Byu Studies imprint: 72 books
Mormonism and the Temple
Examining an Ancient Religious Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2019
Mormonism and the Temple: Examining an Ancient Religious Tradition contains the proceedings of the Academy for Temple Studies conference held under the same title on the campus of Utah State University on 29 October 2012, and includes the following presentations:
• Restoring Solomon’s Temple...
Nearly Everything Imaginable
The Everyday Life of Utah's Mormon Pioneers
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2014
From living in a dugout called the Castle of Spiders to eating so many weeds their skin took on a green cast to losing four children in just a few weeks to diphtheria, nearly everything imaginable happened to the Mormon settlers of Utah Territory. Here are the details of the lives of the common people—what...
by Harper, Steven C.
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
This Bookshelf Single is an excerpt from the book Opening the Heavens: Accounts of Divine Manifestations, 18201844, Second Edition.In this chapter, Steven C. Harper reproduces the richest historical documents associated with the dedication of the Kirtland Temple—the contemporary writings of eyewitnesses....
by Welch, John W.
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
This Bookshelf Single is an excerpt from the book Opening the Heavens: Accounts of Divine Manifestations, 18201844, Second Edition.John W. Welch discusses the miraculous three-month translation of the Book of Mormon by Joseph Smith. He seeks to answer some of the following questions through analysis...
by John W. Welch
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2012
"Opening the Heavens allows readers to decide for themselves about certain key events of the Restoration ... All the crucial documents are laid open for inspection with enough commentary to put them in context. For serious students of Latter-day Saint history, nothing could be more helpful—and...
The Emergence of Brigham Young and the Twelve to Mormon Leadership, 18301841
A Dissertation Presented to the Department of History Brigham Young University
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2006
This study investigates Brigham Young and his fellow apostles in the 1830s as they gradually became an effective quorum and moved toward eventual ascendancy. It examines the all-encompassing religious framework from which Brigham Young acted and uses it to shed light on both the complex issues confronting early Mormons and on his emergence as a leader.
by Baugh, Alexander L.
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
This Bookshelf Single is an excerpt from the book Opening the Heavens: Accounts of Divine Manifestations, 18201844, Second Edition.While the visions received by Joseph Smith were also revelatory experiences, revelations were not always visionary. In researching Joseph Smith's visions, Baugh attempted...
by Welch, John W.
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1994
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1994
William E. McLellin (1806-1883) was an early Mormon apostle who later left the church. In his later years he questioned the authority of founder Joseph Smith, but he always said he believed that the Book of Mormon was truly the word of God. In 1871 he wrote a notebook in which he recorded his contacts...
by Paul H. Peterson
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Famine and hard times in Utah in the mid-1850s convinced Church leaders that God was not pleased with the state of the Kingdom. Consequently, they initiated a program of rebaptism, rededication, and retrenchment among the Saints between 1856 and 1857. Jedediah Grant exerted much influence during this...
Arm the Children
Faith's Response to a Violent World
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2012
Setting the stage with his conversion story, author Arthur Henry King sheds light on the importance of having the fullness of the gospel in our lives. He states: “Today, we are living in a world that, having gone down from religious principles, is looking for an escape. That is why we have drugs and...
A Call to Arms
The 1838 Mormon Defense of Northern Missouri
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2000
This 1996 dissertation demonstrates that the expulsion of the Latter-day Saints from Missouri in 18381839 was "entirely unwarranted and illegal." Analyzing the history of the seven military episodes of this conflict, especially in terms of the traditional roles of local militias in the United States,...
Wayward Saints
The Social and Religious Protests of the Godbeites against Brigham Young
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2012
A story that includes spiritualistic seances, hidden conspiracy, and an important church trial, Wayward Saints chronicles the challenge, during the 1870s, of a group of British Mormon intellectuals to Brigham Young's leadership and authority. William S. Godbe and his associates revolted because they...
by Porter, Larry C.
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2012
Addressing some of the most consquential yet esoteric subjects andevents in Latter-day Saint Church history, this 1971 dissertationmakes available items from early Mormon history never previously sothoroughly documented. Specifically, Dr. Larry C. Porter carefullydelineates the dynamics of Joseph...
Sister-Wives and Suffragists
Polygamy and the Politics of Woman Suffrage 1870-1896
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2005
Beginning in 1870, Utah women from both polygamist and monogamist marriages attempted to establish their primacy as the standard-bearer of woman's rights in the territory. Some sought support from leaders within the territory while others looked to those in the national arena. Ultimately, the activities...