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  • Return to the City of Joseph

    Modern Mormonism's Contest for the Soul of Nauvoo

    by Scott C. Esplin ...
    In the mid-twentieth century, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) returned to Nauvoo, Illinois, home to the thriving religious community led by Joseph Smith before his murder in 1844. The quiet farm town became a major Mormon heritage site visited annually by tens of thousands of people. Yet Nauvoo's dramatic restoration proved fraught with conflicts. Scott C. Esplin's social ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Educating for Eternity

    The History of Latter-day Saint Primary and Secondary Schools

    by E. Vance Randall, Scott C. Esplin, Casey Paul Griffiths ...
    Educating for Eternity tells the sweeping story of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its nearly two-century commitment to K12 education, from log cabins in Kirtland to academies across the American West and schools spanning Mexico, the Pacific, and South America. Rooted in a theology that declares “the glory of God is intelligence,” this volume explores how faith, persecution, ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Far Away in the West

    Reflections on the Mormon Pioneer Trail (Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint History)

    Edited by Scott C. Esplin, Richard E. Bennett, Susan Easton Black ...
    The story of the Mormon exodus from Nauvoo to a new mountain home “far away in the west” still stirs the imagination of writers, artists, historians, and musicians. Letters, diaries, and other manuscript sources continue to be discovered that recount this thrilling chapter in Mormon history. An entire believing people came to trust that they would find their place to worship without fear of ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Raising the Standard of Truth: Exploring the History and Teachings of the Early Restoration

    Edited by Scott C. Esplin ...
    This volume explores events and teachings of the early years of the Restoration of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Featuring scholars from Brigham Young University, the Church History Department, and the Joseph Smith Papers, the collection of prominent materials previously produced by the BYU Religious Studies Center is designed as a companion to personal and family study of the ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared

    by Alford, Kenneth L., Esplin, Scott C. ...
    In 1847 the Prophet Joseph Smith's plans for Zion were transported more than 1,200 miles west when the Saints established the City of the Great Salt Lake. Much of the history of Salt Lake City is grounded in the revelations, visions, and plans of the Prophet Joseph regarding Zion, and many of the commandments in the Doctrine and Covenants find their fulfillment in the development of Salt Lake City ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Dark Tourism and Pilgrimage

    by Dr Nitasha Sharma, Müjde Bidec, Geraldine Anne Tan, Luke Howie, Dr Danielle Johannesen, Dr Boža Grafenauer, Dr Lea Kužnik, Katheryn Wright, Nuša Basle, Alissa Burger, Angela Carr, Donna Comtesse, Janna R. Caspersen, Matthew Cook, Scott K. Esplin, Julie Hartley-Moore, Jennifer Hayes, Brian J. Hill, Jacie L. Jones, Kathy Knox, Sonja Sibila Lebe, Cecelia R. Lewis, Sonia Mileva, Dane Munro, Stephen Newton, Lidija Pliberšek, Jodi M. Thesing-Ritter, Nicholas J. Walkowiak, Peter J. Ward, Yachen Zhang, Alexandra Coghlan, Joseph Donica, Dr Nigel Bond ...
    Series series CABI Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Series
    In recent years there has been a growth in both the practice and research of dark tourism; the phenomenon of visiting sites of tragedy or disaster. Expanding on this trend, this book examines dark tourism through the new lens of pilgrimage. It focuses on dark tourism sites as pilgrimage destinations, dark tourists as pilgrims, and pilgrimage as a form of dark tourism. Taking a broad definition of ... Read more

    $132.99 USD

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  • American Zion

    A New History of Mormonism

    by Benjamin E. Park ...
    **Winner of the Philip Schaff Prize (for best book on the history of Christianity by a North American scholar)New Yorker — "Best Books of 2024"Finalist, Best Book in Utah History, Utah Historical SocietyThe first major history of Mormonism in a decade, drawing on newly available sources to reveal a profoundly divided faith that has nevertheless shaped the nation.**The Church of Jesus Christ of ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

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  • The Oatman Massacre: A Tale of Desert Captivity and Survival

    A Tale of Desert Captivity and Survival

    by Brian McGinty ...
    The Oatman massacre is among the most famous and dramatic captivity stories in the history of the Southwest. In this riveting account, Brian McGinty explores the background, development, and aftermath of the tragedy.Roys Oatman, a dissident Mormon, led his family of nine and a few other families from their homes in Illinois on a journey west, believing a prophecy that they would find the fertile ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Scalia Speaks

    Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived

    by Antonin Scalia ...
    This definitive collection of beloved Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's finest speeches covers topics as varied as the law, faith, virtue, pastimes, and his heroes and friends. Featuring a foreword by longtime friend Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and an intimate introduction by his youngest son, this volume includes dozens of speeches, some deeply personal, that have never before been published ... Read more

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  • American Massacre

    The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, September 1857

    by Sally Denton ...
    In September 1857, a wagon train passing through Utah laden with gold was attacked. Approximately 140 people were slaughtered; only 17 children under the age of eight were spared. This incident in an open field called Mountain Meadows has ever since been the focus of passionate debate: Is it possible that official Mormon dignitaries were responsible for the massacre? In her riveting book, Sally ... Read more

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  • The Mormon People

    The Making of an American Faith

    by Matthew Bowman ...
    “From one of the brightest of the new generation of Mormon-studies scholars comes a crisp, engaging account of the religion’s history.”—The Wall Street JournalWith Mormonism on the nation’s radar as never before, religious historian Matthew Bowman has written an essential book thatpulls back the curtain on more than 180 years of Mormon history and doctrine. He recounts the church’s origins and ... Read more

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  • Oh What a Slaughter

    Massacres in the American West: 1846--1890

    by Larry McMurtry ...
    A brilliant and riveting history of the famous and infamous massacres that marked the settling of the American West in the nineteenth century.In Oh What a Slaughter, Larry McMurtry has written a unique, brilliant, and searing history of the bloody massacres that marked—and marred—the settling of the American West in the nineteenth century, and which still provoke immense controversy today.Here are ... Read more

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