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Journal Article

English

Melville, J. Keith

Theory and Practice of Church and State during the Brigham Young Era

BYU Studies

Autumn 1960

3

1960

33-55

Suggesting that academic interest has previously centered on theology, economics, and sociology, Melville looks at nineteenth century Mormon political ideas. His focus is on Young's Kingdom of God, a concept that united church and state in pioneer Utah.

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Church-state relations, 19th century
Council of Fifty
Mormon thought, Kingdom of God
Political theory
Young, Brigham, political thought

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A Foreign Kingdom : Mormons and Polygamy in American Political Culture, 1852-1890
Cooperation among the Mormons
God and the People : Theodemocracy in Nineteenth-Century Mormonism
The Metamorphosis of the Kingdom of God : Toward a Reinterpretation of Mormon History
The Site of Mormon Political Theology

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A History of Illinois : From Its Commencement as a State in 1818 to 1847
A Mormon Chronicle : The Diaries of John D. Lee, 1848-1876
History of Hancock County, Illinois, Together with an Outline History of the State, and a Digest of State Laws
History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Period I : History of Joseph Smith, the Prophet, by Himself
History of Utah 1540-1886
History of Utah, 1847-1869
Joseph Smith and World Government
Mormon Theory of Church and State
The Kingdom of God, the Council of Fifty and the State of Deseret
The State of Deseret
The Theory and Practice of the Political Kingdom of God in Mormon History, 1829-1890