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Review Of Making Lamanites: Mormons, Native Americans, And The Indian Student Placement Program, 1947–2000, By Matthew Garrett, Sujey Vega
Mormon Studies Review
Matthew Garrett begins his history of the Mormon Indian Student Placement Program (ISPP) with a narrative about his own family’s participation and what it meant for him to find an old picture of a young Native American student among his family photos. Thus, Garrett starts his history through this personal connection. Like many historical monographs, however, it moves toward a more seemingly objective stance that provides information without much reflection. While there is peppered subtle critique of the LDS Church’s representation of Native Americans in its doctrine, the ISPP is rescued from much reproach. The book does provide a much-needed …
Review Of Real Native Genius: How An Ex-Slave And A White Mormon Became Famous Indians, By Angela Pulley Hudson, Elise Boxer
Review Of Real Native Genius: How An Ex-Slave And A White Mormon Became Famous Indians, By Angela Pulley Hudson, Elise Boxer
Mormon Studies Review
Real Native Genius: How an Ex-Slave and a White Mormon Became Famous Indians adds to the growing body of literature that probes the intersection of race, gender, sexuality, and religion in the study of Mormonism. Author Angela Hudson considers how Mormons constructed ideas of “Indianness” and how the reinforcement or subversion of those ideas “influenced nearly every aspect of antebellum culture, often in surprising ways” (p. 3). She uses the lives of “professional Indians” Warner McCary and his wife, Lucy Stanton, as a lens to explore not just how they, as non–Native Americans, accessed indigeneity, but how they constructed and …
Review Of The Trek East: Mormonism Meets Japan, 1901–1968, By Shinji Takagi, Emily Anderson
Review Of The Trek East: Mormonism Meets Japan, 1901–1968, By Shinji Takagi, Emily Anderson
Mormon Studies Review
Shinji Takagi’s The Trek East: Mormonism Meets Japan, 1901–1968 is a sweeping and detailed account of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ struggle to establish and sustain a mission in Japan. Organized both chronologically and thematically, it recounts the hardships and frustrations endured by the first group of missionaries who ventured to Japan between 1901 and 1924—the first attempt at establishing the Japan Mission—and the more successful second attempt initiated during the Allied occupation of Japan and further reinforced during a particularly dynamic period of leadership and activity in the 1960s. While earlier studies of Mormonism in Japan …
Review Of At The Pulpit: 185 Years Of Discourses By Latter-Day Saint Women, Edited By Jennifer Reeder And Kate Holbrook., Beverly W. Palmer
Review Of At The Pulpit: 185 Years Of Discourses By Latter-Day Saint Women, Edited By Jennifer Reeder And Kate Holbrook., Beverly W. Palmer
Mormon Studies Review
In At the Pulpit—an annotated collection of fifty-four discourses given by Mormon women between 1831 and 2016—editors Jennifer Reeder and Kate Holbrook clearly achieve their stated goal of “representing the varied ways that Mormon women have addressed public audiences” (p. xxvii). The earliest speeches included in this book were delivered in the American Midwest until the mid-1840s; after 1852 these addresses were almost entirely given in Utah (exceptions being Liverpool, England, in 1861; Chicago in 1893; Washington, DC, in 1895; and Mexico City in 1972). The fact that speakers came from places like New Zealand and South Africa, for example, …
Review Of Out Of Obscurity: Mormonism Since 1945, By Patrick Q. Mason And John G. Turner, Eds., Matthew A. Sutton
Review Of Out Of Obscurity: Mormonism Since 1945, By Patrick Q. Mason And John G. Turner, Eds., Matthew A. Sutton
Mormon Studies Review
Patrick Q. Mason opens the introduction to Out of Obscurity with a few short words and phrases. They include Joseph Smith, polygamy, golden plates, The Book of Mormon musical, Mitt Romney, and Proposition 8. Mason’s point is that Americans know a lot about the controversial origins of Mormonism and a lot about the impact that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has had on recent American politics. They don’t know much about what has transpired in between. Mason is exactly right. This book represents the efforts of Mason, coeditor John G. Turner, and thirteen other scholars to explain …
Review Of What Is Mormonism? A Student’S Introduction, By Patrick Q. Mason; Mormonism: The Basics, By David J. Howlett And John Charles Duffy, Jennifer Graber
Review Of What Is Mormonism? A Student’S Introduction, By Patrick Q. Mason; Mormonism: The Basics, By David J. Howlett And John Charles Duffy, Jennifer Graber
Mormon Studies Review
Two introductory texts on Mormonism have much to offer scholars, like myself, who are not specialists in the tradition yet regularly return to it when teaching undergraduate classes in American religions and American history. Mason’s volume, What Is Mormonism? A Student’s Introduction, focuses on the Latter-day Saints and explores the tradition’s historical development, global expansion, daily practice, and function as a response to existential problems. Howlett and Duffy’s book, Mormonism: The Basics, surveys the Latter-day Saints, the Reorganized Latter Day Saints (RLDS, now Community of Christ),
and fundamentalist groups with an emphasis on Mormon history, relations with non-Mormons, ritual life, …
Introduction: Small Means, Great Things, Benjamin Peters, John D. Peters
Introduction: Small Means, Great Things, Benjamin Peters, John D. Peters
Mormon Studies Review
Mormonism is a media religion: every contribution to this forum makes this point in some way. Of course, the same could be said of most religions, and yet the Mormon tradition in particular incorporates media. How so?
