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Utah Valley University

1. Hasson, Landon Blaine. Archetype: A Story of Buddhist and Mormon Connections.

Degree: 2013, Utah Valley University

URL: http://contentdm.uvu.edu:81/u?/UVUTheses,625

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This undergraduate thesis is a contribution to the exploration of human nature and the work of comparative religion. Mormonism and Buddhism are briefly introduced and… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Religions; Buddhism; Mormonism; Dissertations, Academic

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Hasson, L. B. (2013). Archetype: A Story of Buddhist and Mormon Connections. (Thesis). Utah Valley University. Retrieved from http://contentdm.uvu.edu:81/u?/UVUTheses,625

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Hasson, Landon Blaine. “Archetype: A Story of Buddhist and Mormon Connections.” 2013. Thesis, Utah Valley University. Accessed March 31, 2020. http://contentdm.uvu.edu:81/u?/UVUTheses,625.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Hasson, Landon Blaine. “Archetype: A Story of Buddhist and Mormon Connections.” 2013. Web. 31 Mar 2020.

Vancouver:

Hasson LB. Archetype: A Story of Buddhist and Mormon Connections. [Internet] [Thesis]. Utah Valley University; 2013. [cited 2020 Mar 31]. Available from: http://contentdm.uvu.edu:81/u?/UVUTheses,625.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Hasson LB. Archetype: A Story of Buddhist and Mormon Connections. [Thesis]. Utah Valley University; 2013. Available from: http://contentdm.uvu.edu:81/u?/UVUTheses,625

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of Minnesota

2. Mohrman, Katherine A. Exceptionally Queer: Mormon Peculiarity and US Exceptionalism.

Degree: PhD, American Studies, 2017, University of Minnesota

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/11299/206432

► Mormonism has been contested in US popular culture and politics ever since the founding of the Latter-day Saint faith tradition in the early nineteenth century.… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: exceptionalism; Mormon; Mormonism; peculiarity; queer

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Mohrman, K. A. (2017). Exceptionally Queer: Mormon Peculiarity and US Exceptionalism. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Minnesota. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11299/206432

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Mohrman, Katherine A. “Exceptionally Queer: Mormon Peculiarity and US Exceptionalism.” 2017. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Minnesota. Accessed March 31, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11299/206432.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Mohrman, Katherine A. “Exceptionally Queer: Mormon Peculiarity and US Exceptionalism.” 2017. Web. 31 Mar 2020.

Vancouver:

Mohrman KA. Exceptionally Queer: Mormon Peculiarity and US Exceptionalism. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Minnesota; 2017. [cited 2020 Mar 31]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11299/206432.

Council of Science Editors:

Mohrman KA. Exceptionally Queer: Mormon Peculiarity and US Exceptionalism. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Minnesota; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11299/206432

Montana Tech

3. Weidow, Lesley June. Montana Zion: American Communalism in a Mormon Fundamentalist Community.

Degree: MA, 2009, Montana Tech

URL: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/681

► This thesis examines the founding and development of Pinesdale, Montana. Established by the Mormon fundamentalist leader Rulon Allred and his group in 1961, the town… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Communal History; Mormonism

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Weidow, L. J. (2009). Montana Zion: American Communalism in a Mormon Fundamentalist Community. (Masters Thesis). Montana Tech. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/681

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Weidow, Lesley June. “Montana Zion: American Communalism in a Mormon Fundamentalist Community.” 2009. Masters Thesis, Montana Tech. Accessed March 31, 2020. https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/681.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Weidow, Lesley June. “Montana Zion: American Communalism in a Mormon Fundamentalist Community.” 2009. Web. 31 Mar 2020.

Vancouver:

Weidow LJ. Montana Zion: American Communalism in a Mormon Fundamentalist Community. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Montana Tech; 2009. [cited 2020 Mar 31]. Available from: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/681.

Council of Science Editors:

Weidow LJ. Montana Zion: American Communalism in a Mormon Fundamentalist Community. [Masters Thesis]. Montana Tech; 2009. Available from: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/681

Utah State University

4. Bradley, Don. American Proto-Zionism and the "Book of Lehi": Recontextualizing the Rise of Mormonism.

Degree: MA, History, 2018, Utah State University

URL: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7060

► Although historians generally view early Mormonism as a movement focused on restoring Christianity to its pristine New Testament state, in the Mormon movement’s first… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Mormon; Mormonism; Jews; Judaism; Zionism; History

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Bradley, D. (2018). American Proto-Zionism and the "Book of Lehi": Recontextualizing the Rise of Mormonism. (Masters Thesis). Utah State University. Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7060

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Bradley, Don. “American Proto-Zionism and the "Book of Lehi": Recontextualizing the Rise of Mormonism.” 2018. Masters Thesis, Utah State University. Accessed March 31, 2020. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7060.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Bradley, Don. “American Proto-Zionism and the "Book of Lehi": Recontextualizing the Rise of Mormonism.” 2018. Web. 31 Mar 2020.

Vancouver:

Bradley D. American Proto-Zionism and the "Book of Lehi": Recontextualizing the Rise of Mormonism. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Utah State University; 2018. [cited 2020 Mar 31]. Available from: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7060.

Council of Science Editors:

Bradley D. American Proto-Zionism and the "Book of Lehi": Recontextualizing the Rise of Mormonism. [Masters Thesis]. Utah State University; 2018. Available from: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7060

Arizona State University

5. Frost, Randi. The Plan of Salvation: Mormon Doctrine Embodied Through Postmodern Contemporary Dance.

Degree: M.F.A., Dance, 2011, Arizona State University

URL: http://repository.asu.edu/items/9048

► The Mormon Plan of Salvation explains that people originate in a heavenly state and are sent to Earth in a physical form, where they aspire… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Dance; Religion; choreography; Mormonism; Plan of Salvation

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Frost, R. (2011). The Plan of Salvation: Mormon Doctrine Embodied Through Postmodern Contemporary Dance. (Masters Thesis). Arizona State University. Retrieved from http://repository.asu.edu/items/9048

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Frost, Randi. “The Plan of Salvation: Mormon Doctrine Embodied Through Postmodern Contemporary Dance.” 2011. Masters Thesis, Arizona State University. Accessed March 31, 2020. http://repository.asu.edu/items/9048.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Frost, Randi. “The Plan of Salvation: Mormon Doctrine Embodied Through Postmodern Contemporary Dance.” 2011. Web. 31 Mar 2020.

Vancouver:

Frost R. The Plan of Salvation: Mormon Doctrine Embodied Through Postmodern Contemporary Dance. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Arizona State University; 2011. [cited 2020 Mar 31]. Available from: http://repository.asu.edu/items/9048.

