The JWHA article award committee is pleased to announce the following nominations for our best article awards. The authors of the articles and book chapters published fascinating work in Restoration Studies scholarship in 2025.
The committee accepts nominations for articles published during the previous calendar year. The committee selects award winners from these nominated materials, privileging work most relevant to Community of Christ history and values, regardless of the period examined. The following articles have been nominated:
- Cheryl L. Bruno, Michelle B. Stone, “Crafting a Sacred Story: Joseph F. Smith and the William Clayton Affidavits,” Journal of Mormon Polygamy 1:1 (2025): 1-39.
- Anthony J. Chvala-Smith, “The Nauvoo Expositor and the Origins of Reorganization Theology,” Restoration Studies XXV (2025): 159-176.
- Ryan N. Cramer, “Unveiling the Invisible Hand of Providence: Examining the Smith Family’s Economic and Spiritual Catalysts Amid Troubling Times and the Panic of 1819,” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 58:1 (2025): 25-86.
- Jeremy W. Hoop, “The New Companion Revelation: Evidence of Spiritual Wifery in the First British Mission,” Journal of Mormon Polygamy 1:1 (2025): 73-116.
- David J. Howlett, “Faith in Small Things: The RLDS Church, the New Left, and the Global 1970s,” Journal of Mormon History 51:2 (2025), 1-21.
- Makoto Hunter, “Scripture Study in the Shadow of the Christian University: The Reorganized Church, from Exploring the Book of Mormon to the Position Papers, 1960-1970,” JWHA Journal 45:1, 101-111.
- Thomas W. Murphy, “White is an Ite: The Book of Mormon’s Misappropriation of the Iroquois Great Law of Peace,” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 58:4 (2025): 47-72.
- Michael Nielsen, “A Historical Overview of the RLDS Church and Freemasonry,” JWHA Journal 45:2 (2025): 76-112.
- Michael Nielsen, “Feet Washing: Background, RLDS Historical Context, and Contemporary Application for Community of Christ,” Restoration Studies XXV (2025): 177-194.
- Nancy Ross and David Howlett, “‘You Might Change Your Mind!’: Ritual, Authority, and Responses to Women’s Ordination in the 1980s RLDS Church,” JWHA Journal 45:2 (2025), 5-20.
- Colby Townsend, “Secret Societies and the Political Context of Joseph Smith’s Rewritten Scripture,” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 58:3 (2025): 71-96.
- Kyle R. Walker, “Rupture and Reconciliation: Smith Family Interactions with Mountain Saints in the Midwest, 1847-1900,” JWHA Journal 45:1 (2025), 9-40.
