In a book just off the press, Armand Mauss traces the changing definitions and understandings of the term “Lamanite” across Mormon history and explains why such changes have occurred, not only with regard to Lamanites but also in reference to black Africans, Jews, Anglo-Ephraimites, and Israelites in general. These changes make for a fascinating study of the reflexive nature of Church doctrine and theology as Latter-day Saints and their leaders meet the world.

Armand Mauss, Thomas W. Murphy