{"title":"Denominations of American origin Books","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"latterday-screens-9781478004264","title":"Latterday Screens","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrenda R. Weber examines how the mediation of Mormonism through film, TV, blogs, YouTube videos, and memoirs functions as a means to understand conversations surrounding gender, sexuality, spirituality, capitalism, justice, and individualism in the United States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Smart, sassy, and full of provocative insight, this book shines a light on Mormonism, not as a religious tradition but as a ubiquitous cultural trope that is uniquely attuned to queerly mediated notions of sexuality and gender.” -- Dana Heller, editor of * Loving The L Word: The Complete Series in Focus *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eLatter-day Screens\u003c\/i\u003e is an amazing encyclopedic survey of the details of the Mormon Church and the place of Mormons in American popular culture. Drawing on cultural theories of mediation, mass culture, and film studies, Brenda R. Weber draws the reader into everything from aromatherapy oils to \u003ci\u003eSouth Park\u003c\/i\u003e parodies. Timely and relevant, and teachable for a range of classes, \u003ci\u003eLatter-day Screens\u003c\/i\u003e is an exceedingly important and interesting book.” -- Matthew Pratt Guterl, author of * Seeing Race in Modern America *\u003cbr\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eLatter-day Screens\u003c\/i\u003e, gender studies professor Brenda R. Weber examines pop culture’s ongoing fascination with Mormons. Mainstream media has given us a largely one-dimensional view of Mormonism: Sister Wives, Big Love, and even storylines on Love After Lockup present polygamy as the sum total of the religion. But Weber has another story to tell, one that’s about how Mormons are using pop culture—including TV shows, books, and YouTube videos—to find and enact their agency and rethink their conservative religion’s understanding of gender, sexuality, race, spirituality, and justice.\" -- Evette Dionne * Bitch *\u003cbr\u003e\"A deep, provocative look at mass and social media portrayals of Mormons on the parts of both Mormons and non-Mormons. . . . Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.\" -- R. L. Saunders * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\"With its informative and enriching contextualization of its sources, \u003ci\u003eLatter-day Screens\u003c\/i\u003e provides a significant critical reading of  Mormon media sources while also functioning as an innovative approach to Mormonism.\"  -- Marie-Therese Mäder * Religion *\u003cbr\u003e\"Weber makes a series of arguments, deeply informed by theories in media studies and gender and sexuality studies, about the interplay among actual Mormons and media characterizations of them. In the burgeoning field of Mormon Studies, this is a fresh approach.\" -- W. Michael Ashcraft * International Journal of the Study of New Religions *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  ix\u003cbr\u003e Past as Prologue: Latter-day Screens and History  1\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. \"Well, We Are a Curiosity, Ain't We?\": Mediated Mormonism  13\u003cbr\u003e 1. Mormonism as Meme and Analytic: Spiritual Neoliberalism, Image Management, and Transmediated Salvation  49\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Mormon Glow: The Raced and Gendered Implications of Spectacular Visibility  91\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Epistemology of the (Televised, Polygamous) Closet: The Cultural Politics of Mediated Mormonism and the Promises of the American Dream   120\u003cbr\u003e 4. Polygamy USA: Visability, Charismatic Evil, and Gender Progressivism  162\u003cbr\u003e 5. Gender Trouble in Happy Valley: Choice, Affect, and Mormon Feminist Housewives  201\u003cbr\u003e 6. \"Pray (and Obey) the Gay Away\": Conscience and the Queer Politics of Desire  241\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion. Afterthoughts and Latter Days  276\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue. Mormons on My Mind, or, Everything I Ever Needed to Know about Hegemony I Learned in Mesa, Arizona  284\u003cbr\u003e Notes  309\u003cbr\u003e References  329\u003cbr\u003e Media Archive  345\u003cbr\u003e Index  361","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739640410455,"sku":"9781478004264","price":112.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781478004264.jpg?v=1723812250"},{"product_id":"vardis-fisher-9780252044090","title":"Vardis Fisher","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Michael Austin has produced an admirable introduction to the life and work of Vardis Fisher, arguably the most prominent (and prolific!) novelist to emerge from the Intermountain region in the twentieth century.\" --\u003ci\u003eJournal of Mormon History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A remarkably well-written, engaging, and informative read.\" --\u003ci\u003eMormon Studies Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Vardis Fisher was a key founder of both American Western and Mormon literatures, a master storyteller with a remarkable life, ‘an unbeliever who was Mormon to his core’. Michael Austin, Mormon literature’s leading scholar, reintroduces Fisher and lovingly reinterprets these remarkable novels for a new generation.”--Andrew Hall, Association for Mormon Letters","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48883917357399,"sku":"9780252044090","price":77.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252044090.jpg?v=1722529592"},{"product_id":"to-make-a-village-soviet-9780228010555","title":"To Make a Village Soviet","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmily Baran explores why a powerful state singled out Jehovah’s Witness farmers for removal from society, arguing that what happened in Bila Tserkva demonstrates both the sheer ambition of state plans for the Sovietization of borderland communities and a minority religious community’s enduring resistance to secular, socialist ideals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In this well-written book, Emily Baran takes her readers to Soviet Ukraine in the first years after World War II, and the small town of Bila Tserkva on the border with Romania. 