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Early Mormon Pamphleteering
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Provo, UT
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BYU Studies and Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History
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"From 1836 to 1860 about eighty individuals wrote pamphlets as part of the early Mormon movement. This study examines this large body of material by (1) surveying the content, direction and problems of Mormon pamphleteering before 1860; (2) examining the life and works of several key individuals, specifically Parley P. Pratt, Orson Pratt, and Benjamin Winchester; (3) showing the role of printed literature in the organizational development and geographical widening of the movement; and (4) by an in-depth analysis of the pubic announcement and early defense of plural marriage.
"This study shows that the pamphlet literature can provide the student of Mormonism another window into the early Church. More specifically, it shows that the Mormon press gradually moved from a free-lance and informal press to a more formal and closely controlled press. This tightening of the press was directly related to the emergence of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in the early Church. The systemizing tendencies were tempered by Brigham Young's fear that the large amounts of money required to sustain the press were getting in the way of more important matters as well as his concern that too much written analysis of Mormon doctrine would destroy its spirit and the need for living leaders." [Author's Abstract] -
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Joseph Smith's Polygamy
Kingdom on the Mississippi Revisited
Looking West : Mormonism and the Pacific World
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Parley P. Pratt : The Apostle Paul of Mormonism
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Placing the Keystone : George Q. Cannon's Mission of Translating and Printing the Book of Mormon in the Hawaiian Language
Solemn Covenant : The Mormon Polygamous Passage
The Consecrated Service of Elder John W. F. Volker : The Netherlands Mission
The Expanded Canon : Perspectives on Mormonism and Sacred Texts
The Pearl of Greatest Price : Mormonism's Most Controversial Scripture
The 'Unidentified Pioneers' : An Analysis of Staffordshire Mormons, 1837 to 1870
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A Comparative History of the Periodicals of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
A History of Joseph Smith's Revision of the Bible
A History of Mormon Missions in the United States and Canada, 1830-1860
A History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Australia to 1900
A History of the Latter-day Saints in Clay County, Missouri, from 1833 to 1837
A History of the Latter-day Saints in Northern Missouri from 1836 to 1839
A History of the Missionary Activity of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in India, 1849-1856
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A Study of the General Conferences of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1901
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Conflict at Kirtland : The Nature and Causes of External and Internal Conflict of the Mormons in Ohio between 1830 and 1838
Cosmology on the American Frontier : Orson Pratt's Key to the Universe
Cultural Crisis in the Mormon Kingdom : A Reconsideration of the Causes of Kirtland Dissent
Early Mormon Historiography : Writing the History of the Mormons, 1830-1858
Early Mormon Imprints in South Africa
Early Mormon Journalism
Factors in the Destruction of the Mormon Press in Missouri, 1833
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Mormon Political Involvement in Ohio
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Orson Pratt, Pioneer and Proselyter
Quest for Empire : The Political Kingdom of God and the Council of Fifty in Mormon History
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The Development of Mormon Communitarianism, 1826-1846
The Emergence of Brigham Young and the Twelve to Mormon Leadership, 1830-1841
The Evolution of the Presiding Quorums of the LDS Church
The Growth of the Mormon Church in Kirtland, Ohio
The Historical Development of the Doctrine and Covenants
The Kirtland Economy Revisited : A Market Critique of Sectarian Economics
The Latter Day Saint Press, 1830-1930
The Law of Adoption : One Phase of the Development of the Mormon Concept of Salvation, 1830-1900
The Mormon Experience : A History of the Latter-day Saints
The Mormon Hierarchy, 1832-1932 : An American Elite
The Mormons and the Bible in the 1830s
The Mormon Succession Crisis of 1844
The Periodical Literature of the Latter Day Saints
The Political and Social Realities of Zion's Camp
The Quest for Religious Authority and the Rise of Mormonism
The Reliability of Joseph Smith's History
The Religious Backgrounds of Mormon Converts in Britain, 1837-52
The Role of Christian Primitivism in the Origin and Development of the Mormon Kingdom, 1830-1844
The Role of Preaching in the Early Mormon Church, 1830-1846
The Shaping of the Mormon Mind in New England and New York
The Singing Saints, A Study of the Mormon Hymnal, 1835-1950
The Social Sources of Mormonism
The Story of the Latter-day Saints
The Suppression of the Nauvoo Expositor
The Twin Relic : A Study of Mormon Polygamy and the Campaign by the Government of the United States for its Abolition, 1852-1890
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