Council of Science Editors:

Frost R. The Plan of Salvation: Mormon Doctrine Embodied Through Postmodern Contemporary Dance. [Masters Thesis]. Arizona State University; 2011. Available from: http://repository.asu.edu/items/9048

University of New Mexico

6. Ricketts, Jeremy R. Imagining the Saints: Representations of Mormonism in American Culture.

Degree: American Studies, 2011, University of New Mexico

URL: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/amst_etds/37

► The purpose of this dissertation is to address how representations of Mormons in American culture reveal not only key aspects of the history of… (more)

▼ The purpose of this dissertation is to address how representations of Mormons in American culture reveal not only key aspects of the history of Mormonism in America but also tell us a great deal about American life and thought since the founding of the religion in 1830 to the present day (2011). Representations are powerful vehicles for creating, shaping, reflecting, and naturalizing society's understanding of religious institutions and revealing cultural concerns and anxieties, and the methodology of this dissertation thus focuses on interdisciplinary analytical critiques of diverse texts to better elucidate the complicated but deeply intertwined history of the Mormon experience in the United States. I have pursued an interdisciplinary line of inquiry that interrogated how the Latter-day Saints have come to form a communal identity and how non-Mormons have understood and represented Mormons as well as the cultural implications of such representations. The findings of this study indicate that throughout their history, Mormons have often been imagined as an Other by producers of cultural texts in such a way that set them apart. Mormons have also portrayed themselves as a distinct people. But even more significant is how these diverse imaginings reflect American cultural beliefs and values. Both LDS and non-LDS Americans throughout history have had their own particular anxieties and concerns, and in many cases used Mormonism to address those issues. Cultural representations of Mormonism are important because they are tied into a larger history and a greater narrative about American hopes and dreams, about citizenship and belonging. The ebb and flow of anti-Mormonism and more positive representations says a great deal about the national character and the politics of belonging in a religiously pluralistic nation. This study untangles the formation of Mormon identity and the story of Mormonism in America by intervening in a dialogue about how the Saints have imagined themselves, and particularly how others have imagined them. The tension seen in pro- and anti-Mormon representations has shaped people's perceptions of the Latter-day Saints and revealed pressing undercurrents in American society. The result of all these Mormon, ex-Mormon, and non-Mormon examples not only gives us an understanding of how Americans imagine Mormons today, but also gives important insights into United States society and culture for the past 181 years. Advisors/Committee Members: Schreiber, Rebecca, Melendez, Gabriel, Lubin, Alex, Beaman, Lori.

Subjects/Keywords: Mormons; Mormonism; Representations of Mormonism; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; American Studies

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Ricketts, J. R. (2011). Imagining the Saints: Representations of Mormonism in American Culture. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of New Mexico. Retrieved from https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/amst_etds/37

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Ricketts, Jeremy R. “Imagining the Saints: Representations of Mormonism in American Culture.” 2011. Doctoral Dissertation, University of New Mexico. Accessed March 31, 2020. https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/amst_etds/37.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Ricketts, Jeremy R. “Imagining the Saints: Representations of Mormonism in American Culture.” 2011. Web. 31 Mar 2020.

Vancouver:

Ricketts JR. Imagining the Saints: Representations of Mormonism in American Culture. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of New Mexico; 2011. [cited 2020 Mar 31]. Available from: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/amst_etds/37.

Council of Science Editors:

Ricketts JR. Imagining the Saints: Representations of Mormonism in American Culture. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of New Mexico; 2011. Available from: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/amst_etds/37

7. Lechevalier Bekadar, Nawelle. « Something was wrong » : l'Esthétique du malaise dans l'oeuvre de Brian Evenson : « Something was wrong » : The Esthetics of the faintness in Brian Evenson's work.

Degree: Docteur es, Études anglophones, 2017, Rennes 2

URL: http://www.theses.fr/2017REN20030

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Cette thèse se propose d’analyser les conditions de création et les modalités particulières du malaise définitoire de lafiction evensonienne. Ce mal-être caractérise d’abord une culture… (more)

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Cette thèse se propose d’analyser les conditions de création et les modalités particulières du malaise définitoire de lafiction evensonienne. Ce mal-être caractérise d’abord une culture religieuse, celle du mormonisme, dont Evenson présente ce qu’il considère être la violence intrinsèque. Ainsi envisagé, le mormonisme sert de matrice aux délires des prophètes fous qui parcourent les textes, littéralisant le Verbe divin pour le pire. Ce malaise culturel et religieux trouve son pendant formel dans l’hybridation générique particulière de l’oeuvre. L’incongruité fondamentale des textes qui brassent des genres aussi divers que le gothique, le western, la fiction policère, et la sciencefiction, ouvre un espace de trouble herméneutique caractéristique du postmodernisme. En mettant en déroute nos horizons d’attente, le texte evensonien met en crise le partage entre réel et fiction, et nous confronte à l’angoisse terrifiante de la perte du sens. Ces textes qui défaillent sont le lieu de dissonances, signes de l’absurdité brutale du monde qui a perdu sa cohérence fragile. Les oeuvres nous invitent au coeur d’un désert moral dans lequel rougeoie l’effroi du sacré. Dans leur violence figurale, elles inaugurent une nouvelle relation au sensible en conditionnant une réception particulièrement affective du lecteur en proie à l’effondrement de ses repères moraux, herméneutiques, et existentiels

This dissertation wishes to analyze the conditions of creation and the particular modalities of the malaise defining of Evenson’s fiction. That feeling of uneasiness first characterizes Mormonism, a religious culture that Evenson presents asintrinsically violent. As such, Mormonism appears as a matrix to the delirium of the mad prophets found wandering in thetexts as they literalize the Word of God for the worst. This cultural and religious malaise finds its expression in the particulargeneric hybridization of the work. The fundamental incongruity of the text, cross-pollinating genres as diverse as the Gothic,the Western, detective fiction and Science-Fiction, opens a space of hermeneutical trouble defining of Postmodernism. Byunsettling our expectations, Evenson’s texts question the difference between reality and fiction, and thus shape a particularform of anxiety that emerges from the loss of meaning. Those works are the locus of dissonances that sign the brutal absurdity of a world whose fragile consistency has been shattered. They invite us at the heart of a moral desert, both sacredand dreadful. The figural violence of the texts programs a new kind of sensible, affective reception from the reader whosemoral, hermeneutical and existential bearings collaps

Advisors/Committee Members: Tréguer, Florian (thesis director), Bauer, Sylvie (thesis director).

Subjects/Keywords: Littérature américaine contemporaine; Mormonisme; Apocalypse; Contemporary American literatur; Mormonism; Apocalypse; 813

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Lechevalier Bekadar, N. (2017). « Something was wrong » : l'Esthétique du malaise dans l'oeuvre de Brian Evenson : « Something was wrong » : The Esthetics of the faintness in Brian Evenson's work. (Doctoral Dissertation). Rennes 2. Retrieved from http://www.theses.fr/2017REN20030

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Lechevalier Bekadar, Nawelle. “« Something was wrong » : l'Esthétique du malaise dans l'oeuvre de Brian Evenson : « Something was wrong » : The Esthetics of the faintness in Brian Evenson's work.” 2017. Doctoral Dissertation, Rennes 2. Accessed March 31, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2017REN20030.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Lechevalier Bekadar, Nawelle. “« Something was wrong » : l'Esthétique du malaise dans l'oeuvre de Brian Evenson : « Something was wrong » : The Esthetics of the faintness in Brian Evenson's work.” 2017. Web. 31 Mar 2020.

Vancouver:

Lechevalier Bekadar N. « Something was wrong » : l'Esthétique du malaise dans l'oeuvre de Brian Evenson : « Something was wrong » : The Esthetics of the faintness in Brian Evenson's work. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Rennes 2; 2017. [cited 2020 Mar 31]. Available from: http://www.theses.fr/2017REN20030.

Council of Science Editors:

Lechevalier Bekadar N. « Something was wrong » : l'Esthétique du malaise dans l'oeuvre de Brian Evenson : « Something was wrong » : The Esthetics of the faintness in Brian Evenson's work. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Rennes 2; 2017. Available from: http://www.theses.fr/2017REN20030

Montana Tech

8. Lundahl, Merrilyne. Finding Coyote: Praying Into Madness.

Degree: MS, 2009, Montana Tech

URL: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/448

► Finding Coyote: Praying Into Madness Chairperson: Phil Condon The North American coyote exhibits resiliency and survivorship as a species, and a broad spectrum of personality… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: coyote; mental illness; Mormonism

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Lundahl, M. (2009). Finding Coyote: Praying Into Madness. (Masters Thesis). Montana Tech. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/448

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Lundahl, Merrilyne. “Finding Coyote: Praying Into Madness.” 2009. Masters Thesis, Montana Tech. Accessed March 31, 2020. https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/448.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Lundahl, Merrilyne. “Finding Coyote: Praying Into Madness.” 2009. Web. 31 Mar 2020.

