Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day SaintsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mormon Church
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day SaintsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mormon Church
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days
Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsPublisher: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
ISBN: 1629737100
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
In 1820, a young farm boy in search of truth has a vision of God the Father and Jesus Christ. Three years later, an angel guides him to an ancient record buried in a hill near his home. With God’s help, he translates the record and organizes the Savior’s church in the latter days. Soon others join him, accepting the invitation to become Saints through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. But opposition and violence follow those who defy old traditions to embrace restored truths. The women and men who join the church must choose whether or not they will stay true to their covenants, establish Zion, and proclaim the gospel to a troubled world. The Standard of Truth is the first book in Saints, a new, four-volume narrative history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Fast-paced, meticulously researched, Saints recounts true stories of Latter-day Saints across the globe and answers the Lord’s call to write history “for the good of the church, and for the rising generations” (Doctrine and Covenants 69:8).
History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Author: Joseph SmithPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 375242995X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints by Joseph Smith
A Comprehensive History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Author: Brigham Henry RobertsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Latter Day Saint churches
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
Zion in the Courts
Author: Edwin Brown FirmagePublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252069802
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
The inability of American society to tolerate the peculiar institutions embraced by Mormons was one of the major events in the religious history of nineteenth-century America. Zion in the Courts explores one aspect of this collision between the Mormons and the mainstream: the Mormons' efforts to establish their own court system--one appropriate to the distinctive political, social, and economic practices they envisioned as Zion--and the pressures applied by the federal legal system to bring them to heel. This first paperback edition includes two new introductory pieces in which the authors discuss the Mormon emphasis on settling disputes outside the court, a practice that foreshadows current trends toward arbitration and mediation.
Jesus the Christ
Author: James E. TalmagePublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3732625842
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
Reproduction of the original.
Mormonism: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Richard Lyman BushmanPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199839964
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Beginning with a handful of members in 1830, the church that Joseph Smith founded has grown into a world-wide organization with over 12 million adherents, playing prominent roles in politics, sports, entertainment, and business. Yet they are an oddity. They are considered wholesome, conservative, and friendly on one hand, and clannish, weird, and self-righteous on the other. Mormonism: A Very Short Introduction explains who Mormons are: what they believe and how they live their lives. Written by Richard Lyman Bushman, an eminent historian and practicing Mormon, this compact, informative volume ranges from the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the contentious issues of contemporary Mormonism. Bushman argues that Joseph Smith still serves as the Mormons' Moses. Their everyday religious lives are still rooted in his conceptions of true Christianity. They seek revelation to solve life's problems just as he did. They believe the authority to seal families together for eternity was restored through him. They understand their lives as part of a spiritual journey that started in a "council in heaven" before the world began just as he taught. Bushman's account also describes the tensions and sorrows of Mormon life. How are Mormons to hold on to their children in a world of declining moral standards and rampant disbelief? How do rational, educated Mormons stand up to criticisms of their faith? How do single Mormons fare in a church that emphasizes family life? The book also examines polygamy, the various Mormon scriptures, and the renegade fundamentalists who tarnish the LDS image when in fact they're not members. In a time when Mormons such as Mitt Romney and Harry Reid are playing prominent roles in American society, this engaging introduction enables readers to judge for themselves how Mormon teachings shape the character of believers. About the Series: Oxford's Very Short Introductions series offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects--from Islam to Sociology, Politics to Classics, Literary Theory to History, and Archaeology to the Bible. Not simply a textbook of definitions, each volume in this series provides trenchant and provocative--yet always balanced and complete--discussions of the central issues in a given discipline or field. Every Very Short Introduction gives a readable evolution of the subject in question, demonstrating how the subject has developed and how it has influenced society. Eventually, the series will encompass every major academic discipline, offering all students an accessible and abundant reference library. Whatever the area of study that one deems important or appealing, whatever the topic that fascinates the general reader, the Very Short Introductions series has a handy and affordable guide that will likely prove indispensable.
The First Fifty Years of Relief Society
Author: Jill Mulvay DerrPublisher: Church Historian Press
ISBN: 9781629721507
Category : Mormon women
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Each document has been meticulously transcribed and is placed in historical context with an introduction and annotation. Taken together, the accounts featured here allow readers to study this founding period in Latter-day Saint women's history and to situate it within broader themes in nineteenth-century American religious history.
One Hundred Years of Mormonism
Author: John Henry EvansPublisher: Salt Lake City : The Deseret News
ISBN:
Category : Latter Day Saint churches
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
Ensign to the Nations
Author: Russell R. RichPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
"Ensign to the Nations is a descriptive history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from the Westward migration of the Mormon people in 1846 and the settlement of the Rocky Mountains to the present-day development and worldwide growth of the Church. An account of the early history of the LDS Church from 1820 to 1846 may be found in Ivan J. Barrett's Joseph Smith and the Restoration, also published by Brigham Young University Press."--Cover, p.4