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Other believing communities have responded with various reevaluations of biblical text. Latter-day Saints have experimented with similar approaches, often taking liberal positions on biblical authority and conservative positions on history and authorship. However, Latter-day Saints accept additional scripture as well as embracing a theology notably distinct from traditional Christianity. Hence, Latter-day Saints relate to the Bible differently from other Christians, creating gaps with mainstream biblical studies. This volume bridges that gap.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom comparing the Book of Mormon to the Bible or the Dead Sea Scrolls, to Mormon feminists’ biblical studies approaches to the Gospels, this volume takes a comprehensive and inclusive approach to understanding Bible scholarship’s role in Mormon history and exploring these differences for both scholars and students. A diverse group of contributors presents an accessible resource to mediate between Latter-day Saint traditions and the broader context of biblical history, literature, and scholarship. Each essay provides a synopsis of relevant major scholarly views and delivers new insights into a wide variety of Bible receptions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e “One of the great strengths of this collection is how it often offers different perspectives, offered by different scholars, to similar concerns or texts. In so doing, it adds a nice breadth of approach and depth of competing analyses.”—Paul C. Gutjahr, Indiana University \u003c\/p\u003e “The Sheer amount of information is impressive and makes the volume invaluable to scholars of many disciplines. Historians and biblical scholars, to be sure, but also scholars of literature, theologians, and religious studies academics will find worthy materials here.”—Mathew Bowman, Claremont Graduate University in \u003ci\u003eNova Religio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: Latter-day Saints and Biblical Scholarship by Taylor G. Petrey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: The Ancient World of the Bible as Understood by Latter-day Saints: From Joseph Smith to Contemporary Scholarship\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. The Place of the Bible and Biblical Scholarship among Latter-day Saints in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries by Philip L. Barlow and Stephen T. Betts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. The King James Version and Modern Translations of the Bible by Thomas Wayment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Joseph Smith’s “New Translation” of the Bible by Grant Underwood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Temple and Priesthood in the Bible and in Mormonism by Cory Crawford\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Dead Sea Scrolls by Dana M. Pike\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. The Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman Periods by Matthew J. Grey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Conceptions of Canon and Not Canon: The Bible(s) and Restoration Scripture\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. The Biblical Canon by Daniel Becerra\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha by Jared W. Ludlow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9. How the Book of Mormon Responds to the Bible by Grant Hardy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10. The Biblical World in the Book of Mormon by David Calabro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11. The Bible in the Pearl of Great Price by Brian M. Hauglid\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: A Variety of Critical Biblical Approaches and Their Relevance to Mormon Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12. Nineteenth-Century Biblical Interpretation in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Amy Easton-Flake\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13. Historical Criticism of the Bible among the Latter-day Saints by Jason Robert Combs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e14. Biblical Theology and the Latter-day Saint Tradition by Joseph M. Spencer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e15. Textual Criticism by Lincoln H. Blumell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e16. Biblical Archaeology in Latter-day Saint Perspective by George A. Pierce\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e17. Orality, Literacy, and the Cultural World of the Bible in Ancient Near Eastern Scholarship and Latter-day Saint Reception by Eric A. Eliason\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e18. 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Though labeled a liberal, England had a traditional Latter-day Saint background and always sought to address fundamental questions in Mormon terms. His intellectually adventurous essays sometimes put him at odds with Church authorities and fellow believers. But he also influenced a generation of thinkers and cofounded Dialogue, a Mormon academic and literary journal acclaimed for the broad range of its thought.   A fascinating portrait of a Mormon intellectual and his times, Eugene England reveals a believing scholar who emerged from the lived experiences of his faith to engage with the changes roil\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Haglund's analysis truly shines when she places England in context with other thinkers. . . 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In Kristine Haglund’s deft handling, we also come to appreciate England as embodying the paradoxes and tensions of modern religion: liberal and conservative, faith and reason, individual and community, autonomy and authority. This book will enable a whole new generation to rediscover the wisdom and wrestle of one of twentieth-century Mormonism’s most remarkable souls and intellects.