Vancouver:

Lundahl M. Finding Coyote: Praying Into Madness. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Montana Tech; 2009. [cited 2020 Mar 31]. Available from: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/448.

Council of Science Editors:

Lundahl M. Finding Coyote: Praying Into Madness. [Masters Thesis]. Montana Tech; 2009. Available from: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/448

University of Colorado

9. Martinez, Dominic Floyd. Polynesian Saints: In-Between the Lived Religion of Polynesian Identities and Mormon Identities.

Degree: MA, Religious Studies, 2010, University of Colorado

URL: https://scholar.colorado.edu/rlst_gradetds/3

► La‘ie, Hawai‘i is considered to be a Mormon colony since it is home to the Mormon La‘ie temple, a church college (Brigham Young University-Hawai‘i),… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Identities; Iosepa; La'ie; Hawai'i; Mormon; Mormonism; Polynesian; Religion

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Martinez, D. F. (2010). Polynesian Saints: In-Between the Lived Religion of Polynesian Identities and Mormon Identities. (Masters Thesis). University of Colorado. Retrieved from https://scholar.colorado.edu/rlst_gradetds/3

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Martinez, Dominic Floyd. “Polynesian Saints: In-Between the Lived Religion of Polynesian Identities and Mormon Identities.” 2010. Masters Thesis, University of Colorado. Accessed March 31, 2020. https://scholar.colorado.edu/rlst_gradetds/3.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Martinez, Dominic Floyd. “Polynesian Saints: In-Between the Lived Religion of Polynesian Identities and Mormon Identities.” 2010. Web. 31 Mar 2020.

Vancouver:

Martinez DF. Polynesian Saints: In-Between the Lived Religion of Polynesian Identities and Mormon Identities. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Colorado; 2010. [cited 2020 Mar 31]. Available from: https://scholar.colorado.edu/rlst_gradetds/3.

Council of Science Editors:

Martinez DF. Polynesian Saints: In-Between the Lived Religion of Polynesian Identities and Mormon Identities. [Masters Thesis]. University of Colorado; 2010. Available from: https://scholar.colorado.edu/rlst_gradetds/3

Oklahoma State University

10. Sylvester, Louis. Shotgun Situation: a Collection of Short Stories and an Introduction.

Degree: English Department, 2010, Oklahoma State University

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/11244/7086

► The Shotgun Situation is a collection of short stories written over a period of five years. The stories all touch on themes that include an… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: creative writing; family; fictional rhetoric; mormonism; relationship; short stories

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Sylvester, L. (2010). Shotgun Situation: a Collection of Short Stories and an Introduction. (Thesis). Oklahoma State University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11244/7086

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Sylvester, Louis. “Shotgun Situation: a Collection of Short Stories and an Introduction.” 2010. Thesis, Oklahoma State University. Accessed March 31, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11244/7086.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Sylvester, Louis. “Shotgun Situation: a Collection of Short Stories and an Introduction.” 2010. Web. 31 Mar 2020.

Vancouver:

Sylvester L. Shotgun Situation: a Collection of Short Stories and an Introduction. [Internet] [Thesis]. Oklahoma State University; 2010. [cited 2020 Mar 31]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11244/7086.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Sylvester L. Shotgun Situation: a Collection of Short Stories and an Introduction. [Thesis]. Oklahoma State University; 2010. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11244/7086

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Wayne State University

11. Brown, Mark Sheffield. In Particularity We Trust:richard Dutcher's Mormon Quartet And A Latter-Day Saint Spiritual Film Style.

Degree: PhD, English, 2014, Wayne State University

URL: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/1067

► Between 2000 and 2008, writer/director Richard Dutcher made four films with narratives focused primarily on members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: cinema; Dutcher; Mormonism; Schrader; spiritual film style; Film and Media Studies

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Brown, M. S. (2014). In Particularity We Trust:richard Dutcher's Mormon Quartet And A Latter-Day Saint Spiritual Film Style. (Doctoral Dissertation). Wayne State University. Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/1067

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Brown, Mark Sheffield. “In Particularity We Trust:richard Dutcher's Mormon Quartet And A Latter-Day Saint Spiritual Film Style.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, Wayne State University. Accessed March 31, 2020. https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/1067.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Brown, Mark Sheffield. “In Particularity We Trust:richard Dutcher's Mormon Quartet And A Latter-Day Saint Spiritual Film Style.” 2014. Web. 31 Mar 2020.

Vancouver:

Brown MS. In Particularity We Trust:richard Dutcher's Mormon Quartet And A Latter-Day Saint Spiritual Film Style. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Wayne State University; 2014. [cited 2020 Mar 31]. Available from: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/1067.

Council of Science Editors:

Brown MS. In Particularity We Trust:richard Dutcher's Mormon Quartet And A Latter-Day Saint Spiritual Film Style. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Wayne State University; 2014. Available from: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/1067

12. Fleming, Stephen Joseph. The Fulness of the Gospel: Christian Platonism and the Origins of Mormonism.

Degree: 2014, University of California – eScholarship, University of California

URL: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/0506z43c

► "The Fulness of the Gospel: Christian Platonism and the Origins of Mormonism"Stephen Joseph FlemingScholars have long wondered about the source of Mormon doctrines, many of… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Religious history; Christian History; Christian Platonism; Joseph Smith; Mormonism

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Fleming, S. J. (2014). The Fulness of the Gospel: Christian Platonism and the Origins of Mormonism. (Thesis). University of California – eScholarship, University of California. Retrieved from http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/0506z43c

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Fleming, Stephen Joseph. “The Fulness of the Gospel: Christian Platonism and the Origins of Mormonism.” 2014. Thesis, University of California – eScholarship, University of California. Accessed March 31, 2020. http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/0506z43c.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Fleming, Stephen Joseph. “The Fulness of the Gospel: Christian Platonism and the Origins of Mormonism.” 2014. Web. 31 Mar 2020.

Vancouver:

Fleming SJ. The Fulness of the Gospel: Christian Platonism and the Origins of Mormonism. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of California – eScholarship, University of California; 2014. [cited 2020 Mar 31]. Available from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/0506z43c.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Fleming SJ. The Fulness of the Gospel: Christian Platonism and the Origins of Mormonism. [Thesis]. University of California – eScholarship, University of California; 2014. Available from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/0506z43c

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Uppsala University

13. Wallace, Trevor. God Changed his Mind About Black People : Race and Priesthood Authority in Mormonism.

Degree: Theology, 2016, Uppsala University

URL: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-307932

► This study attempts to analyze Mormon justifications for the religion’s policy of denying priesthood authority to black men from both before and after the… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Religion; Mormonism; Race; Race Relations; Theology; Priesthood; Religious Studies; Religionsvetenskap

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Wallace, T. (2016). God Changed his Mind About Black People : Race and Priesthood Authority in Mormonism. (Thesis). Uppsala University. Retrieved from http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-307932

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Wallace, Trevor. “God Changed his Mind About Black People : Race and Priesthood Authority in Mormonism.” 2016. Thesis, Uppsala University. Accessed March 31, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-307932.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Wallace, Trevor. “God Changed his Mind About Black People : Race and Priesthood Authority in Mormonism.” 2016. Web. 31 Mar 2020.

