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Alexander: Joseph & Emma Smith’s Far West Son [Ronald E. Romig]ISBN# 978-1934901267 $9.95 The third son of Joseph and Emma Smith to live to adulthood, Alexander lived half his life at Nauvoo and served as an apostle, a member of the First Presidency, and presiding patriarch of the RLDS Church. In this documentary history, Ronald E. Romig paints a vivid picture of Joseph and Emma’s “Far West son” using contemporary writings and images. |
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Apostle of the Poor: The Life and Work of Missionary and Humanitarian Charles D. Neff [Matthew Bolton]ISBN# 978-1934901014 $14.95 Charles D. Neff participated in the fundamental transformation of the Community of Christ from small provincial sect to worldwide church. Neff’s global missionary work challenged him to rethink the church’s theology — opening it to the voices of other cultures — and to dedicate his life to bringing relief, release, and dignity to the world’s poor. |
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Banishing the Cross: The Emergence of a Mormon Taboo [Michael G. Reed]ISBN# 978-1934901359 $19.95 Most modern Mormons spurn the cross as a Christian symbol. But in this exhaustively documented study, Michael Reed finds that early Mormons embraced the cross. He documents the emergence of the cross taboo in early twentieth-century Utah and explains it as a backlash against Catholic immigration. |
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Behind the Scenes Tour of the Kirtland Temple: From Basement to Bell Tower [Ronald E. Romig]ISBN# 978-1934901205 $9.95 A lavishly illustrated “behind the scenes” look at the Kirtland Temple by a preeminent Community of Christ historian. |
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Eighth Witness: The Biography of John Whitmer [Ronald E. Romig]ISBN# 978-1934901281 $49.95 A member of one of Mormonism’s founding families and one of the eight witnesses to the Book of Mormon, John Whitmer turned his back on Joseph Smith and Mormonism and wrote a candid and important history of the early years of the faith. |
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Emma’s Family [Ronald E. Romig]ISBN# 978-1934901243 $9.95 An edited collection of personal letters from Emma Smith to and from family members, including Julia Murdock, Joseph Smith III, Alexander H. Smith, David H. Smith, Frederick G. W. Smith, and Major Lewis Bidamon. |
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Emma’s Nauvoo [Ronald E. Romig]ISBN# 978-1934901038 $9.95 Emma Smith lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, for nearly forty years. She was mother to five children and to an American religious tradition. This unique documentary history compiles letters, interviews and newspaper accounts that narrate the many roles Emma assumed. |
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Hawn’s Mills Hamlet: A Phase III Archaeological Investigation [Paul DeBarthe and Michael S. Riggs]ISBN# 978-1934901274 $29.95 Throughout the 1830s, members of the Mormon faith trekked to western Missouri in search of what they believed would become Zion. A small group of them began gathering in a remote area along Shoal Creek located on the east side of Caldwell County in 1836-38. The worst loss of life event that took place during the 1838 Mormon War played out in this hamlet simply called Hawn’s Mills. A horrific story that has endured in the memory of all the Latter-day Saint faith traditions down to our time. |
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Herstories: Ten Autobiographical Narratives of RLDS Women [Danny L. Jorgensen and Joni Wilson]ISBN# 978-1934901335 $24.95 Women’s voices and experiences are too often ignored. This collection compiles the autobiographical narratives — the herstories — of ten women who were members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (now Community of Christ). |
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Homosexual Saints: The Community of Christ Experience [William D. Russell]ISBN# 978-1934901052 $19.95 Gay priesthood ordination and gay marriage are live issues in the Community of Christ. Homosexual Saints explores these issues through the lens of twenty-four autobiographical narratives, a detailed history of the status of homosexuals in the church since 1954, and a preface by celebrated Mormon historian D. Michael Quinn. |
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House of the Lord: The Story of Kirtland Temple [Barbara Walden and Lachlan Mackay]ISBN# 978-1934901069 $14.95 The Kirtland Temple is the first temple built by the early Latter Day Saints and the only one completed in the life of Mormon founder Joseph Smith. House of the Lord is a full-color guide to the temple, including the photography of Val Brinkerhoff as well as diagrams and maps by John Hamer. |
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Joseph and Lucy Smith’s Tunbridge Farm: An Archaeology and Landscape Study [Mark Staker & Don Enders]ISBN# 978-1934901212 $14.95 When newlyweds Joseph Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith began raising a family in the mountains of Tunbridge Gore, Vermont, they left behind physical evidence of their lives together. The authors of this volume use archaeology and a landscape study to recover some of this information and explore Smith family life in the late eighteenth-century Smith settlement. |
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Joseph’s Family: The Kirtland Years [Ronald E. Romig]ISBN# 978-1934901229 $5.97 In this documentary history, Romig paints a vivid picture of Joseph Smith and his family during the Kirtland Years using contemporary writings and images. |
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Lucy’s Nauvoo [Ronald E. Romig]ISBN# 978-1934901250 $9.95 Lucy Mack Smith, mother of the Mormon prophet, lived on for twelve years after her son’s death. She continued to live in Nauvoo, Illinois, long after most Mormons had abandoned the city. This brief, illustrated history tells the story of Lucy’s life in Nauvoo. |