\"--Patrick Q. 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Revised Expectations\u003cbr\u003e Transgressors \u003ci\u003eStephen Carter\u003c\/i\u003e 19\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA husband considers the ways his happy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emarriage violates the ideal praised by the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProclamation on the Family\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the Drinking Fountain \u003ci\u003eEric Robeck\u003c\/i\u003e 25\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA couple’s relationship seems like a Latter-day\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efairy tale—until he loses his faith\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy One and Only \u003ci\u003eClyde Kunz\u003c\/i\u003e 31\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gay man considers the way Latter-day Saints’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eexpectations for straight marriage affect his own\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esearch for a relationship\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere’s Something about Mary \u003ci\u003eKim Siever\u003c\/i\u003e 37\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA husband learns to love his wife more deeply by\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estudying the example of her love for him\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Jess, after Eighteen Years of Marriage: Seven Fragments on Love; Or, Some Things I Carry \u003ci\u003eTyler Chadwick\u003c\/i\u003e 42\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a love letter to his wife, a husband lists some\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof the familiar mysteries he cherishes in their\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emarriage\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn Apology I’ve Been Working on for a While \u003ci\u003eJoey Franklin\u003c\/i\u003e 44\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA husband reflects on the division of labor in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehis marriage and how it affects his and his wife’s\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esenses of self\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNever Good Enough \u003ci\u003eMichael Carpenter\u003c\/i\u003e 52\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA lifetime of failing to meet Latter-day Saint\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eideals exacts a tragic cost\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMormon AF \u003ci\u003eNicholas Don Smith\u003c\/i\u003e 58\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA stand-up comic from American Fork, Utah,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereflects on what it means to be Mormon and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esingle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiken the Scriptures \u003ci\u003eAndrew Spriggs\u003c\/i\u003e 63\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA young husband realizes that his gay marriage\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eis the most Mormon thing about his life\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Care Package \u003ci\u003eKevin Barnwell\u003c\/i\u003e 71\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA husband who has left the church works to find\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe perfect anniversary gift for his still devout wife\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart II. Sex and Its Consequences\u003cbr\u003e Fertility \u003ci\u003eTheric Jepson\u003c\/i\u003e 77\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the birth of their fourth child, a husband\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eundergoes a vasectomy to spare his wife any\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emore worry about fertility\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpposites \u003ci\u003eRobert Raleigh\u003c\/i\u003e 82\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNewlyweds discover that their intense physical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eattraction is not a strong enough basis for a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehappy marriage—or even a satisfying sex life\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEternity in an Hour \u003ci\u003eBoyd Jay Petersen\u003c\/i\u003e 92\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the eve of a trip abroad, a husband learns\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat his wife of thirty-three years is gay, after\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhich they negotiate a respectful separation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePie Month \u003ci\u003eScott Russell Morris\u003c\/i\u003e 105\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA young couple agrees to eat pie every day during\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe month of March 2014 while they also try to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econceive a child\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Highest \u003ci\u003eT. 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In Sickness and in Health\u003cbr\u003e Fear and Trepanation \u003ci\u003eTed Smith\u003c\/i\u003e 171\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA midlife crisis helps a husband understand\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehow valuable his marriage is, just before it is\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethreatened by a dire medical crisis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI’m Not Who I Thought You Married \u003ci\u003eJohn B. 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Academically impeccable, \u003ci\u003eMormon Envoy\u003c\/i\u003e is a good yarn, and Bernhisel's unique perspective makes for a narratively fascinating vantage amidst these dueling saints and senators.