Mormon Criminal Element in Nauvoo: The Multi-Faceted Tragedy of the Hodge Brothers There is a strong tendency to idealize “the Nauvoo period” of Mormon history. What is often overlooked is that Nauvoo was still a frontier town, prone to many of the same struggles facing all settlements of this period. One of these struggles was …
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Violence on the Mormon Frontier: Fact or Fiction?
Violence on the Mormon Frontier: Fact or Fiction? Elder Bruce R. McConkie insisted: ‘There is not one historical instance of so-called blood atonement in this dispensation,” yet recent researchers have concluded that Brigham Young’s support of “holy murder” helped create a “culture of violence” that promoted crimes ranging from individual murders to massacres. The Encyclopedia …
Anti-Masonry In The Book Of Mormon Revisited
Anti-Masonry In The Book Of Mormon Revisited Does the Book of Mormon description of ancient Gadianton bands and its warning about latter- day “secret combinations” reflect 19th-century concerns about Freemasonry? Many in Joseph Smith’s day, including Martin Harris, thought so. So, on what grounds do Mormon apologists resist this early interpretive consensus? In particular, this …
The controversy Concerning Richard D. Poll’s Forthcoming Biography Of Henry D. Moyle
The controversy Concerning Richard D. Poll’s Forthcoming Biography Of Henry D. Moyle Stan Larson, D. Michael Quinn
Inside The Mormon Hierarch: Everything The ‘Strengthening The Members Committee’ Didn’t Want You To Know
Inside The Mormon Hierarch: Everything The ‘Strengthening The Members Committee’ Didn’t Want You To Know D. Michael Quinn
The Truth, The Partial Truth And Something Like The Truth, So Help Me God
The Truth, The Partial Truth And Something Like The Truth, So Help Me God Clay Chandler, D. Michael Quinn
Irksome Facts And Troublesome Conclusions: ‘Mormon Hierarchy: Extensions Of Power’
Irksome Facts And Troublesome Conclusions: ‘Mormon Hierarchy: Extensions Of Power’ Armand L. Mauss, Will Bagley, D. Michael Quinn
Inside The Mormon Hierarchy: Everything The ‘Strengthening The Members Committee’ Didn’t Want You To Know
Inside The Mormon Hierarchy: Everything The ‘Strengthening The Members Committee’ Didn’t Want You To Know D. Michael Quinn
LESSON FROM THE PAST: A LOOK AT ‘LOST LEGACY: THE MORMON OFFICE OF PRESIDING PATRIARCH’
LESSON FROM THE PAST: A LOOK AT ‘LOST LEGACY: THE MORMON OFFICE OF PRESIDING PATRIARCH’ D. Michael Quinn, Armand L. Mauss, Irene Bates