An Annotated Edition of the Journals of Joseph W. Booth, Mormon Missionary to the Middle East (1889-1928)

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David Charles and Dr. James A. Toronto, Church History and Doctrine With the assistance of a 1999 ORCA scholarship, I was able to make significant progress in understanding LDS Church history in the Middle East during the period 1880-1950. My work was divided between four separate but related projects, each of which will receive brief […]

The Huguenot Immigrants to the American Colonies: A Database of French Protestant Records

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Michael Call, Jacob Ekins and Professor Byron Merrill, Ancient Scripture French Protestants (also known as Huguenots) came under increasingly severe persecution by the monarchy during the last half of the seventeenth century, culminating in the revocation of all their religious rights in 1689. Condemned as heretics and traitors by the state and yet also forbidden by […]

“And Know the Place for the First Time” The 1851 Ecclesiastical Census of England and Wales and Early LDS Branch

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Evva Courtney Benson and Dr. Cynthia L. Doxey, Church History and Doctrine Purpose The year 1851 was a unique one in England. Not only was it the year of the decennial census, but it was the only time a national census on religion was taken. 1851 was also a year when the Church of Jesus […]

Clifford Cole: Was He One of Them or Was He Them?

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Mitchell McClellan and Dr. Keith Wilson, Religious Education Change is inevitable. Yet the direction of the change is influenced by who is steering. The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints experienced major doctrinal changes throughout its institutional history, especially during the 1960s and 19070s. The types of changes intrigued Dr. Keith Wilson […]

Voices Rising from the Dust: An Osteological (Bone) Analysis of Early Christians

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Courtney Innes and Dr. Wilfred Griggs, Ancient Scripture Introduction Brief Introduction: Over the course of two days, February 17 and 18, the cluster burials 18, 19, 20, and 22 in the north-west area were uncovered from the square by the Egyptian workers and taken to the in-the-field lab station for analyses. Due to limited space, […]

Muslims in a Mormon World: A Look at the Assimilation of Utah’s Muslim Population

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Philip Sonntag Hurst In the summer of 1847, Latter-day Saint pioneers entered the Salt Lake Valley. Escaping persecution, these pioneers came by wagon and foot leaving possessions, homes and even family in pursuit of a new life. The desire to live and worship freely drove thousands of pioneers through the Rocky Mountains to what is […]

Effective Domestication on Phytolith Morphometrics

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Robert Ehlers and Dr. Terry Ball, Religious Education Abstract Phytoliths are silica deposits in plants that remain long-term in the soil after a plant dies. Phytoliths have unique characteristics that can be used to identify the phytolith’s original species. Phytolith morphometrics is a tool in archaeobotany that is used to identify ancient environments and landscapes. […]

The History of the History: Re-discovering Joseph Smith’s First Vision

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Samuel Alonzo Dodge and Dr. Steven Harper, Church History and Doctrine The ways in which Mormon historians approach history has changed greatly over time. For years the historical discussion of Mormonism‟s early periods tended to one of two camps, critics who sought to defame Joseph Smith and discredit the religious movement he launched, or Mormon […]