\" --\u003ci\u003eJohn Whitmer Historical Association Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Worthen does an excellent job of emphasizing Bernhisel's accomplishments in \u003ci\u003eMormon Envoy\u003c\/i\u003e.\" --\u003ci\u003eJournal of Mormon History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Worthen's biography of Bernhisel is also an elegantly written history lesson.\" --\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: The Diplomacy of John Milton Bernhisel \u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“My Journey to the Westward”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Stand Still and See the Salvation of God”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFour Miles from Carthage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Angry Apostle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn Adopted Son and a Travelling Bishop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFar from the Land of Our Enemies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCorrecting Public Opinion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOld Rough and Ready\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreat Basin Confrontation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“We Have Only Asked for Simple Justice”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Throwing Down the Glove”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDueling Discourses\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“A Most Turbulent, Disloyal, and Rebellious People”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWild Fire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“When a Thousand Years Have Slept Away”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Let Uncle Sam Choose”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWrongs Real and Imaginary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Train of Hell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Great Wheel of Time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion: Out of the West\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix: Bernhisel’s Marriages\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400456249687,"sku":"9780252044809","price":77.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252044809.jpg?v=1730470726"},{"product_id":"irish-mormons-reconciling-identity-in-global-mormonism-9780252045073","title":"Irish Mormons  Reconciling Identity in Global","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Engaging and utterly original in its conception, this study of the Mormon faith in Ireland provides a fascinating lens for understanding the effects of globalization and secularization on religious faith. 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Revised Expectations\u003cbr\u003e Transgressors \u003ci\u003eStephen Carter\u003c\/i\u003e 19\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA husband considers the ways his happy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emarriage violates the ideal praised by the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProclamation on the Family\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the Drinking Fountain \u003ci\u003eEric Robeck\u003c\/i\u003e 25\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA couple’s relationship seems like a Latter-day\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efairy tale—until he loses his faith\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy One and Only \u003ci\u003eClyde Kunz\u003c\/i\u003e 31\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gay man considers the way Latter-day Saints’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eexpectations for straight marriage affect his own\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esearch for a relationship\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere’s Something about Mary \u003ci\u003eKim Siever\u003c\/i\u003e 37\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA husband learns to love his wife more deeply by\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estudying the example of her love for him\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Jess, after Eighteen Years of Marriage: Seven Fragments on Love; Or, Some Things I Carry \u003ci\u003eTyler Chadwick\u003c\/i\u003e 42\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a love letter to his wife, a husband lists some\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof the familiar mysteries he cherishes in their\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emarriage\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn Apology I’ve Been Working on for a While \u003ci\u003eJoey Franklin\u003c\/i\u003e 44\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA husband reflects on the division of labor in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehis marriage and how it affects his and his wife’s\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esenses of self\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNever Good Enough \u003ci\u003eMichael Carpenter\u003c\/i\u003e 52\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA lifetime of failing to meet Latter-day Saint\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eideals exacts a tragic cost\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMormon AF \u003ci\u003eNicholas Don Smith\u003c\/i\u003e 58\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA stand-up comic from American Fork, Utah,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereflects on what it means to be Mormon and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esingle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiken the Scriptures \u003ci\u003eAndrew Spriggs\u003c\/i\u003e 63\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA young husband realizes that his gay marriage\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eis the most Mormon thing about his life\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Care Package \u003ci\u003eKevin Barnwell\u003c\/i\u003e 71\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA husband who has left the church works to find\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe perfect anniversary gift for his still devout wife\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart II. Sex and Its Consequences\u003cbr\u003e Fertility \u003ci\u003eTheric Jepson\u003c\/i\u003e 77\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the birth of their fourth child, a husband\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eundergoes a vasectomy to spare his wife any\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emore worry about fertility\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpposites \u003ci\u003eRobert Raleigh\u003c\/i\u003e 82\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNewlyweds discover that their intense physical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eattraction is not a strong enough basis for a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehappy marriage—or even a satisfying sex life\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEternity in an Hour \u003ci\u003eBoyd Jay Petersen\u003c\/i\u003e 92\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the eve of a trip abroad, a husband learns\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat his wife of thirty-three years is gay, after\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhich they negotiate a respectful separation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePie Month \u003ci\u003eScott Russell Morris\u003c\/i\u003e 105\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA young couple agrees to eat pie every day during\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe month of March 2014 while they also try to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econceive a child\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Highest \u003ci\u003eT. 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The Church wrestled with the promise of new media to help implement its vision of Zion. But it also had to contend with threat that media posed to the family and other important facets of the Latter-day Saint faith. Inevitably, media technologies forced the leadership and lay alike to reconsider organizational values and ethical commitments. As Feller shows, the conflicts they faced illuminate the fundamental forces of control and compromise that enmesh an emerging medium in American social and cultural life. 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Bruce W. Worthen illuminates the life and work of the man whose diplomacy steered the Church's relationship with Washington, D.C. from its early period of dangerous conflict to a peaceful and pragmatic coexistence. Having risen from a Pennsylvania backcountry upbringing to become a respected member of the upper class, Bernhisel possessed a personal history that allowed him to reach common ground with politicians and other outsiders. He negotiated for Joseph Smith's life and, after the Church's relocation to the Utah Territory, took on the task of rehabilitating the public image of the Latter-day Saints. 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But Weber has another story to tell, one that’s about how Mormons are using pop culture—including TV shows, books, and YouTube videos—to find and enact their agency and rethink their conservative religion’s understanding of gender, sexuality, race, spirituality, and justice.\" -- Evette Dionne * Bitch *\u003cbr\u003e\"A deep, provocative look at mass and social media portrayals of Mormons on the parts of both Mormons and non-Mormons. . . . Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.\" -- R. L. 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Drawing on a wide range of historical texts and moments—from nineteenth-century battles over Mormon plural marriage; to the LDS Church’s emphases on “individual responsibility” and “family values”; to mainstream media’s coverage of the LDS Church’s racist exclusion of Black priesthood holders, its Native assimilation programs, and vehement opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment; and to much more recent legal and cultural battles over same-sex marriage and on-screen Mormon polygamy—\u003ci\u003eExceptionally Queer\u003c\/i\u003e evaluates how Mormonism has been used to motivate and rationalize the biased, exclusionary, and colonialist policies and practices of the U.S. nation-state.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMohrman explains that debates over Mormonism both drew on and shaped racial discourses and, in so doing, delineated the boundaries of whiteness and national belonging, largely through the consolidation of (hetero)normative ideas of sex, marriage, family, and economy. 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Aikau, author of \u003ci\u003eA Chosen People, a Promised Land: Mormonism and Race in Hawai‘i\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"K. Mohrman’s \u003ci\u003eExceptionally Queer\u003c\/i\u003e brings much-needed theorizing to the question of Mormon peculiarity. Often discussed as both strange and hypernormal, Latter-day Saints occupy a puzzling place in the American consciousness. The brilliant analysis in this book links Mormonism’s peculiarity and its Americanness to larger issues of American nationalism, imperialism, and racial formation. Scholars of U.S. history, race, sexuality, queer studies, and, of course, Mormonism have much to gain from the powerful lens this book casts on the project of American exceptionalism.\"—Taylor Petrey, author of \u003ci\u003eTabernacles of Clay: Sexuality and Gender in Modern Mormonism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Mohrman’s evidence and arguments are provocative, engaging, and expand the possibilites for Mormon studies to enter into broader interdisciplinary conversations. \u003ci\u003eExceptionally Queer \u003c\/i\u003ecannot—and should not—be ignored. \"—\u003ci\u003eJuvenile Instructor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Peculiar, Exceptional, Queer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I. Making Mormonism Peculiar\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Becoming Peculiar, 1830–1852\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. 