Vancouver:

Wallace T. God Changed his Mind About Black People : Race and Priesthood Authority in Mormonism. [Internet] [Thesis]. Uppsala University; 2016. [cited 2020 Mar 31]. Available from: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-307932.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Wallace T. God Changed his Mind About Black People : Race and Priesthood Authority in Mormonism. [Thesis]. Uppsala University; 2016. Available from: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-307932

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of Iowa

14. Feller, Gavin Stuart. Media as compromise: a cultural history of Mormonism and new communication technology in twentieth-century America.

Degree: PhD, Communication Studies, 2017, University of Iowa

URL: https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/5753

► This dissertation is a qualitative and interpretive project aimed at understanding the historical relationship between new media and religion. My primary research question asks… (more)

▼ This dissertation is a qualitative and interpretive project aimed at understanding the historical relationship between new media and religion. My primary research question asks how religious institutions handle the excitement and threat of new technology. To answer this question I conduct a series of case studies of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ (LDS/Mormon) relationship with three of the most important twentieth-century media: emerging radio, television, and Internet technologies. More specifically, I analyze how these electronic media were understood through their organizational histories, how they were talked about in their novelty and transitional states, and their religious institutionalization over time. This dissertation argues that Mormon media are best understood through the concept of Zion: a sacred city and a holy people. As a social, cultural, theological, and material endeavor, Zion is impossible without modern technology. The history of Mormon media is a history of a people’s perpetual attempts to be in the world but not of the world – to stand apart in uniqueness and unity while yet remaining close enough to promote positive change. This is the paradox of Zion, and the paradox of twentieth-century media: both rely on the very things they seek to transcend. It is through media that Mormonism was founded, struggles, and thrives. Through case studies of radio, television, and the Internet it is clear that media function as the material and metaphysical infrastructure of the religion and the interface through which Mormonism positions itself in relation to the world. This dissertation argues that understanding media, and ultimately ourselves by extension, is a process of discovery and creation guided by experimentation, trial and error, entrepreneurial pragmatism, and improvisation. Mormonism teaches that understanding media requires discipline, work, and faith. Media are fundamentally agents of compromise. Advisors/Committee Members: Peters, John Durham (supervisor).

Subjects/Keywords: Internet; Media and religion; Mormonism; New media; Radio; Television; Communication

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Feller, G. S. (2017). Media as compromise: a cultural history of Mormonism and new communication technology in twentieth-century America. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Iowa. Retrieved from https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/5753

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Feller, Gavin Stuart. “Media as compromise: a cultural history of Mormonism and new communication technology in twentieth-century America.” 2017. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Iowa. Accessed March 31, 2020. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/5753.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Feller, Gavin Stuart. “Media as compromise: a cultural history of Mormonism and new communication technology in twentieth-century America.” 2017. Web. 31 Mar 2020.

Vancouver:

Feller GS. Media as compromise: a cultural history of Mormonism and new communication technology in twentieth-century America. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Iowa; 2017. [cited 2020 Mar 31]. Available from: https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/5753.

Council of Science Editors:

Feller GS. Media as compromise: a cultural history of Mormonism and new communication technology in twentieth-century America. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Iowa; 2017. Available from: https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/5753

Brigham Young University

15. Bowen, Derek J. Love Your Enemy Evangelical Opposition to Mormonism and Its Effect upon Mormon Identity.

Degree: MA, 2012, Brigham Young University

URL: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4343&context=etd

► Evangelical Protestant Christians have been one of the primary groups opposing Mormons since the beginnings of Mormonism in the 1820s. This thesis is an examination… (more)

▼ Evangelical Protestant Christians have been one of the primary groups opposing Mormons since the beginnings of Mormonism in the 1820s. This thesis is an examination of the historical basis for Evangelical opposition to Mormonism and the impact of that opposition on Mormon identity. This study is divided into three chronological chapters representing the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries in America. Evangelical animosity towards Mormonism was grounded in the Christian heretical tradition begun in the second century AD. Because of this tradition, Evangelicals were inherently afraid of heresy for two main reasons: temporal treason and eternal damnation. Due to the heterodox claims of a new prophet and new scripture, Mormonism was quickly labeled as dangerous, not only to Christianity, but to America as a whole. This perceived danger only grew as Mormonism continued to differentiate itself further with the practices of polygamy, communalism, and theocracy. In the nineteenth century, Mormon assimilation of Evangelicalism primarily affected the social structures of marriage, economics, and politics. In the twentieth century, Mormon assimilation of Evangelical identity would focus more on the incorporation of Evangelical ideology and theology. As Fundamentalism and Neo-Evangelicalism protested Mormonism as a cult, Mormonism became more Fundamentalist and Evangelical by nature, especially as the Church of Jesus Christ of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recognized how such opposition negatively impacted American public perceptions. Such changes included the development of Mormon neo-orthodoxy with its emphasis on the sovereignty of God, the depravity of man, and salvation by grace. In the twenty-first century, a group of Mormon and Evangelical scholars engaged in the practice of interfaith dialogue developed by Liberal Protestants and Catholics. As part of their dialogue, Evangelicals retained the purposes of evangelism and apologetics thereby qualifying the dialogue as a new more subtle form of Evangelical opposition to Mormonism in the twenty first century. As Evangelicals continuously opposed Mormonism as a Christian heresy, such opposition effected changes within Mormonism, changes that have led to some degree of assimilation and even adoption of several elements of Evangelicalism. The most recent part of this assimilation process has been the development of Mormon progressive orthodoxy that emphasizes anti-sectarianism, anti-liberalism, and revised supernaturalism.

Subjects/Keywords: Protestant; Protestantism; Evangelical; Evangelicalism; Mormon; Mormonism; anti-Mormonism; heresy; heresiology; cult; countercult; fundamentalist; fundamentalism; interfaith dialogue; Mormon/Evangelical dialogue; Mormon neo-orthodoxy; Mormon progressive orthodoxy; History of Christianity

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Bowen, D. J. (2012). Love Your Enemy Evangelical Opposition to Mormonism and Its Effect upon Mormon Identity. (Masters Thesis). Brigham Young University. Retrieved from https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4343&context=etd

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Bowen, Derek J. “Love Your Enemy Evangelical Opposition to Mormonism and Its Effect upon Mormon Identity.” 2012. Masters Thesis, Brigham Young University. Accessed March 31, 2020. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4343&context=etd.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Bowen, Derek J. “Love Your Enemy Evangelical Opposition to Mormonism and Its Effect upon Mormon Identity.” 2012. Web. 31 Mar 2020.

Vancouver:

Bowen DJ. Love Your Enemy Evangelical Opposition to Mormonism and Its Effect upon Mormon Identity. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Brigham Young University; 2012. [cited 2020 Mar 31]. Available from: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4343&context=etd.

Council of Science Editors:

Bowen DJ. Love Your Enemy Evangelical Opposition to Mormonism and Its Effect upon Mormon Identity. [Masters Thesis]. Brigham Young University; 2012. Available from: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4343&context=etd

16. Gilson Marques Gondim. Memética e Heresias no Mormonismo : uma viagem pelos memes da Grande Heresia Contemporânea, tais como expressos em seu catecismo.

