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Salt, Smurthwaite, And Smith: The Origins Of The Modern Legal Identity Of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints, Nathan B. Oman Jan 2022

Salt, Smurthwaite, And Smith: The Origins Of The Modern Legal Identity Of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints, Nathan B. Oman

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In 2019 there existed a legal entity known as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This fact will likely strike most readers as unexceptional. More interesting, however, prior to 2019 there had been no such legal entity as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for over 150 years, the last of that name likely having been disincorporated in 1862. Even more strangely, although there were millions of people around the globe who identified themselves as Latter-day Saints, in 2019 the only member of the legal entity known as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints …


Civil Disobedience In Latter-Day Saint Thought, Nathan B. Oman Jan 2021

Civil Disobedience In Latter-Day Saint Thought, Nathan B. Oman

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The twelfth article of faith declares, “We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law” (A of F 1:12). On its face, this statement seems to be an unqualified acceptance of legal authority, one that would suggest that Latter-day Saints ought to shun civil disobedience. However, a closer look at Restoration scripture, teachings, and experience reveals a more complicated picture. To be sure, law-abidingness has long been central to the Saints’ identity, particularly in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and like the New Testament, Restoration scripture generally accepts the need to …


International Legal Experience And The Mormon Theology Of The State, 1945-2012, Nathan B. Oman Jan 2015

International Legal Experience And The Mormon Theology Of The State, 1945-2012, Nathan B. Oman

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Book Review Of New Perspectives In Mormon Studies: Creating And Crossing Boundaries, Nathan B. Oman Sep 2014

Book Review Of New Perspectives In Mormon Studies: Creating And Crossing Boundaries, Nathan B. Oman

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Mordred Had A Good Point, Nathan B. Oman Apr 2010

Mordred Had A Good Point, Nathan B. Oman

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"The Living Oracles": Legal Interpretation And Mormon Thought, Nathan B. Oman Jan 2009

"The Living Oracles": Legal Interpretation And Mormon Thought, Nathan B. Oman

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Preaching To The Court House And Judging In The Temple, Nathan B. Oman Jan 2009

Preaching To The Court House And Judging In The Temple, Nathan B. Oman

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The Scholar As Celebrant, Nathan B. Oman Jan 2008

The Scholar As Celebrant, Nathan B. Oman

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Book Review Of Faiths Of The Founding Fathers, Davison M. Douglas Jan 2007

Book Review Of Faiths Of The Founding Fathers, Davison M. Douglas

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A Defense Of The Authority Of Church Doctrine, Nathan B. Oman Jan 2007

A Defense Of The Authority Of Church Doctrine, Nathan B. Oman

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Jurisprudence And The Problem Of Church Doctrine, Nathan B. Oman Jan 2006

Jurisprudence And The Problem Of Church Doctrine, Nathan B. Oman

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"Secret Combinations": A Legal Analysis, Nathan B. Oman Jan 2004

"Secret Combinations": A Legal Analysis, Nathan B. Oman

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Book Review Of Sarah Barringer Gordon's The Mormon Question: Polygamy And Constitutional Conflict In Nineteenth-Century America, Nathan B. Oman Jul 2002

Book Review Of Sarah Barringer Gordon's The Mormon Question: Polygamy And Constitutional Conflict In Nineteenth-Century America, Nathan B. Oman

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"Out Of Zion Shall Go Forth The Law", Nathan B. Oman Jan 2000

"Out Of Zion Shall Go Forth The Law", Nathan B. Oman

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Accommodating Employees' Sabbaths: Is It The Government's Job?, Neal Devins Jan 1985

Accommodating Employees' Sabbaths: Is It The Government's Job?, Neal Devins

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Thoughts On Sunday Schools, And Sunday School Books, Lucian Minor Mar 1838

Thoughts On Sunday Schools, And Sunday School Books, Lucian Minor

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