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The LDS influence has helped shape the metropolitan city because of its members' focus on family values and community service.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWoods discusses how, through their beliefs and work ethics, they have impacted the growth of the area from the time of their first efforts to establish a mission in 1855 through the present day. \u003ci\u003eBright Lights in the Desert\u003c\/i\u003e reveals Las Vegas as more than just a tourist destination and shows the LDS community's commitment to making it a place of deep religious faith and devotion to family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Woods's book will be very popular with members of the LDS community, and with nonmembers who want to know more about the area and region's history. We have long needed a solid, thorough history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in southern Nevada and this book deserves that description.\"—Michael S. Green, associate professor of history, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, author of\u003ci\u003e Nevada: A History of the Silver State\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Woods addresses an important part of Las Vegas history that has not received adequate attention. The book contributes to our understanding of the city's development.\"—Jonathan Foster, professor of history, Great Basin College, and author of \u003ci\u003eStigma Cities: The Reputation and History of Birmingham, San Francisco, and Las Vegas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContents\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForeword by Michael S. Green\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1. The Latter-day Saint Corridor and the Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2. Post–Old Mormon Fort Early Settlement to Las Vegas Stakes (1857–1960)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3. Ignorance, Education, and Cultural Refinement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4. Business and Entertainment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5. Latter-day Saints in Elected Office and Community Service\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6. Ecclesiastical Community Service to a Local Congregation in Need\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 7. The Story of the Las Vegas Temple\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix A. Nevada Mothers of the Year\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix B. Clark County Schools Named After Latter-day Saints\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix C. Select List of Elected or Appointed Officials in the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix D. Las Vegas Temple Dedicatory Prayer, Given December 16, 1989\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix E. 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This troubling episode in American religious history sheds light on the role of media and popular culture in provoking religious intolerance.","brand":"The University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50041328042327,"sku":"9781469673523","price":69.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781469673523.jpg?v=1740182476"},{"product_id":"joseph-s-temple-the-dynamic-relationship-between-freemasonry-and-mormonism-9781607813446","title":"Joseph’s Temple: The Dynamic Relationship between","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe apparent parallels between Mormon ritual and doctrine and those of Freemasonry have long been recognised. That Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, and other early church leaders were Masons, at least for a time, is common knowledge. Yet while early historians of the LDS Church openly acknowledged this connection, the question of influence was later dismissed and almost became taboo among faithful church members. Just as Mormons have tried to downplay any ties to Freemasonry, Masons have sought to distance themselves from Mormonism. In \u003cem\u003eJoseph’s Temples\u003c\/em\u003e, Michael Homer reveals how deeply the currents of Freemasonry and Mormonism entwined in the early nineteenth century. He goes on to lay out the declining course of relations between the two movements, until a détente in recent years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are indications that Freemasonry was a pervasive foundational element in Mormonism and that its rituals and origin legends influenced not just the secret ceremonies of the LDS temples but also such important matters as the organisation of the Mormon priesthood, the foundation of the women’s Relief Society, the introduction and concealment of polygamy, and the church’s position on African Americans’ full membership. 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Reed, author of \u003ci\u003eBanishing the Cross: The Emergence of a Mormon Taboo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"The definitive treatment by the acknowledged authority in this field—long awaited, and needed since the 1820s. Homer skips the nonsense but not the details in this masterful perspective on the many meanings of Masonry in the Mormon world.\"\u003cbr\u003e —Rick Grunder, editor of \u003ci\u003eMormon Parallels: A Bibliographic Source\u003c\/i\u003e \"The scholarship is perfect. The thousands of references in the footnotes, the wealth of data offered is often mind boggling: the book's thesis is buttressed by hundreds of primary sources. Because it is so well written with a clever sense of suspense and progression, the reader has the feeling that he is reading a detective story. Homer's style is limpid, didactical, and always understandable.\"\u003cbr\u003e —Bernadette Rigal-Cellard, author of \u003ci\u003eLa Religion des Mormons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Michael Homer's early articles basically created the new field of the global study of the interactions between Mormonism and Freemasonry. With this book, for many years in the making, we finally have the definitive treatment of this important and controversial issue.