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Your Sister in the Gospel
The Life of Jane Manning James, a Nineteenth-Century Black Mormon
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2019
"Dear Brother," Jane Manning James wrote to Joseph F. Smith in 1903, "I take this opportunity of writing to ask you if I can get my endowments and also finish the work I have begun for my dead.... Your sister in the Gospel, Jane E. James." A faithful Latter-day Saint since her conversion sixty years...
Mormons and the Bible
The Place of the Latter-day Saints in American Religion
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2013
Philip L. Barlow offers an in-depth analysis of the approaches taken to the Bible by major Mormon leaders, from its beginnings to the present. He shows that Mormon attitudes toward the Bible comprise an extraordinary mix of conservative, liberal, and radical ingredients: an almost fundamentalist adherence...
by Charles Randall Paul
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
Missions are attacks no matter how benign the motive. The history of religious missions is replete with complex social, political, economic, and religious conflict. This historical study of how Americans have managed or mismanaged past religiously-influenced conflicts can provide practical wisdom...
by Christopher Kimball Bigelow
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2019
A beautiful reference guide to the first 170 Latter-day Saints temples.
This beautiful book provides a compelling view of Mormonism’s accomplishments in building its temples. From historic temples to those still in operation to a preview of more to come, you’ll find interesting facts and...
by Julie M. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2016
Our scripture study and reading often assume that the prophetic figures within the texts are in complete agreement with each other. Because of this we can fail to recognize that those authors and personalities frequently have different—and sometimes competing—views on some of the most important...
Making the Journey
From Mormonism to Biblical Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2012
Katrina Marti is no stranger to the LDS Church. In fact, her ancestors knew Joseph Smith personally. "Having lived as a faithful Mormon, Katrina understands LDS experience and beliefs. She knows the cultural, emotional, and doctrinal pitfalls. She also has an admirable grasp of biblical wisdom, beyond...
The Earth Will Appear as the Garden of Eden
Essays on Mormon Environmental History
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2019
Although scholars have increasingly investigated the impact of religion and religious movements on nature, studies of the interactions between Mormons and the natural environment are few. This volume applies the perspectives of environmental history to Mormonism, providing both a scholarly introduction...
by Frank J. Cannon
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2012
Born in Salt Lake City, he was the eldest child of Sarah Jenne Cannon and George Q. Cannon. His father was an Apostle in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and later was a member of its First Presidency. Cannon later rejected Mormonism and wrote a book, with Harvey J. O'Higgins, called Under...
by Matthias F. Cowley,
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
Written primarily from his own journals, this biography of the life and labors of Mormon Prophet and President Wilford Woodruff covers the breadth of his life experience. Starting from the time of his youth, this book covers his encounter and conversion to Mormonism, his labors and missionary work...
by Lycurgus Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Outlines of Mormon Philosophy is an interesting overview of philosophy as it relates to Mormonism. A table of contents is included.
The Sound of Gravel
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
An instant New York Times bestseller
“A haunting, harrowing testament to survival." — People Magazine
“An addictive chronicle of a polygamist community.” — New York Magazine
“Unforgettable” — Entertainment Weekly
The thirty-ninth of her father’s forty-two...
The Witness Wore Red
The 19th Wife Who Brought Polygamous Cult Leaders to Justice
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
Rebecca Musser grew up in fear, concealing her family's polygamous lifestyle from the "dangerous" outside world. Covered head-to-toe in strict, modest clothing, she received a rigorous education at Alta Academy, the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints' school headed...
Triumph
Life After the Cult--A Survivor's Lessons
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2010
The author of The New York Times bestseller Escape returns with a moving and inspirational tale of her life after she heroically fled the cult she’d been raised in, her hard-won new identity and happiness, and her determination to win justice for the crimes committed against her family.
In...
Cult Insanity
A Memoir of Polygamy, Prophets, and Blood Atonement
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2009
Life for Irene Spencer was a series of devastating disappointments and hardships. Irene's first book, Shattered Dreams, is the staggering chronicle of herstruggle to provide for her children in abject poverty and feelings of abandonment each time her husband left to be with one of his other wives....