Abby Eyre and Faculty Mentor: John Waltz, School of Communications Introduction The French have found Mormons fascinating since 1860. Jules Verne depicted Mormons as utopian menaces in his 1863 novel Paris in the 20th Century1, French cartoonists illustrated polygamous and mixed-raceMormon couples as satire, and French outcasts occupied Nauvoo after the great Mormon exodus west. […]
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Newspapers and Mid-Nineteenth Century America’s Views of Mormonism
Mason Price and Gerrit Dirkmaat, Church History and Doctrine Introduction With increasing access to archived American newspaper sources online, it is simpler than ever before to peer into the past through the lens of primary source news articles. Newspapers, though they have limitations in presenting historical information, can nonetheless be useful to uncover and better […]
Mormon Masses: An Analysis of the Improvement Era’s Advertisements to the Separate Genders circa. 1927-1933
Nicole Wechsler and Dr. Rebecca DeSchweinitz, History Department Introduction This project analyzed two main documents, comparing and contrasting the different LDS youth periodicals, namely the Improvement era and the Young Woman’s Journal. In this project I analyzed advertisements within the Improvement Era during the merger of the Young Woman’s Journal and the Improvement Era with […]
Francophone Mountain Men and Their Influence on the Mormon Settlement of Utah
Kenneth Bedwell and Jay Buckley, Department of History The Mormons’ success in the settlement of the region can be contributed to the massive influx of migrants that emigrated into the region as well as the convenience of the buffer zone in which they settled between the two tribes. However, by searching deeper into the history […]
Rediscovering the Mormon Influence on Art of Comics
Baird, Heatherand Trevor Alvord, Harold B. Lee Library The purpose of this project is twofold. First, I wanted to learn more about the influence of Mormonism on the world of Comics and create a way to share this knowledge with the larger Mormon community. Second, I wanted to better understand the culture surrounding Comics in […]
Mormon Insights
Shane Peterson and Marvin Gardner, English Language Introduction It’s hard to believe that we’ve made it this far. In a matter of months, Mormon Insights went from being an idea Brother Gardner had thought of to an actual online publication and editing capstone course. We’ve been hard at work the entire time, trying to create […]
Book of Mormon Kingship and the Deuteronomistic History
Moses, Justin and Dana M. Pike, Ancient Scripture and ANES My academic inquiry is a bipartite construction and demands a thorough, but succinct, introduction. The first and primary element of my study concerns kingship in the Book of Mormon. The main purpose of this study is, first, to outline Nephite kingship ideology as it is […]
A Mormon Theology of Immigration: Liberation Theology in the Restored Church of Christ
Jenna Carson and Jason Kerr, English Department Introduction I wrote an academic paper arguing that Latter-day Saint doctrine, especially the Law of Consecration, provides the foundation for a specific theology of liberation that can be placed in conversation with traditional liberation theology put forth by Gustavo Gutierrez. I then put the theology to work by […]
From Punjab to Provo: Assimilation and Alienation of Asian Mormons in the Heart of LDS Culture
Rabia Cheema and Gregory Wilkinson, Religion Department Introduction After moving to the United States and especially in a culture like BYU, I wanted to share my experiences as an immigrant. Through this paper, I wanted to open up about the struggles that I believe that almost every immigrant in the United States goes through. To […]
Assessing the Archaeological Resources of Mormon Nauvoo with Three-dimensional Geophysical Imaging
FINAL REPORT BYU Mentoring Environment Grant “Assessing the Archaeological Resources of Mormon Nauvoo with Three-dimensional Geophysical Imaging” Project period: January 1, 2012 through January 31, 2014 Submitted by Prof. John H. McBride June 13, 2014 Executive Summary: Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met The principal objective of the project […]
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