Keith A. Erekson and Dr. Richard E. Bennett, Church History and Doctrine Joseph Smith was born December 23, 1805, at the Mack farm in Sharon, Vermont.1 Though his family moved when he was young, the influence of his Vermont heritage was important in the development of the young Prophet and subsequently on the restoration of […]
An Annotated Edition of the Journals of Joseph W. Booth, Mormon Missionary to the Middle East (1889-1928)
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 […]
“And Know the Place for the First Time” The 1851 Ecclesiastical Census of England and Wales and Early LDS Branch
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?
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 […]
Muslims in a Mormon World: A Look at the Assimilation of Utah’s Muslim Population
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 […]
The History of the History: Re-discovering Joseph Smith’s First Vision
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 […]
Robert McCorkle to Joseph Smith: A Poetic Letter
Hal Robert Boyd and Dr. Susan E. Black, Church History Department In 1844 Robert Andrew Hope McCorkle (R.A.H McCorkle) journeyed to Nauvoo to familiarize himself with Mormonism and meet the Prophet Joseph Smith. In Nauvoo, McCorkle found many Latter-day Saints. Yet, he left Nauvoo disappointed, without having approached the Prophet Joseph Smith. He wanted to […]
LATTER-DAY SAINT INVOLVEMENT IN THE CIVIL WAR
Nathaniel Freeman and Dr. Kenneth Alford, Humanities I decided to research Latter-day Saint participation in the Civil War when Professor Alford, a retired U.S. Army Colonel and BYU associate professor, contacted me regarding his interest in publishing a book on the topic. I had previously worked for him as a teaching assistant and had been […]
Veterinary Medicine
Jeffrey Tucker and Dr. Michael MacKay Importance of Project It is not an overstatement to claim that the work Dr. Michael MacKay and I were able to conduct through the benevolence of the ORCA programme represents the cutting of history of medicine research. We have engaged a field that is strikingly underdeveloped, yet extremely relevant […]
Revisiting the Hebron “Sheep Tablet” Considerations for Late Bronze Age Canaanite Habitation of Hebron
Charles Wilson and Dr. Jeffrey Chadwick, Department of Church History and Doctrine To research the Hebron “Sheep Tablet,” a cuneiform account text recording counts of sheep, goats, and rams, I first found all of the published materials mentioning the text and read them. The tablet is mentioned in seven publications. Finding and reading the published […]
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