Degree: 2009, Universidade Federal da Paraíba

URL: http://bdtd.biblioteca.ufpb.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=1059

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Memética e heresias no mormonismo: Uma viagem pelos memes da Grande Heresia Contemporânea, tais como expressos em seu catecismo faz uma análise memética da doutrina… (more)

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Memética e heresias no mormonismo: Uma viagem pelos memes da Grande Heresia Contemporânea, tais como expressos em seu catecismo faz uma análise memética da doutrina exposta no catecismo mórmon, Gospel Principles (Princípios do Evangelho), incluindo, nesta análise, a própria capa do catecismo e algumas das ilustrações internas. A análise memética consiste em extrair de texto e imagens os memes que há por trás do discurso, no caso o discurso mórmon. A análise memética é precedida da definição e discussão do conceito de meme, com atenção especial para a distinção entre os conceitos de meme e idéia, sendo o conceito de idéia definido não segundo os dicionários, o senso comum ou as teorias tradicionais, mas conforme a própria teoria dos memes. É feita também uma distinção entre os conceitos de meme viral (ou vírus da mente) e meme não-viral. Após a análise memética, seus resultados são usados para analisar a relação conflituosa e a rivalidade entre mórmons e evangélicos e para explicar o forte crescimento da Igreja de Jesus Cristo dos Santos dos Últimos Dias em várias partes do mundo.

Memetics and Heresies in Mormonism: an overview of the memes of the Great Contemporary Heresy, such as expressed in its catechism does a memetic analysis of the doctrine exposed in the Mormon catechism, Gospel Principles, including in this analysis the very front cover of the catechism and some internal illustrations. Memetic analysis consists in extracting from texts and images the memes behind the discourse; in this case, the Mormon discourse. The memetic analysis is preceded by the definition and discussion of the concept of meme, with special attention to the distinction between the concepts of meme and idea, the latter being defined not according to dictionaries, common sense or traditional theories, but according to the theory of memes itself. Distinction is also made between the concepts of viral meme (or mind virus) and non-viral meme. After the memetic analysis, the results are used in order to analyze the conflictional relationship and the rivalry between Mormons and Protestants and to explain the strong growth of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in many parts of the world.

Advisors/Committee Members: Marilia De Franceschi Neto Domingos, Severino Celestino da Silva.

Subjects/Keywords: Vírus da mente; Mormonismo; Memética; Mormonism; Memes; Memetics; Mórmon; Memes; TEOLOGIA; Mormon; Mind virus

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Gondim, G. M. (2009). Memética e Heresias no Mormonismo : uma viagem pelos memes da Grande Heresia Contemporânea, tais como expressos em seu catecismo. (Thesis). Universidade Federal da Paraíba. Retrieved from http://bdtd.biblioteca.ufpb.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=1059

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Gondim, Gilson Marques. “Memética e Heresias no Mormonismo : uma viagem pelos memes da Grande Heresia Contemporânea, tais como expressos em seu catecismo.” 2009. Thesis, Universidade Federal da Paraíba. Accessed March 31, 2020. http://bdtd.biblioteca.ufpb.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=1059.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Gondim, Gilson Marques. “Memética e Heresias no Mormonismo : uma viagem pelos memes da Grande Heresia Contemporânea, tais como expressos em seu catecismo.” 2009. Web. 31 Mar 2020.

Vancouver:

Gondim GM. Memética e Heresias no Mormonismo : uma viagem pelos memes da Grande Heresia Contemporânea, tais como expressos em seu catecismo. [Internet] [Thesis]. Universidade Federal da Paraíba; 2009. [cited 2020 Mar 31]. Available from: http://bdtd.biblioteca.ufpb.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=1059.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Gondim GM. Memética e Heresias no Mormonismo : uma viagem pelos memes da Grande Heresia Contemporânea, tais como expressos em seu catecismo. [Thesis]. Universidade Federal da Paraíba; 2009. Available from: http://bdtd.biblioteca.ufpb.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=1059

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Temple University

17. Gorman, Holly R. Captivity and Conflict: A Study of Gender, Genre, and Religious Others.

Degree: PhD, 2015, Temple University

URL: http://digital.library.temple.edu/u?/p245801coll10,316033

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This project considers questions of religious othering in the contemporary United States through the lens of popular post-religious narratives. These narratives salaciously depict mistreated… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Religion; Women's studies; American studies;

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Gorman, H. R. (2015). Captivity and Conflict: A Study of Gender, Genre, and Religious Others. (Doctoral Dissertation). Temple University. Retrieved from http://digital.library.temple.edu/u?/p245801coll10,316033

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Gorman, Holly R. “Captivity and Conflict: A Study of Gender, Genre, and Religious Others.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, Temple University. Accessed March 31, 2020. http://digital.library.temple.edu/u?/p245801coll10,316033.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Gorman, Holly R. “Captivity and Conflict: A Study of Gender, Genre, and Religious Others.” 2015. Web. 31 Mar 2020.

Vancouver:

Gorman HR. Captivity and Conflict: A Study of Gender, Genre, and Religious Others. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Temple University; 2015. [cited 2020 Mar 31]. Available from: http://digital.library.temple.edu/u?/p245801coll10,316033.

Council of Science Editors:

Gorman HR. Captivity and Conflict: A Study of Gender, Genre, and Religious Others. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Temple University; 2015. Available from: http://digital.library.temple.edu/u?/p245801coll10,316033

University of Pennsylvania

18. Avance, Rosemary. Constructing Religion in the Digital Age: The Internet and Modern Mormon Identities.

Degree: 2015, University of Pennsylvania

URL: https://repository.upenn.edu/edissertations/1593

► This dissertation explores the discursive construction of identity among members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS or Mormons) in the digital… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: identity; institutional change; internet; Mormonism; social activism; vernacular communities; American Studies; Communication; Religion

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Avance, R. (2015). Constructing Religion in the Digital Age: The Internet and Modern Mormon Identities. (Thesis). University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved from https://repository.upenn.edu/edissertations/1593

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Avance, Rosemary. “Constructing Religion in the Digital Age: The Internet and Modern Mormon Identities.” 2015. Thesis, University of Pennsylvania. Accessed March 31, 2020. https://repository.upenn.edu/edissertations/1593.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Avance, Rosemary. “Constructing Religion in the Digital Age: The Internet and Modern Mormon Identities.” 2015. Web. 31 Mar 2020.

Vancouver:

Avance R. Constructing Religion in the Digital Age: The Internet and Modern Mormon Identities. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Pennsylvania; 2015. [cited 2020 Mar 31]. Available from: https://repository.upenn.edu/edissertations/1593.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Avance R. Constructing Religion in the Digital Age: The Internet and Modern Mormon Identities. [Thesis]. University of Pennsylvania; 2015. Available from: https://repository.upenn.edu/edissertations/1593

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Brigham Young University

19. Griffiths, Casey Paul. The Globalization of Latter-day Saint Education.

Degree: PhD, 2012, Brigham Young University

URL: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4334&context=etd

► This work traces the development of the global educational system of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. After a long period of providing… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Church Educational System; Latter-day Saint Education; Global Mormonism; Internationalization; Globalization; Educational Leadership

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Griffiths, C. P. (2012). The Globalization of Latter-day Saint Education. (Doctoral Dissertation). Brigham Young University. Retrieved from https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4334&context=etd

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Griffiths, Casey Paul. “The Globalization of Latter-day Saint Education.” 2012. Doctoral Dissertation, Brigham Young University. Accessed March 31, 2020. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4334&context=etd.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Griffiths, Casey Paul. “The Globalization of Latter-day Saint Education.” 2012. Web. 31 Mar 2020.

Vancouver:

Griffiths CP. The Globalization of Latter-day Saint Education. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Brigham Young University; 2012. [cited 2020 Mar 31]. Available from: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4334&context=etd.

