Opening the Heavens: Accounts of Divine Manifestations, 1820–1844
Dissertation Reprints This series reprints selected doctoral dissertations crucial to understanding Mormon history, making them available to a larger audience and offering a brief index. Though most won awards, none was previously published in book form. Check our Web site for more titles.
“A Study of the Origins of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the States of New York and Pennsylvania”
John W. Welch, ed.
Opening the Heavens may be one of the most persuasive and influential Church history books you will ever own. This volume brings together all known accounts of key events of the Restoration, making these precious documents available in one place for the first time. Documented here are Joseph Smith’s many visions, the process of the Book of Mormon translation, the restoration of the priesthood, the Kirtland Temple dedication, and the mantle of Joseph passing to Brigham Young.
by Larry C. Porter
“A History of the Latter-day Saints in Northern Missouri, 1836–1839” by Leland Homer Gentry
by Steven L. Olsen
by Alexander L. Baugh
—Davis Bitton, Emeritus Professor of History, University of Utah
512 pp., illus., index 0-8425-2607-2 (hard cover) $32.95
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Those who wish to read and weigh the documents that survive from the founding generation will find this book most valuable. It is a collection that will be around for a long time.”
This popular text, used throughout the Church for the study of world religions, has been revised and expanded with two additional authors, several new chapters, a number of new illustrations, and updated material. Religions of the World portrays truth as it extends across cultures and religions. The book presents a wealth of vital information for leaders, missionaries, and members seeking greater understanding of the peoples of the world and the beliefs that motivate them.
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“A Call to Arms: The 1838 Mormon Defense of Northern Missouri”
—Richard Lyman Bushman, Gouverneur Morris Professor of History Emeritus, Columbia University
Spencer J. Palmer, Roger R. Keller, Dong Sull Choi, and James A. Toronto
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“The Mormon Ideology of Place: Cosmic Symbolism of the City of Zion, 1830–1846”
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2014 Catalog
Qualities That Count: Heber J. Grant as Businessman, Missionary, and Apostle
Selected Collections from the Archives of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,Volumes One and Two, with index in Volume Two
Ronald W. Walker
LDS Scholars Engage in Islamic Thought: BYU Studies Quarterly special issue John W. Welch, ed. This issue of BYU Studies Quarterly explores the deep spiritual and cultural impact of the Islamic faith in the world. The many “intersections between the ideals of Mormons and Muslims” make this issue’s perspective unique. Some of the articles in this issue include Arnold Green’s “Mormonism and Islam: From Polemics to Mutual Respect,” and James A. Toronto’s “Many Voices, One Umma: Sociopolitical Debate in the Muslim Community.” This issue also includes photos from Jerusalem and an article on its role as a holy city to Muslims. Other articles discuss Saudi Arabia, the Qur’an, the Crusades, the Palestinian Muslim family, and much more.
Richard E. Turley Jr., ed.
Called as an Apostle at age 25, Heber J. Grant was acutely aware of his inadequacies. Feeling unseasoned and unsure, he questioned whether he had the “qualities that count” for such a position. Yet he took solace in his faith: “There is one thing that sustains me and that is the fact that all powers, of mind or body, come from God and that He is perfectly able and willing to qualify me for His work provided I am faithful in doing my part.”
Volumes one and two of this 74 DVD-ROM set contain over 450,000 high-resolution images of original historical manuscripts from 1827 to 1923. Selected Collections illuminates the history of Ohio and Missouri in the 1830s, Illinois in the 1840s, Native American relationships in the 1850s and 1860s, and a wide range of political, legal, religious, economic, and other developments. It also contains papers, historical documents, correspondences, and important writings of Joseph Smith and other prophets of the LDS Church.
299 pp., illus., index 0-8425-2550-5 (soft cover) $18.95
Personal Writings of Joseph Smith Dean C. Jessee, ed.
0-8425-2596-3 (DVD-ROM) Complete Set $999 Volume 1 only $549 Volume 2 only $549
279 pp., illus., index (soft cover) $11.00
The real importance of the writings Joseph Smith produced with his own hand lies in their being his expression of his own thoughts and attitudes, his own contemplations and reflections.
Discoveries: Two Centuries of Poems by Mormon Women
“This updated revised edition . . . offers readers nearly all of the personal writings of Joseph Smith. . . in a single resource. . . .The maps alone are worth the price of the book.” —Journal of Mormon History 30, no. 17
Discoveries highlights poems that trace Mormon women’s life experiences from creation through childhood, youth, marriage, motherhood, aging, death, and entrance into eternity. The poems stir us to remember, to ponder, often to laugh, sometimes to weep, yet always to rejoice.
51 pp., illus., bibliog., index 1-57345-787-6 (hard cover) $32.95
Mozart’s Magic Flute: BYU Studies Quarterly special issue John W. Welch, ed. Lines from Mozart’s classic opera The Magic Flute immediately ring true to Latter-day Saints. In fact, Mozart strikes upon symbols, themes, and concepts that would appear at first to be insider’s knowledge to Mormonism. It is significant, too, that Mozart was composing his opera shortly before Joseph Smith was born. How did Mozart come to espouse the idea that man can become like God? What traditions was he drawing upon—Masonry, Egyptology, both? This issue of BYU Studies Quarterly focuses on many of these questions and reveals that Mozart’s Magic Flute is an ideal work of art to study for those interested in deepening their understanding of temple symbolism and the divine potential of mankind. 272 pp., illus. (soft cover) $11.95
Eternal Values and Personal Growth Allen E. Bergin Take a journey of self-improvement. This LDS approach to counseling and personal mental well-being uses gospel principles and the results of solid research. Explanations and exercises in each chapter provide tools to make positive and lasting progress toward eternal potentials. In the fall 2003 BYU Magazine, Richard Cracroft calls this book “an inspiring, refreshingly practical, and motivational book.”
Susan Elizabeth Howe and Sheree Maxwell Bench, eds.
276 pp., bibliog., index 0-8425-2511-4 (soft cover) $19.95
“The full collection breathes a sense of what is sacred.” —Jill Mulvay Derr, Director, Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History, Brigham Young University 133 pp., illus., bibliog., index 0-8425-2574-2 (soft cover) $9.95 0-8425-2722-4 (hard cover) $16.95
Turning Freud Upside-Down: Gospel Perspectives on Psychotherapy’s Fundamental Problems Aaron P. Jackson and Lane Fischer with Doris Dant, eds. Latter-day Saints and other Christians often worry about psychotherapy negatively affecting their souls. Even religious therapists may promote anti-gospel principles. This hazard is particularly extreme when therapists are unaware of their practicing assumptions. Now counselors—and their clients—can go to Turning Freud Upside-Down for a gospel corrective to that problem. “If you want to think about psychotherapy in dramatically new ways, read Turning Freud Upside-Down.” —Godfrey J. Ellis, Director of the master’s program in Counseling Psychology at St. Martin’s University 256 pp., index 0-8425-2594-7 (soft cover) $16.95
Walking in the Sand: A History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Ghana Emmanuel Abu Kissi Written by an early LDS Church leader in Ghana, this book tells of congregations that operated unofficially prior to Mormon missionaries organizing the church. It details Church growth and persecution in the last quarter of the twentieth century and discusses the Accra Temple, dedicated in 2004. “[Walking in the Sand] is fascinating and I appreciate the thoughtful way you and your colleagues have turned this highly personal account into a readable and useful history.” —Cecil O. Samuelson, President, Brigham Young University 384 pp., illus., bib., index 0-8425-2544-0 (soft cover) $21.95