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Journal Article

English

Park, Benjamin E.

To Fill up the World : Joseph Smith as Urban Planner

Mormon Historical Studies

2013

14

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Salt Lake City, UT

Mormon Historic Sites Foundation

2013

1-27

The article discusses 19th century Mormon leader Joseph Smith's efforts as an urban planner and his plans for the city of Independence in Jackson County, Missouri. It examines Smith's city plans, discusses the plans as part of pre-U.S. Civil War urban development, and analyzes the intersection of the religious concept of Zion and the establishment of a secular Independence, Missouri. The article also includes analysis of the "Book of Mormon," Smith's revisions to the Bible, and his spiritual revelations.

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Community, sense of
Consecration, Law of
Smith, Joseph, Jr., city planning
Zion, City of
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