\"\u003cbr\u003e —Massimo Introvigne, author of \u003ci\u003eLes Mormons \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Takes a topic that has been the subject of endless fantasy and vituperation, and discusses it in a clear, sensible and scholarly way.”—\u003ci\u003ewww.patheos.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “What makes this book particularly excellent is the care Homer takes in drawing together the intellectual and cultural traditions of Mormonism and Freemasonry to explain past and current trends in both organizations….You are missing an important contribution to the field of Mormon history if this book is not on your bookshelf.”—\u003ci\u003eAssociation of Mormon Letters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “This is a very important book. Homer has been working for many years on the impressive research underpinning \u003ci\u003eJoseph’s Temples\u003c\/i\u003e, and has presented it in a careful restrained exposition. It will stand for decades as the essential guide to a hotly debated topic. ”—\u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Mormon History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “An excellent piece of scholarship…. The comprehensive, descriptive nature of the text provides a solid starting point for future studies on the topic. For those interested in researching and writing about Freemasonry and Mormonism, \u003ci\u003eJoseph’s Temples\u003c\/i\u003e will be the foundation for any serious inquiry for a long time to come.”—\u003ci\u003eUtah Historical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Utah Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50095266464087,"sku":"9781607813446","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"the-bible-and-the-latter-day-saint-tradition-9781647690984","title":"The Bible and the Latter-day Saint Tradition","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike other Christian denominations, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) has been engaged in the battle for the Bible since challenges to biblical authority began to exert significant influence in America toward the end of the nineteenth century. Other believing communities have responded with various reevaluations of biblical text. Latter-day Saints have experimented with similar approaches, often taking liberal positions on biblical authority and conservative positions on history and authorship. However, Latter-day Saints accept additional scripture as well as embracing a theology notably distinct from traditional Christianity. Hence, Latter-day Saints relate to the Bible differently from other Christians, creating gaps with mainstream biblical studies. This volume bridges that gap.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom comparing the Book of Mormon to the Bible or the Dead Sea Scrolls, to Mormon feminists’ biblical studies approaches to the Gospels, this volume takes a comprehensive and inclusive approach to understanding Bible scholarship’s role in Mormon history and exploring these differences for both scholars and students. A diverse group of contributors presents an accessible resource to mediate between Latter-day Saint traditions and the broader context of biblical history, literature, and scholarship. Each essay provides a synopsis of relevant major scholarly views and delivers new insights into a wide variety of Bible receptions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e “One of the great strengths of this collection is how it often offers different perspectives, offered by different scholars, to similar concerns or texts. In so doing, it adds a nice breadth of approach and depth of competing analyses.”—Paul C. Gutjahr, Indiana University \u003c\/p\u003e “The Sheer amount of information is impressive and makes the volume invaluable to scholars of many disciplines. Historians and biblical scholars, to be sure, but also scholars of literature, theologians, and religious studies academics will find worthy materials here.”—Mathew Bowman, Claremont Graduate University in \u003ci\u003eNova Religio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: Latter-day Saints and Biblical Scholarship by Taylor G. Petrey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: The Ancient World of the Bible as Understood by Latter-day Saints: From Joseph Smith to Contemporary Scholarship\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. The Place of the Bible and Biblical Scholarship among Latter-day Saints in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries by Philip L. Barlow and Stephen T. Betts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. The King James Version and Modern Translations of the Bible by Thomas Wayment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Joseph Smith’s “New Translation” of the Bible by Grant Underwood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Temple and Priesthood in the Bible and in Mormonism by Cory Crawford\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Dead Sea Scrolls by Dana M. Pike\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. The Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman Periods by Matthew J. Grey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Conceptions of Canon and Not Canon: The Bible(s) and Restoration Scripture\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. The Biblical Canon by Daniel Becerra\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha by Jared W. Ludlow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9. How the Book of Mormon Responds to the Bible by Grant Hardy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10. The Biblical World in the Book of Mormon by David Calabro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11. The Bible in the Pearl of Great Price by Brian M. Hauglid\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: A Variety of Critical Biblical Approaches and Their Relevance to Mormon Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12. Nineteenth-Century Biblical Interpretation in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Amy Easton-Flake\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13. Historical Criticism of the Bible