Council of Science Editors:

Griffiths CP. The Globalization of Latter-day Saint Education. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Brigham Young University; 2012. Available from: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4334&context=etd

University of California – Santa Cruz

20. Ambutter, Cassie Nicole. Religious [Out]Laws: An Analysis of the 2008 Fundamentalist Latter-day Saints Raid.

Degree: Politics, 2014, University of California – Santa Cruz

URL: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/0hp80437

► In early April 2008, based on a single allegation of child abuse, the state of Texas and Child Protective Services (CPS) executed a raid on… (more)

▼ In early April 2008, based on a single allegation of child abuse, the state of Texas and Child Protective Services (CPS) executed a raid on the Fundamentalist Latter-day Saints, a polygamous Mormon group living on the "Yearning for Zion" ranch in Eldorado, Texas. The raid involved the immediate removal of over 400 children who were then placed in protective custody in nearby San Angelo. Despite the fact that the initial abuse allegation was determined to be a hoax, the raid was the catalyst for a long and drawn-out legal battle over whether the FLDS were suitable parents. While CPS described this case as a series of clear-cut instances of child sexual abuse, I contend that much more lay below the surface. I argue that CPS's simple narrative of the FLDS as an unthinking and brainwashed monolithic cult missed the deep complexities of this case. Specifically, I submit that an analysis of the FLDS raid requires attention to the ways in which religion and sexuality function as dual sites of legal, constitutional, and political regulation. Considering topics such as the category of religion and religious freedom, the notion of public order, and the legal construction of the child and the family, I examine ways that the FLDS - representing both a religious and a sexual minority - face a peculiar set of difficulties when attempting to interface with the law. Drawing heavily on theories of secularism, religious freedom constitutional jurisprudence, classical liberal philosophy and its contemporary critics, as well as queer theory, I unpack and explore the nuances of the initial 14-day hearing to determine child custody as well as subsequent decisions from the Third Court of Appeals in Austin and the Texas Supreme Court. Formative of my theoretical interventions and jurisprudential analyses are the in-person interviews I conducted with ad-litem attorneys who served as legal guardians for FLDS minors after the raid. The ad-litem attorneys were responsible for articulating to the court the best interests of the FLDS minors. Because it provided insight into the relationship between the FLDS and the law, the ethnographic component of this dissertation is crucial to the formulation of many of my central claims about the FLDS as both religious and sexual minorities. Ultimately, I describe how, regardless of one's political position on whether the raid itself was justified, the law's tumultuous relationship with FLDS difference produced many undesirable outcomes. From the smooth reunion of FLDS parents with their children, to a comprehensive determination of whether actual sexual abuse had occurred in every household, the structure of the law presented a serious roadblock to the resolution of many of the raid's central conflicts.

Subjects/Keywords: Political Science; Religion; Law; gender; law; Mormonism; polygamy; queer theory; religious freedom

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Ambutter, C. N. (2014). Religious [Out]Laws: An Analysis of the 2008 Fundamentalist Latter-day Saints Raid. (Thesis). University of California – Santa Cruz. Retrieved from http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/0hp80437

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Ambutter, Cassie Nicole. “Religious [Out]Laws: An Analysis of the 2008 Fundamentalist Latter-day Saints Raid.” 2014. Thesis, University of California – Santa Cruz. Accessed March 31, 2020. http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/0hp80437.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Ambutter, Cassie Nicole. “Religious [Out]Laws: An Analysis of the 2008 Fundamentalist Latter-day Saints Raid.” 2014. Web. 31 Mar 2020.

Vancouver:

Ambutter CN. Religious [Out]Laws: An Analysis of the 2008 Fundamentalist Latter-day Saints Raid. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of California – Santa Cruz; 2014. [cited 2020 Mar 31]. Available from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/0hp80437.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Ambutter CN. Religious [Out]Laws: An Analysis of the 2008 Fundamentalist Latter-day Saints Raid. [Thesis]. University of California – Santa Cruz; 2014. Available from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/0hp80437

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Brigham Young University

21. Grua, David W. Memoirs of the Persecuted: Persecution, Memory, and the West as a Mormon Refuge.

Degree: MA, 2008, Brigham Young University

URL: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2549&context=etd

► The memory of past violence in Missouri and Illinois during the 1830s and 1840s shaped how members of the Church of Jesus Christ of… (more)

▼ The memory of past violence in Missouri and Illinois during the 1830s and 1840s shaped how members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Latter-day Saints or Mormons) saw themselves, their persecutors, and the states and the nation where the violence occurred. This thesis explores the role of collective memory of violence in forming Mormon identities and images of place from 1838, when governor Lilburn W. Boggs expelled the Latter-day Saints from Missouri, to 1858, with the conclusion of the Utah War. I argue that Latter-day Saint authors during these two decades used the memory of persecution to create and reinforce a communal identity as a means of resistance against oppression. The memory of persecution led Mormon writers to alter their image of the United States as a land of liberty, recasting the nation as a place of oppression, and coming to see the American West, in particular the Salt Lake Valley, as a new land of liberty. The thesis contains four chapters. Chapter I provides historical and theoretical background. Chapter II is an analysis of the martyrological tropes utilized by Mormon essayists from 1838 to 1858 to construct a group identity based on the memory of shared suffering and resistance against oppression. I show that remembering persecution allowed these writers to portray themselves as members of an elect community that included biblical prophets and ancient Christians. In turn, Mormon authors also represented their persecutors as part of a community of God's enemies, upon whom God would bring vengeance, either in this life or the next. Chapter III explores how Latter-day Saint essayists used the memory of persecution to form images of place. Although the Mormons believed that the nation was a divinely-established country based on religious freedom, portraying the violence against them as religious persecution led Latter-day Saint authors to discursively cast the deserts and mountains of the Great Basin as their new refuge. In Chapter IV I briefly examine ways that the memory of persecution shaped Mormon-non-Mormon interactions in the American West as a means to summarize the themes introduced in the thesis.

Subjects/Keywords: Mormonism; Memory; Martyrology; American West; History

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Grua, D. W. (2008). Memoirs of the Persecuted: Persecution, Memory, and the West as a Mormon Refuge. (Masters Thesis). Brigham Young University. Retrieved from https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2549&context=etd

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Grua, David W. “Memoirs of the Persecuted: Persecution, Memory, and the West as a Mormon Refuge.” 2008. Masters Thesis, Brigham Young University. Accessed March 31, 2020. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2549&context=etd.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Grua, David W. “Memoirs of the Persecuted: Persecution, Memory, and the West as a Mormon Refuge.” 2008. Web. 31 Mar 2020.

Vancouver:

Grua DW. Memoirs of the Persecuted: Persecution, Memory, and the West as a Mormon Refuge. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Brigham Young University; 2008. [cited 2020 Mar 31]. Available from: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2549&context=etd.

Council of Science Editors:

Grua DW. Memoirs of the Persecuted: Persecution, Memory, and the West as a Mormon Refuge. [Masters Thesis]. Brigham Young University; 2008. Available from: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2549&context=etd

Brigham Young University

22. Fields, Lauren Ann. Out of the Best Books: Mormon Assimilation and Exceptionalism Through Secular Reading.

Degree: MA, 2016, Brigham Young University

URL: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6972&context=etd

► This thesis seeks to explore the relationship between Mormon assimilation, exceptionalism, and their endeavors in secular reading by analyzing Out of the Best Books (OOBB),… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Mormonism; Mormon assimilation; Mormon literature; Relief Society; Great Books; English Language and Literature; Mormon Studies

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Fields, L. A. (2016). Out of the Best Books: Mormon Assimilation and Exceptionalism Through Secular Reading. (Masters Thesis). Brigham Young University. Retrieved from https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6972&context=etd

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Fields, Lauren Ann. “Out of the Best Books: Mormon Assimilation and Exceptionalism Through Secular Reading.” 2016. Masters Thesis, Brigham Young University. Accessed March 31, 2020. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6972&context=etd.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Fields, Lauren Ann. “Out of the Best Books: Mormon Assimilation and Exceptionalism Through Secular Reading.” 2016. Web. 31 Mar 2020.

