He moved from his residence on Nantygwenith Street to one on...

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.

Is Mormonism the only true church and all of Christianity wrong? Being “temple worthy” is an important practice in the Mormon tradition, but do promises made in this process stand inconsistent with biblical Christianity? What about Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormon Church? How did he receive...