Fifteen scholars document the striking reversal over the past half-century beginning with Joseph Fielding Smith's and James E. Talmage's clash over the age of the earth. Although the church sided with Talmage at the time, the membership eventually accepted Smith's views, and the rhetoric of other church leaders' sermons became increasingly hostile toward empiricism. Contributors suggest that this antagonism could be averted to the benefit of the church. They explain why in light of the details of both science and LDS theology. Buy Now!

Following his earlier study of Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon Taves chronicles the Mormons' migration west and their history in Salt Lake City under Young's leadership, from Smith's death in 1844 to Young's in 1877. Buy Now!

This is a "study of the rise and fall of Mormonism's commitment to plural marriage. . . . {Hardy contends that} the evolution of Mormon plurality in the face of Gentile
persecution and prohibitory national legislation . . . forced the LDS {Latter-day Saints} hierarchy to choose between 'the principle' and pragmatic politics--the desire for Utah
statehood and for integration with the national economy. 
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Woodruff, who served as the fourth president of the Mormon Church, was a prolific diarist. He left written records for almost every day of his life after converting to Mormonism--the period of 1833 to 1898. Editor Staker has worked in the Latter Day Saints Historical Department and is the compiler of the index to Woodruff's (nine-volume) unabridged diaries. In this new manuscript, she has done an excellent job of selecting entries that, though condensed, tell an intelligible, coherent story. Buy Now!

A history of the Mormon project to collect genealogical information on people across the world form 1894-1994, co-authored by a former assistant historian of the Mormon Church. The project was started by the Mormons as a fulfillment of the biblical prophecy of Malachi that the hearts of the children would be turned to the fathers and the prophet Elijah would return. Buy Now!

Chapters like The Forerunners of Mormonism, The Blood of the Martyrs, Building the Empire, The New Mormon Religion.
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Chapters like, The Language of Symbolism, The New Jerusalem Temple, The Kirtland Temple,The Nauvoo Temple, The Salt Lake Temple, The Symbol of Our Faith.  Buy Now!

After converting to Mormonism in 1832, Brigham Young (1801-77) quickly rose to prominence and three years later was called to the Quorum of Twelve Apostles. He personally directed the highly successful 1839 proselyting mission to Great Britain and was appointed president of the Twelve the following year. Buy Now!

One of the first converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Parley Parker Pratt (1807-57) would eventually become early Mormonism's most famous and widely published defender. Buy Now!

Generously sampling the best Mormon poetry of the twentieth century, Harvest is a definitive anthology. The younger poets, observes Dennis Clark, are moving in "new
directions, " writing verse that "takes as its medium not text but the sounds of language."
They share with readers "some of the beauty and joy language first gave them, some of the playfulness, some of the fun, some of the truth."  Buy Now!