Vancouver:

Fields LA. Out of the Best Books: Mormon Assimilation and Exceptionalism Through Secular Reading. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Brigham Young University; 2016. [cited 2020 Mar 31]. Available from: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6972&context=etd.

Council of Science Editors:

Fields LA. Out of the Best Books: Mormon Assimilation and Exceptionalism Through Secular Reading. [Masters Thesis]. Brigham Young University; 2016. Available from: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6972&context=etd

23. Hendrix-Komoto, Amanda Lee. Imperial Zions: Mormons, Polygamy, and the Politics of Domesticity in the Nineteenth Century.

Degree: PhD, History, 2015, University of Michigan

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/113526

► This dissertation addresses how discussions of Mormon domesticity intersected with the imperial and racial politics of the nineteenth century. Analyzing missionary correspondence, official LDS church… (more)

▼ This dissertation addresses how discussions of Mormon domesticity intersected with the imperial and racial politics of the nineteenth century. Analyzing missionary correspondence, official LDS church records, church publications, and personal diaries, it tracks Mormon missionaries as they move through imperial spaces such as Great Britain, the United States, and the South Pacific. In identifying Great Britain and the United States as missionary spaces, it argues, Mormons challenged the expectation that the white, middle classes would be the bearers rather than the recipients of missionary work. This was not the only way in which Mormons challenged nineteenth-century conceptions of race. This dissertation argues that in willingly entering polygamy, Mormons advocated for a form of marriage many people believed was more suited to people of color. As a result, Mormon women and their husbands were frequently racialized and portrayed as existing somewhere between white and non-white. In turn, Mormons did not reject racialized or imperial thinking in their defenses of polygamy. Rather, this dissertation concludes that they drew upon civilizing discourses, arguing that polygamy provided a better system for domesticating sexuality than monogamy because it gave men multiple outlets for their sexuality. Finally, this dissertation connects abstract discussions about sexuality and imperialism to individual lives. It explores the tensions that Mormon missionary work created both for white women whose husbands temporarily abandoned them for evangelizing missions and for indigenous women who married white Mormon men as plural wives. In connecting Mormon missionary work and domesticity, this dissertation makes an argument for the imperial nature of nineteenth-century Mormonism. Although Mormonism has been imagined and synthesized as an American faith, it has a long history of missionary work and participation in American colonialism. By exploring this idea, the dissertation illustrates how historical conceptions of Mormonism should be fully integrated into the larger history of the United States and the world. Advisors/Committee Members: Salesa, Damon I. (committee member), Juster, Susan M. (committee member), Kelley, Mary C. (committee member), Givens, Terryl (committee member), Israel, Kali A K (committee member).

Subjects/Keywords: Pacific Islands; Missionary Work; American Religious History; Mormonism; Native Americans; colonialism; History (General); Humanities

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Hendrix-Komoto, A. L. (2015). Imperial Zions: Mormons, Polygamy, and the Politics of Domesticity in the Nineteenth Century. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Michigan. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/113526

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Hendrix-Komoto, Amanda Lee. “Imperial Zions: Mormons, Polygamy, and the Politics of Domesticity in the Nineteenth Century.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Michigan. Accessed March 31, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/113526.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Hendrix-Komoto, Amanda Lee. “Imperial Zions: Mormons, Polygamy, and the Politics of Domesticity in the Nineteenth Century.” 2015. Web. 31 Mar 2020.

Vancouver:

Hendrix-Komoto AL. Imperial Zions: Mormons, Polygamy, and the Politics of Domesticity in the Nineteenth Century. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Michigan; 2015. [cited 2020 Mar 31]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/113526.

Council of Science Editors:

Hendrix-Komoto AL. Imperial Zions: Mormons, Polygamy, and the Politics of Domesticity in the Nineteenth Century. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Michigan; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/113526

Liberty University

24. Hendron, Laken. The Distortion of the Trinity: An Investigation of the Trinity as Evidenced in the Teachings of Three Major Religions.

Degree: 2019, Liberty University

URL: https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/masters/561

► The nature of the Trinity is a central and salvific doctrine within biblical Christianity. The divine nature of the person of God the Father, Son… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Trinity; Mormonism; Jehovah's Witnesses; Oneness Pentecostalism; Christian Denominations and Sects; Christianity; Religion

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Hendron, L. (2019). The Distortion of the Trinity: An Investigation of the Trinity as Evidenced in the Teachings of Three Major Religions. (Masters Thesis). Liberty University. Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/masters/561

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Hendron, Laken. “The Distortion of the Trinity: An Investigation of the Trinity as Evidenced in the Teachings of Three Major Religions.” 2019. Masters Thesis, Liberty University. Accessed March 31, 2020. https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/masters/561.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Hendron, Laken. “The Distortion of the Trinity: An Investigation of the Trinity as Evidenced in the Teachings of Three Major Religions.” 2019. Web. 31 Mar 2020.

Vancouver:

Hendron L. The Distortion of the Trinity: An Investigation of the Trinity as Evidenced in the Teachings of Three Major Religions. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Liberty University; 2019. [cited 2020 Mar 31]. Available from: https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/masters/561.

Council of Science Editors:

Hendron L. The Distortion of the Trinity: An Investigation of the Trinity as Evidenced in the Teachings of Three Major Religions. [Masters Thesis]. Liberty University; 2019. Available from: https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/masters/561

Utah State University

25. Garner, Anthony Ross. Self-Reliance, Social Welfare, and Sacred Landscapes: Mormon Agricultural Spaces and Their Paradoxical Sense of Place.

Degree: MA, English, 2018, Utah State University

URL: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7077

► What is the sense of place of Mormon agricultural landscapes? That is to say, what makes an LDS Church-owned welfare farm or a Mormon… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Self-Reliance; Social Welfare; Paradox; Mormonism; American Studies; English Language and Literature

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Garner, A. R. (2018). Self-Reliance, Social Welfare, and Sacred Landscapes: Mormon Agricultural Spaces and Their Paradoxical Sense of Place. (Masters Thesis). Utah State University. Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7077

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Garner, Anthony Ross. “Self-Reliance, Social Welfare, and Sacred Landscapes: Mormon Agricultural Spaces and Their Paradoxical Sense of Place.” 2018. Masters Thesis, Utah State University. Accessed March 31, 2020. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7077.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Garner, Anthony Ross. “Self-Reliance, Social Welfare, and Sacred Landscapes: Mormon Agricultural Spaces and Their Paradoxical Sense of Place.” 2018. Web. 31 Mar 2020.

Vancouver:

Garner AR. Self-Reliance, Social Welfare, and Sacred Landscapes: Mormon Agricultural Spaces and Their Paradoxical Sense of Place. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Utah State University; 2018. [cited 2020 Mar 31]. Available from: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7077.

Council of Science Editors:

Garner AR. Self-Reliance, Social Welfare, and Sacred Landscapes: Mormon Agricultural Spaces and Their Paradoxical Sense of Place. [Masters Thesis]. Utah State University; 2018. Available from: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7077

Duke University

26. Keegan, Brennan Lynn. After Eden: Religion and Labor in the American West, 1868-1914 .

Degree: 2018, Duke University

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10161/16928

► Variously romanticized as the repository of American Protestantism, free market capitalism, and self-sufficient individualism, or defined by material actions of conquest and colonization, the… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Religion; American history; Economic history; American West; Catholicism; Landscape; Mormonism; Northern Arapaho

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Keegan, B. L. (2018). After Eden: Religion and Labor in the American West, 1868-1914 . (Thesis). Duke University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10161/16928

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Keegan, Brennan Lynn. “After Eden: Religion and Labor in the American West, 1868-1914 .” 2018. Thesis, Duke University. Accessed March 31, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10161/16928.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Keegan, Brennan Lynn. “After Eden: Religion and Labor in the American West, 1868-1914 .” 2018. Web. 31 Mar 2020.

