On 27 June 1844, Joseph Smith was assassinated, leaving behind several claimants to leadership with no clear process for selecting a successor. Using archival data, we reconstruct the complex network of relations that existed among 76 members of the early LDS Church hierarchy. This includes a mapping of formal ties within and between priesthood quorums … Continue reading STRUCTURAL ROLES AND THE ROUTINIZATION OF CHARISMA: A SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS OF THE MORMON SUCCESSION CRISIS OF 1844