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Toward The Folkloristic Study Of Latter-Day Saint Conversion Narratives, Eric A. Eliason

BYU Studies

Frequently told among Latter-day Saints, conversion stories—both one's own or those of one's ancestors—constitute an important and overlooked genre at the core of Mormon narrative folklore.

More Precious Than Gold: The Journey To And Through Zion In 1849-50, Fred E. Woods

Faculty Publications

The California gold rush, the first international gold rush in history, turned the world upside down, reaching its zenith in the years 1849-50. As a result of the rush during these two climactic years, the population swelled our nation's Pacific coast, entitling California to receive statehood in the fall of 1850. During these catalytic years, Latter-day Saints were journeying to the American West for a different kind of treasure. They gathered from afar to their Mormon mecca nestled in the Salt Lake Valley to fulfill their dreams of establishing Zion. Yet the California gold rush had a significant impact on …

Brief Notices, Jed L. Woodworth, Gary L. Hatch, Beth Hamilton, John W. Welch, Cynthia Doxey

BYU Studies

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Captain Dan Jones And The Blind Man, Ronald D. Dennis

BYU Studies

The 1847 pamphlets, one a polemic by convert-turned-antagonist Daniel Jones and the other a rebuttal by Elder Dan Jones, give an interesting glimpse into an early LDS missionary work in Wales.

The Viper On The Hearth: Mormons, Myths And The Construction Of Heresy Terryl L. Givens, Grant Underwood

BYU Studies

Terryl L. Givens. The Viper on the Hearth: Mormons, Myths, and the Construction of Heresy. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. x; 205 pp. Index, notes. $35.00.

Book Of Mormon Authorship Revisited: The Evidence For Ancient Origins Noel B. Reynolds, Dow R. Wilson

BYU Studies

Noel B. Reynolds, ed. Book of Mormon Authorship Revisited: The Evidence for Ancient Origins. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research ad Mormon studies, 1997. 574 pp. Index. $19.95.

Solomon Chamberlin's Missing Pamphlet: Dreams, Visions, And Angelic Ministrants, Larry C. Porter

BYU Studies

An 1829 pamphlet tells of the early experiences of a visionary man who was guided to Joseph Smith in Palmyra and who recognized the Restoration as the fulfillment of his spiritual quest.

Old Testament Bibliography By Author, David Rolph Seely

BYU Studies

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Youth And Beauty: The Correspondence Of Hugh Nibley, Boyd Petersen

BYU Studies

Personal letters written by Hugh Nibley during his youth show the fundamental consistency of his personality, style, beliefs, concerns, and penetrating perceptions throughout his lifetime.

Worth Their Salt: Notable But Often Unnoted Women Of Utah Colleen Whitley, Cherry B. Silver

BYU Studies

Colleen Whitley, ed. Worth Their Salt: Notable but Often Unnoted Women of Utah. Logan: Utah State University, 1996. xi; 308 pp. Photographs, notes, bibliography. Paperback, $19.95.

The Mysteries Of Godliness: A History Of Mormon Temple Worship By David John Buerger, Danel W. Bachman, Kenneth W. Godfrey

BYU Studies

David John Buerger. The Mysteries of Godliness: A History of Mormon Temple Worship. San Francisco: Smith Research Associates, 1994. 234 pp. $24.95.

Feminism In The Light Of The Gospel Of Jesus Christ, Mary Stovall Richards, B. Kent Harrison

BYU Studies

In its most basic form, feminism echoes eternal truths of the gospel, which affirms the equal worth of all people, the equal right to and capacity for spirituality, and the evils of abuse.

Family Land And Records Center In Nauvoo, Susan Easton Black

BYU Studies

The Family Land and Records Center is a research center in Nauvoo with many documents available to assist those interested in family history. The records center has documents of residents of Nauvoo, Iowa, and Illinois, from 1839 to 1845. These records include burial records, industry records, temple ordinance records, property records, tax records, occupational records, court records, and more. As of 2013, the Land and Records Office can be found at http://www.historicnauvoo.net/2010/01/land-and-records-office/.

Susan Easton Black, "Family Land and Records Center in Nauvoo" BYU Studies 36, no. 1.

Church History In Black And White: George Edward Anderson's Photographic Mission To Latter-Day Saint Historical Sites: 1907 Diary, 1907-8 Photographs By Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, T. Jeffrey Cottle, And Ted D. Stoddard, Nelson B. Wadsworth

BYU Studies

Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, T. Jeffery Cottle, and Ted D. Stoddard, eds. Church History in Black and White: George Edward Anderson's Photographic Mission to Latter-day Saint Historical Sites: 1907 Diary, 1907-8 Photographs. Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1995. xxi; 241 pp. 153 photographs, maps, appendixes, bibliography, index. $29.95.

Conversation In Nauvoo About The Corporeality Of God, Jacob Neusner

BYU Studies

Religion scholar Jacob Neusner looks at the corporeal nature of God through the lens of Mormonism and Judaism. He addresses anthropomorphism and incarnation, and concludes that the way to know God is through “our relationship with him, not through our act of the incarnation of God in heart and mind and soul.” Neusner appreciates the powerful doctrine of God’s corporeality taught by the Prophet Joseph Smith in the 1842 King Follett Sermon, which says that men may converse with God “as one man converses with another.” He says, “In the formative documents of the Torah in its oral version, that …

Part I: Restoration Of The Doctrine Of Divine Embodiment, David L. Paulsen

BYU Studies

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Part Ii: Early Christian Belief In An Embodied God, David L. Paulsen

BYU Studies

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Part Iii: Philosophical Arguments Regarding Divine Embodiment, David L. Paulsen

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Brief Notices, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

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Old Wine In New Bottles: The Story Behind Fundamentalist Anti-Mormonism, Massimo Introvigne

BYU Studies

Despite originating in sensational hoaxes, certain nineteenth-century French writings continue to fuel an extreme anti-Mormon rhetoric and world view.

David White Rogers Of New York, Naida R. Williamson

BYU Studies

Rogers overcame a mob and physical hardship to aid those whose paths he crossed, including Joseph Smith, Mary Fielding Smith, and the Parley P. Pratt family.

“Tryed And Purified As Gold”: Mormon Women's “Lives”, Maureen Ursenbach Beecher

BYU Studies

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Part I: Lds Writings On Jesus Christ And The New Testament Gospels, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

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Part Ii: Lds Writings On Acts Through Revelation, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

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Acts-Revelation Bibliography By Author, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

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Bibliography, James B. Allen, Jessie L. Embry, Kahlile B. Mehr

BYU Studies

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Mormon Bibliography 1993, Ellen M. Copley

BYU Studies

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Taste And Feast: Images Of Eating And Drinking In The Book Of Mormon, Richard Dilworth Rust

BYU Studies

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“Is Mormonism Christian?” Reflections On A Complicated Question, Jan Shipps

BYU Studies

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Mormon Bibliography 1992, Ellen M. Copley

BYU Studies

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