among the Latter-day Saints by Jason Robert Combs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e14. Biblical Theology and the Latter-day Saint Tradition by Joseph M. Spencer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e15. Textual Criticism by Lincoln H. Blumell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e16. Biblical Archaeology in Latter-day Saint Perspective by George A. Pierce\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e17. Orality, Literacy, and the Cultural World of the Bible in Ancient Near Eastern Scholarship and Latter-day Saint Reception by Eric A. Eliason\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e18. Feminist Biblical Criticism by Deidre Nicole Green\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Inheritance and Divergence: Latter-day Saints Read Others Reading the Bible\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e19. The Use of Jewish Scripture in the New Testament by Jared W. Ludlow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e20. Early Christian Biblical Interpretation by Carl Griffin and Kristian S. Heal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e21. Early Christian Literature by Grant Adamson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e22. Medieval Bibles by Miranda Wilcox\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e23. Reformation and Early Modern Biblical Interpretation by Jason A. Kerr\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: Latter-day Saint Approaches to the Bible’s Major Genres and Divisions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24. The Pentateuch by David Bokovoy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e25. From Exodus to Exile by David Rolph Seely\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e26. Prophets and Prophetic Literature by David Bokovoy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e27. Wisdom Literature and the Psalms by Ryan Conrad Davis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e28. Jesus and the Gospels by Eric D. Huntsman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e29. Paul’s Letters and Acts of the Apostles by Taylor G. Petrey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e30. The Universal Epistles: James, 1 and 2 Peter, 1–3 John, Jude by Luke Drake\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e31. 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The trauma of that event remained with Joseph F. for the rest of his life, affecting his personal behavior and public tenure in the highest tiers of the LDS Church, including the post of president from 1901 until his death in 1918. Joseph F. Smith laid the theological groundwork for modern Mormonism, especially the emphasis on temple work. This contribution was capped off by his “revelation on the redemption of the dead,” a vision accepted by Mormons as a prophetic glimpse into the afterlife. Taysom’s book traces the roots of this vision, which reach far more deeply into Joseph F. Smith’s life than other scholars have previously identified.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this first cradle-to-grave biography of Joseph F. Smith, Stephen C. Taysom uses previously unavailable primary source materials to craft a deeply detailed, insightful story of a prominent member of a governing and hugely influential Mormon family. Importantly, Taysom situates Joseph F. Smith within the historical currents of American westward expansion, rapid industrialization, settler colonialism, regional and national politics, changing ideas about family and masculinity, and more. Though some writers tend to view the LDS Church and its leaders through a lens of political and religious separatism, Taysom does the opposite, pushing Joseph F. Smith and Mormonism closer to the centers of power in Washington, DC, and elsewhere. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis remarkable, path-breaking, sometimes jaw-dropping Joseph F. Smith biography makes an immense contribution to the fields of Mormon history and Mormon studies.\" —John Turner, George Mason University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Taysom has done a marvelous job of mining the voluminous primary sources available to him, primarily in church archives. He has produced a detailed, textured, and fascinating biography of a major but underappreciated figure in Latter-day Saint history.\" —Patrick Q. Mason, Utah State University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Note on Sources\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Bloodlines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. From Missouri to Nauvoo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. The Murders of Joseph and Hyrum Smith\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Pioneer Days\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Upon the Isles of the Sea\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Returning to Utah and Finding a Wife\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. Mission to the British Isles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. Marital Discord, Domestic Violence, and Divorce\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9. JFS the Apostle, JFS the Polygamist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10. Mission President in England, Losing the Lion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11. Exile\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12. “We were unsettled as a Quorum”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13. An Emerging Gospel Scholar, Iosepa, and the Manifesto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e14. The Ever- Tightening Knot of Utah Politics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e15. Politics, Economics, and Polygamy Collide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e16. Presiding High Priest, 1901–1918\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e17. The Complexities of Religion in a New Century\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e18. From Salt Lake to Sharon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e19. 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