Archive for February, 2009

British Journal of Mormon Studies now renamed and available free on line!

International Journal of Mormon Studies he International Journal of Mormon Studies is a European based internationally focused, peer-reviewed online and printed scholarly journal, which is committed to the promotion of interdisciplinary scholarship by publishing articles and reviews of current work in the field of Mormon studies. With high quality international contributors, the journal explores Mormon [...]

Lucy Mack’s copy of Book of Mormon Church acquisition likely belonged to Prophet’s mother

A rare 1841 copy of the Book of Mormon that likely belonged to Lucy Mack Smith, mother of the Prophet Joseph Smith, is now owned by the Church, the gift of a Church member who wishes to remain anonymous. Elder Marlin K. Jensen of the Seventy, Church Historian and Recorder, displayed the book during a [...]

Matters of the Mind: Latter-day Saint Helps for Mental Health by Marleen S. Williams, W. Dean Belnap, John P. Livingstone

Title: Matters of the Mind:  Latter-day Saint Helps for Mental Health Author: Marleen S. Williams, W. Dean Belnap, John P. Livingstone Publisher: Deseret Book Genre: Self-help Year Published: 2008 Number of Pages: 342, Sources (Bibliography), Contributing Authors list, Index Binding: Paper ISBN: 978-1-59038-870-9 Price: $24.95 Reviewed by Laura Compton In the United States, mental illness [...]

Outrages Beyond All Description: A Historical Analysis of Cultural Intolerance in the Case of the Missing Rare Mormon Books By John Hajicek

Title: Outrages Beyond All Description: A Historical Analysis of Cultural Intolerance in the Case of the Missing Rare Mormon Books Author: John Hajicek Publisher: Hajicek Mormon Americana Genre: Mormonism; Mormon Book Collecting; Mormon True Crime Year Published: 1995 Number of Pages: 128 Binding: Paperback ISBN: None Price: $16.95 Reviewed by Kris Wray On 6 May [...]

The Nephite Order: The Code of Doctrine & Discipline of the Nephite Church of Christ by Patrick R. Saucer

Title: The Nephite Order: The Code of Doctrine & Discipline of the Nephite Church of Christ Author: Patrick R. Saucer Publisher: Lulu Self Publishing Genre: Religion; Mormon Sects Year Published: 2008 Number of Pages: 84 Binding: Soft cover ISBN: None listed Price: $9.00 Reviewed by Kris Wray The Nephite Church of Christ is led by [...]

A Farewell To Arms, by Ernest Hemmingway

This is a story about a young American ambulance driver who is wounded in the Italian Army during WWI. He goes to a military hospital and becomes infatuated with a nurse. They get seperated and while they’re seperated the Germans win (of course). He sneaks out of Italy with his girlfriend (which they are now truely in love) after meeting up with her at her new hospital post.

MORMONISM IN THE PUBLIC MIND Perceptions of an Emerging World Faith

MORMONISM IN THE PUBLIC MIND Perceptions of an Emerging World Faith This conference will address the place of Mormonism in public discourse and examine strategies involved in the Latter-day Saint response to skepticism and prejudice. April 2-3, 2009 Lakeview Room, UVU Library (fourth floor) Participants: Michael Paulsen Religion Editor, Boston Globe Daniel Stout Professor of [...]

PERSPECTIVES ON A MASSACRE A Panel Discussion on Mountain Meadows

PERSPECTIVES ON A MASSACRE A Panel Discussion on Mountain Meadows Thursday, March 5, 2009, 7:00-8:30 p.m. Lakeview Room, UVU Library (fourth floor) Panel Participants: Richard E. Turley, Jr. Assistant Church Historian and Recorder, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Will Bagley Independent Historian Forrest Cuch Executive Director, Utah Division of Indian Affairs Moderator: [...]

Mormon History Association 2009 CONFERENCE

Title: Mormon History Association 2009 CONFERENCE Location: SPRINGFIELD, IL Link out: Click here Description: Located in central Illinois Springfield is the capital of the State of Illinois with a population of 116,482. It was first settled in 1820 by trappers and traders and was first called Calhoun for Senator John C. Calhoun of South Carolina. [...]

Church of Lies by Flora Jessop and Paul T. Brown

Title: Church of Lies Author: Flora Jessop and Paul T. Brown Publisher: Jossey-Bass Genre: Mormon Fundamentalism; Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS); Child abuse Year Published: 2009 Number of Pages: 296 Binding: Cloth ISBN10: n/a ISBN13: 978-0-7879-9462-4 Price: US $25.95 Reviewed by Kris Wray Flora Jessop is on a mission to [...]