Vancouver:

Keegan BL. After Eden: Religion and Labor in the American West, 1868-1914 . [Internet] [Thesis]. Duke University; 2018. [cited 2020 Mar 31]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10161/16928.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Keegan BL. After Eden: Religion and Labor in the American West, 1868-1914 . [Thesis]. Duke University; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10161/16928

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Leiden University

27. Hollander, W. den. It must not be Joseph Smith. The role of history in shaping an 'imagined' community of Latter-day Saints.

Degree: 2013, Leiden University

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1887/30229

Subjects/Keywords: Latter-day Saints; Mormonism; priesthood ban; institutionalization; 'imagined' community

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Hollander, W. d. (2013). It must not be Joseph Smith. The role of history in shaping an 'imagined' community of Latter-day Saints. (Masters Thesis). Leiden University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1887/30229

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Hollander, W den. “It must not be Joseph Smith. The role of history in shaping an 'imagined' community of Latter-day Saints.” 2013. Masters Thesis, Leiden University. Accessed March 31, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/1887/30229.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Hollander, W den. “It must not be Joseph Smith. The role of history in shaping an 'imagined' community of Latter-day Saints.” 2013. Web. 31 Mar 2020.

Vancouver:

Hollander Wd. It must not be Joseph Smith. The role of history in shaping an 'imagined' community of Latter-day Saints. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Leiden University; 2013. [cited 2020 Mar 31]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1887/30229.

Council of Science Editors:

Hollander Wd. It must not be Joseph Smith. The role of history in shaping an 'imagined' community of Latter-day Saints. [Masters Thesis]. Leiden University; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1887/30229

Brigham Young University

28. Cruser, M. Lynn. A Study of the Social and Economic Conditions of a Sample of the Blind Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Degree: MS, 1963, Brigham Young University

URL: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5626&context=etd

► The purposes of this study were (1) to learn how many persons who were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Blind; Mormons; Mormonism; Eye Diseases; Mormon Studies

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Cruser, M. L. (1963). A Study of the Social and Economic Conditions of a Sample of the Blind Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. (Masters Thesis). Brigham Young University. Retrieved from https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5626&context=etd

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Cruser, M Lynn. “A Study of the Social and Economic Conditions of a Sample of the Blind Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.” 1963. Masters Thesis, Brigham Young University. Accessed March 31, 2020. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5626&context=etd.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Cruser, M Lynn. “A Study of the Social and Economic Conditions of a Sample of the Blind Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.” 1963. Web. 31 Mar 2020.

Vancouver:

Cruser ML. A Study of the Social and Economic Conditions of a Sample of the Blind Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Brigham Young University; 1963. [cited 2020 Mar 31]. Available from: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5626&context=etd.

Council of Science Editors:

Cruser ML. A Study of the Social and Economic Conditions of a Sample of the Blind Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. [Masters Thesis]. Brigham Young University; 1963. Available from: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5626&context=etd

UCLA

29. Davis, William. Performing Revelation: Joseph Smith and the Creation of The Book of Mormon.

Degree: Theater and Performance Studies 09A2, 2016, UCLA

URL: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/86h814zv

► In 1830, Joseph Smith Jr. published The Book of Mormon and subsequently founded a new American religion. According to Smith, The Book of Mormon represented… (more)

▼ In 1830, Joseph Smith Jr. published The Book of Mormon and subsequently founded a new American religion. According to Smith, The Book of Mormon represented the English translation of an authentic record, written in “Reformed Egyptian,” concerning ancient Israelites who migrated to the Americas in approximately 600 B.C.E. Smith’s purported translation of this sacred history, however, did not occur by traditional means. Rather than directly consulting the record and providing an English rendition, Smith employed a method of divination by placing a “seer stone” into the bottom of his hat, holding the hat to his face to shut out all light, and then he proceeded to dictate the entire text of The Book of Mormon in an extended oral performance, without the aid of notes or manuscripts. By his side, Smith’s scribes wrote down the entire text verbatim in the moment Smith uttered them. As a result, at over 500 printed pages, The Book of Mormon stands as one of the longest recorded oral performances in the history of the United States. This dissertation aims to uncover some of the primary techniques of oral performance that Smith used in the construction of his work. Oratorical skill constituted a critical mode of public and private discourse in the culture of the early American nation; and, as I will argue, the text of The Book of Mormon reveals key characteristics of Smith’s techniques in oral performance that, in turn, reflect the oratorical training of the age. Drawing on Smith’s exposure to a kaleidoscope of cultural institutions that inculcated oratorical skills—focusing specifically on formal and informal education, Sunday school training and revivalism, folk magic practices, semi-extemporaneous Methodist preaching and exhorting, and the fireside storytelling culture of early America—this dissertation will demonstrate how these related cultural streams of oral performance converged in Smith’s production of The Book of Mormon, providing him with the necessary skills and techniques to produce and recite his massive Christian epic through the medium of the spoken word.

Subjects/Keywords: American history; American literature; Religious history; Book of Mormon; Hugh Blair; John Walker; Joseph Smith; Mormonism; Orality

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Davis, W. (2016). Performing Revelation: Joseph Smith and the Creation of The Book of Mormon. (Thesis). UCLA. Retrieved from http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/86h814zv

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Davis, William. “Performing Revelation: Joseph Smith and the Creation of The Book of Mormon.” 2016. Thesis, UCLA. Accessed March 31, 2020. http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/86h814zv.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Davis, William. “Performing Revelation: Joseph Smith and the Creation of The Book of Mormon.” 2016. Web. 31 Mar 2020.

Vancouver:

Davis W. Performing Revelation: Joseph Smith and the Creation of The Book of Mormon. [Internet] [Thesis]. UCLA; 2016. [cited 2020 Mar 31]. Available from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/86h814zv.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Davis W. Performing Revelation: Joseph Smith and the Creation of The Book of Mormon. [Thesis]. UCLA; 2016. Available from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/86h814zv

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Brigham Young University

30. Morris, Herbert Newel. An Analysis of References to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in General Magazines of the United States During Selected Periods Between 1847 and 1953.

Degree: MA, 1958, Brigham Young University

URL: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5960&context=etd

► This study was proposed to analyze articles referring to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the national magazine press. A "symbol… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Mormons; Mormonism; Bibliography; Periodicals; Communication; Cultural History; Mormon Studies

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Morris, H. N. (1958). An Analysis of References to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in General Magazines of the United States During Selected Periods Between 1847 and 1953. (Masters Thesis). Brigham Young University. Retrieved from https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5960&context=etd

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Morris, Herbert Newel. “An Analysis of References to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in General Magazines of the United States During Selected Periods Between 1847 and 1953.” 1958. Masters Thesis, Brigham Young University. Accessed March 31, 2020. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5960&context=etd.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Morris, Herbert Newel. “An Analysis of References to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in General Magazines of the United States During Selected Periods Between 1847 and 1953.” 1958. Web. 31 Mar 2020.

Vancouver:

Morris HN. An Analysis of References to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in General Magazines of the United States During Selected Periods Between 1847 and 1953. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Brigham Young University; 1958. [cited 2020 Mar 31]. Available from: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5960&context=etd.

Council of Science Editors:

Morris HN. An Analysis of References to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in General Magazines of the United States During Selected Periods Between 1847 and 1953. [Masters Thesis]. Brigham Young University; 1958. Available from: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5960&context=etd

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