A Genealogical Turn: Possibilities For Mormon Studies And Genealogical Scholarship, Amy Harris
A Genealogical Turn: Possibilities For Mormon Studies And Genealogical Scholarship, Amy Harris
Mormon Studies Review
There is a growing scholarly field, crucial to Mormon studies, that scholars of Mormonism have yet to engage with: the history of genealogical practices. Mormon studies contains a robust and mature literature on the history of temple theology and the importance of kin to Mormon teachings.1 The connections between this flourishing scholarship and genealogical practices are largely missing, however. Scholarly history of genealogy is currently enjoying a rebirth—a renaissance that comes at a fortuitous time for Mormon studies.
Mormonism And Anthropology: On Ways Of Knowing, Fenella Cannell
Mormonism And Anthropology: On Ways Of Knowing, Fenella Cannell
Mormon Studies Review
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Mormon Scholars And Mormon Families In Family Studies: A Brief Retrospective, David C. Dollahite, Loren D. Marks, Heather Howell Kelley
Mormon Scholars And Mormon Families In Family Studies: A Brief Retrospective, David C. Dollahite, Loren D. Marks, Heather Howell Kelley
Mormon Studies Review
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The Peculiar Mormon Paradox, Molly Worthen
The Peculiar Mormon Paradox, Molly Worthen
Mormon Studies Review
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Still The Seed Of Abraham?, David A. Hollinger
Still The Seed Of Abraham?, David A. Hollinger
Mormon Studies Review
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The New Mormon Theology Of Matter, Rosalynde Welch
The New Mormon Theology Of Matter, Rosalynde Welch
Mormon Studies Review
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Joanna Brooks, Rachel Hunt Steenblick, And Hannah Wheelwright, Eds., Mormon Feminism: Essential Writings, Reviewed By Anthea Butler, Martha Bradley-Evans, Taylor C. Petrey
Joanna Brooks, Rachel Hunt Steenblick, And Hannah Wheelwright, Eds., Mormon Feminism: Essential Writings, Reviewed By Anthea Butler, Martha Bradley-Evans, Taylor C. Petrey
Mormon Studies Review
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Kate Holbrook And Matthew Bowman, Eds., Women And Mormonism: Historical And Contemporary Perspectives, Reviewed By Amy Hoyt
Kate Holbrook And Matthew Bowman, Eds., Women And Mormonism: Historical And Contemporary Perspectives, Reviewed By Amy Hoyt
Mormon Studies Review
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Russell W. Stevenson, For The Cause Of Righteousness: A Global History Of Blacks And Mormonism, 1830-2013; Matthew L. Harris And Newell G. Bringhurst, Eds., The Mormon Church And Blacks: A Documentary History, Reviewed By Quincy D. Newell
Russell W. Stevenson, For The Cause Of Righteousness: A Global History Of Blacks And Mormonism, 1830-2013; Matthew L. Harris And Newell G. Bringhurst, Eds., The Mormon Church And Blacks: A Documentary History, Reviewed By Quincy D. Newell
Mormon Studies Review
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Mark A. Scherer, The Journey Of A People: The Era Of Restoration, 1820 To 1844; The Journey Of A People: The Era Of Reorganization, 1844 To 1946; The Journey Of A People: The Era Of Worldwide Community, 1946 To 2015, Reviewed By Chrystal Vanel
Mark A. Scherer, The Journey Of A People: The Era Of Restoration, 1820 To 1844; The Journey Of A People: The Era Of Reorganization, 1844 To 1946; The Journey Of A People: The Era Of Worldwide Community, 1946 To 2015, Reviewed By Chrystal Vanel
Mormon Studies Review
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Terryl L. Givens And Reid L. Neilson, Eds., The Columbia Sourcebook Of Mormons In The United States, Reviewed By Max Perry Mueller
Terryl L. Givens And Reid L. Neilson, Eds., The Columbia Sourcebook Of Mormons In The United States, Reviewed By Max Perry Mueller
Mormon Studies Review
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Mormon Studies Review Volume 4, Mormon Studies Review
Mormon Studies Review Volume 4, Mormon Studies Review
Mormon Studies Review
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The Materiality Of Lived Mormonism, Josh E. Probert
The Materiality Of Lived Mormonism, Josh E. Probert
Mormon Studies Review
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Lived Leadership, Kate Holbrook
Pedagogical Impulses And Incommensurables: Lived Mormonism In Hong Kong, Stacilee Ford
Pedagogical Impulses And Incommensurables: Lived Mormonism In Hong Kong, Stacilee Ford
Mormon Studies Review
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"Provident Living": Ethnography, Material Culture, And The Performance Of Mormonism In Everyday Life, Danille Elise Christensen
"Provident Living": Ethnography, Material Culture, And The Performance Of Mormonism In Everyday Life, Danille Elise Christensen
Mormon Studies Review
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Mormon Studies Review Volume 3, Mormon Studies Review
Mormon Studies Review Volume 3, Mormon Studies Review
Mormon Studies Review
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Front Matter, Mormon Studies Review
The Graduate Mormon Studies Classroom, Patrick Q. Mason
The Graduate Mormon Studies Classroom, Patrick Q. Mason
Mormon Studies Review
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Making The Unfamiliar Familiar: Mormon Studies For Non-Mormon Students, Jill Peterfeso
Making The Unfamiliar Familiar: Mormon Studies For Non-Mormon Students, Jill Peterfeso
Mormon Studies Review
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What Kind Of Prejudice Was Anti-Mormonism?, Chris Beneke
What Kind Of Prejudice Was Anti-Mormonism?, Chris Beneke
Mormon Studies Review
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"I'Ll Pet A Cat From Time To Time… And I'M A Mormon": Teaching Mormonism In The American Midwest, Sara M. Patterson
"I'Ll Pet A Cat From Time To Time… And I'M A Mormon": Teaching Mormonism In The American Midwest, Sara M. Patterson
Mormon Studies Review
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