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Martin Harris’s Kirtland [Ronald E. Romig]ISBN# 978-1934901045 $9.95 Although most Latter Day Saints left Kirtland in 1837, a small congregation remained, including Book of Mormon witness Marrin Harris. This documentary history follows Harris’s life and explores the history of the temple and the Saints who remained in Kirtland. |
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Mormon Graves in Kirtland: A Biographical Dictionary of Early Saints Buried in the Kirtland Area [Janet Lisonbee]ISBN# 978-1934901120 $9.95 This volume catalogues members of the early Mormon church buried in the Kirtland, Ohio, region, with maps of the relevant cemeteries and hundreds of photos. An essential volume for family historians, genealogists, and anyone interested in Mormon history. |
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Northeast of Eden: Atlas of Mormon Settlement in Caldwell County, Missouri, 1834-39 [John C. Hamer]ISBN# 978-1934901076 $24.95 Far West, Missouri, was the headquarters of Mormonism during the 1838 Mormon-Missouri War. In this richly illustrated atlas, John Hamer maps the Mormon settlements that were the backdrop for the war. |
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Restorations: Scholars in Dialogue [Andrew Bolton and Casey Paul Griffiths]ISBN# 978-1950304318 $18.99 This book contains reflections from two groups of scholars who trace their beginnings to the early Saints who built the Kirtland Temple. These scholars come from the two largest branches of the Restoration movement, Community of Christ and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who have often found themselves on the opposite sides of many issues. |
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Scattering of the Saints: Schism within Mormonism [Newell G. Bringhurst and John C. Hamer]ISBN# 978-1934901021 $24.95 This volume contains sixteen original essays on different expressions of the Latter Day Saint movement that have emerged since 1830, from historical groups led by the likes of Sidney Rigdon and James J. Strang to modern Mormon fundamentalist movements like the FLDS. |
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The Mormon Quest for the Presidency: From Joseph Smith to Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman [Newell G. Bringhurst and Craig L. Foster]ISBN# 978-1934901090 $24.95 Including Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman, eleven Mormons have sought the highest office in the United States. Newell G. Bringhurst and Craig L. Foster bring their stories to life as they attempt to answer the question, “Is America Ready for a Mormon President?” |
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The Persistence of Polygamy Vol I (paperback): Joseph Smith and the Origins of Mormon Polygamy [Newell G. Bringhurst and Craig L. Foster]ISBN# 978-1934901137 $24.95 The first in a three-volume anthology in which top scholars examine the entire range and history of Mormon polygamy. |
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The Persistence of Polygamy Vol I (hardcover): Joseph Smith and the Origins of Mormon Polygamy [Newell G. Bringhurst and Craig L. Foster]ISBN# 978-1934901120 $39.95 The first in a three-volume anthology in which top scholars examine the entire range and history of Mormon polygamy. |
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The Persistence of Polygamy Vol II (paperback): From Joseph Smith’s Martyrdom to the First Manifesto, 1844-1890 [Newell G. Bringhurst and Craig L. Foster]ISBN# 978-1934901151 $24.95 In this second volume of the Persistence of Polygamy, Bringhurst and Foster have assembled an array of new research into the wide diversity of polygamy as practiced by different Latter Day Saint groups during the later nineteenth century. |
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The Persistence of Polygamy Vol II (hardcover): From Joseph Smith’s Martyrdom to the First Manifesto, 1844-1890 [Newell G. Bringhurst and Craig L. Foster]ISBN# 978-1934901144 $39.95 In this second volume of the Persistence of Polygamy, Bringhurst and Foster have assembled an array of new research into the wide diversity of polygamy as practiced by different Latter Day Saint groups during the later nineteenth century. |
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The Persistence of Polygamy Vol III (paperback): Fundamentalist Mormon Polygamy from 1890 to the Present [Newell G. Bringhurst and Craig L. Foster]ISBN# 978-1934901199 $44.95 In this third volume of The Persistence of Polygamy, Newell G. Bringhurst and Craig L. Foster have assembled seventeen original essays that explore the fascinating history of plural marriage among fundamentalist Mormons — an enduring practice of The Principle. |
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The Persistence of Polygamy Vol III (hardcover): Fundamentalist Mormon Polygamy from 1890 to the Present [Newell G. Bringhurst and Craig L. Foster]ISBN# 978-1934901168 $59.95 In this third volume of The Persistence of Polygamy, Newell G. Bringhurst and Craig L. Foster have assembled seventeen original essays that explore the fascinating history of plural marriage among fundamentalist Mormons — an enduring practice of The Principle. |
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Touched by Grace: LGBT Stories in Community of Christ [David Howard]ISBN# 978-1934901366 $19.95 Since 2008 and the publication of Bill Russell’s “Homosexual Saints,” Community of Christ has made significant strides toward full inclusion of its LGBT members. In this sequel, David Howard has gathered dozens of personal stories and testimonies that narrate the transformation of the LGBT experience in Community of Christ. |
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Upon the Temple Lot: The Church of Christ’s Quest to Build the House of the Lord [R. Jean Addams]ISBN# 978-1934901342 $14.95 Joseph Smith Jr. predicted that the Temple Lot in Jackson County, Missouri would be the center-place of the New Jerusalem in Christ’s millennial kingdom. In 1864, Granville Hedrick’s Church of Christ reclaimed the Temple Lot. This richly illustrated book recounts the story of their attempt to finally build the predicted temple. |
