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Tomizo And Tokujiro: The First Japanese Mormons, Shinji Takagi
Tomizo And Tokujiro: The First Japanese Mormons, Shinji Takagi
BYU Studies Quarterly
In August 1901, Heber J. Grant and his companions arrived in Japan to open the first permanent mission in Asia and begin their difficult proselyting labors among the Japanese. It took them almost seven long months to claim the first fruit of their labors. On March 8, 1902, on the shore of Omori in Tokyo Bay, Hajime Nakazawa, a professed Shinto priest, was baptized, confirmed, and ordained an elder. This event was symbolic indeed. For one thing, Nakazawa was presumably affiliated with a religious sect whose roots went back to the ancient indigenous religion of Japan. For another, more interestingly, …
Fire On Ice: The Conversion And Life Of Guðmundur Guðmundsson, Fred E. Woods
Fire On Ice: The Conversion And Life Of Guðmundur Guðmundsson, Fred E. Woods
BYU Studies Quarterly
In A.D. 1000, the Icelandic Parliament held their annual two-week summer session in Parliament's Field, a remote area of southwest Iceland where they had convened each year since A.D. 930. In this lush plain, where lava cliffs bear witness of fire meeting ice, Christianity was adopted as the official religion of the entire Icelandic nation. The year 2000 marks the millennial anniversary of this event. It is also a year of reflection for Latter-day Saints, as the first LDS chapel in Iceland will be dedicated in the summer of 2000.
What E'Er Thou Art, Act Well Thy Part: The Missionary Diaries Of David O. Mckay Stan Larson And Patricia Larson, Mary Jane Woodger
What E'Er Thou Art, Act Well Thy Part: The Missionary Diaries Of David O. Mckay Stan Larson And Patricia Larson, Mary Jane Woodger
BYU Studies Quarterly
Stan Larson and Patricia Larson. What E'er Thou Art, Act Well Thy Part: The Missionary Diaries of David O. McKay. Salt Lake City: Blue Ribbon Books, 1999. xlviii; 268 pp. Illustrations, introduction, essays, notes, glossary, index, bibliography. $24.95.