Partick C. J. Tedjamulia and Dr. E. Dale LeBaron, Church History & Doctrine The people of Mozambique did not wait for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to determine the appropriate time to enter their country, the early Mozambican pioneers paved the way and called in the troops. When the first full-time missionaries […]
Document Collection and Data Entry For a Refined Huguenot Immigrant Database With an Emphasis on New York and Rhode Island
Kirk Skidmore and Jacob Ekins with Professor Byron R. Merrill, Ancient Scripture During the 16th and 17th centuries, the Huguenots (French Protestants) suffered bitter religious persecution at the hands of their fellow countrymen. Some recanted their faith but many continued to live, some publicly and others privately, according to the dictates of their consciences. Difficulties for […]
Chiastic Inclusio in the Pentateuch: The Covenantal Ring1
Shannon Murdock and Dr. Roger Baker, English and Richard Draper, Ancient Scripture Various LDS scholars have taken pains to point out the paucity of LDS scholarship on the Joseph Smith Translation (JST) of the Bible. Priceless as it is, the JST’s literary contribution to the Old Testament remains largely unexplored. Even LDS readers are uninformed […]
A Virtual Passover
Daron L. Janis and Dr. Victor Ludlow, Ancient Scripture Passover is the central liturgical festival of Judaism, celebrating the Israelite deliverance from Egyptian slavery. It reminds Jews of the birth of their nation and God’s solemn covenant with their ancestors. In fact, Passover has traversed religious boundaries, carrying its significance into both mainstream Christian and […]
Russian Sign Language Glossary of LDS terms
Nathan Boyce and Dr. Christopher Wakeland, University Accessibility Center There are over ten missions in the Church among Russian speakers. The largest group is in Kiev, where the first deaf branch in the former Soviet Union was formed. There are around sixty deaf members there. Since many words used commonly in the Church are not […]
The Brethren Speak – About the Women: 1850-1870
Katie Farnsworth Bitner and Jill Mulvay Derr, Joseph Fielding Smith Institute During fall semester 2000 I had the opportunity to study some of the ideas taught about Eve and the role of women among Protestant Americans in the 19th century. While doing this work I became curious about what the brethren of the LDS Church […]
Saints At War: Preserving the Histories of Latter-day Saint Servicemen and Women
Lindsay Payne Halgren and Dr. Dennis A Wright, Church History and Doctrine War is a unique phenomenon for each person concerned; two soldiers in the same battle could face entirely different conflicts. In order to better understand the many facets of war and military life, we must investigate as many different accounts as possible. As […]
The Doctrine of Pre-existence: A Window into the Latter-day Saint Concept of Restoration
Chris Coltrin and Dr. S Kent Brown, Ancient Scripture The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints claims to be a church of restoration—restoring what was taught in the church that Christ established when on the earth. My research sought to substantiate the claim of restoration by examining an unusual doctrine in the LDS Church […]
LDS Missionary Work in the Basque Language: How the Work Began, and Why It Was Discontinued
Devin Caywood and Dr. Bruce VanOrden, Religion Basque Country is a relatively small region composed of three (arguably four) provinces in North Central Spain and two in Southern France. Statistics state that there are two million people in Spanish and French Basque provinces that claim Basque as their first language. 70-80 percent of those people […]
John A. Widtsoe’s Contribution to Higher Education For Women
Aurelia W. Lau and Dr. Alan K. Parrish, Religion Approach Dr. Widtsoe encouraged many women throughout his life to obtain the benefits of higher education. His love for higher education was gained through his years as a student at Harvard, professor of chemistry at Utah State University, and serving as president of both Utah State […]
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