Sunday, July 25, 2021

State violence is more prevalent than religious violence

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  --- In the Summer 2012 issue of The Journal of Mormon History , historian Patrick Q. Mason takes issue with this statement from Charles K...
Sunday, July 18, 2021

Review: Juanita Brooks: Mormon Woman Historian

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Originally published at StandardBlogs/Currents In his book, “ Juanita Brooks: Mormon Woman Historian ,” Levi S. Peterson describes a woman w...
Monday, June 28, 2021

Major 19th century legal tussle over Mormon polygamy occurred in England

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  Originally published at StandardBlog s Most of us are aware of the many challenges, legally and legislatively, to the Mormon practice of p...
Sunday, June 20, 2021

Nauvoo City Council’s minutes of 1840s provide chaos, contention and lies

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  Originally published, in slightly different form, in January 2012 in StandardBlogs --- The Nauvoo City Council and High Council minutes fr...
Saturday, June 5, 2021

Mormon deity doctrine versus ‘state of blessedness in the presence of God’ forever

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--  Originally published in 2014 at StandardBlogs . The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, continuing a trend of more transparency...
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Thursday, May 27, 2021

Samuel Brannan: the Mormon leader in California matched wits with Brigham Young

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Samuel Brannan is unique among Mormon historical figures because his role goes beyond his contribution to Mormonism. Brannan (1818-1889) was...
Monday, May 10, 2021

Joseph Smith for President book details Mormonism founder's frustration with states rights

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  Review by Doug Gibson The ill-fated decision by LDS Church prophet and founder Joseph Smith, Jr., to seek the U.S. presidency in 1844 is m...
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