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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Joseph Smith"”.
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Joseph Smith, Mormonism and Enochic Tradition
… that proved the bona fides of the Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith (1805-1844). First, Nibley compared Smith’s extract of the prophecy of Enoch, written in 1830-31, with the pseudeupigraphic 1 Enoch, written prior to the first century CE, and Nibley found numerous parallels. Second, in a seven point …
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A Comparative Study of Muhammad and Joseph Smith in the Prophetic Pattern
<p>As early as 1831, critics attacked Joseph Smith by comparing him to Muhammad. Over time, the comparison deepened as critics and scholars observed doctrinal and political similarities between Mormonism and Islam. Later, scholars compared Joseph Smith to Muhammad because both had generated a new …
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Authoring Authority: The Apostle Paul and the Prophet Joseph Smith--A Critical Comparison of Texts and Power in the Generation of Religious Community
… Paul and the nineteenth-century Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith.</p> <p>This comparison defamiliarizes and recharacterizes the heroes and origin-stories of the dominant (and my own) tradition to force important questions about scholarly perspectives, interests and deferences (protection, …
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The Restoration of Religious Freedom: Joseph Smith’s Evolving Understanding of the United States Constitution, 1830-1844
… of the nineteenth century in the United States, Joseph Smith desperately yearned for religious freedom. I argue that Joseph Smith understood religious freedom as a theological doctrine given by God to help individuals, communities, and nations discover how to balance order and diversity. Rather …
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The Rhetoric of Persecution: Mormon Crisis Rhetoric from 1838-1871
… appeals, leaders such as Sidney Rigdon, Joseph Smith, and Brigham Young were often forced by internal and external difficulties to give persecution sermons: speeches that fused both sacred and secular motifs to transcend the simple testimony of faith, repentance, and baptism. By analyzing …
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The Kingdom of God in Mormon Thought and Practice, 1830-1896
<p>In the spring of 1844 the Mormon prophet Joseph Smith organized a secret organization called the Council of Fifty as the governing body of a political kingdom of God which ultimately was to rule the world. The idea of the political kingdom of God and attempts of the Council of Fifty to transform …
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Wingfield Scott Watson and His Struggle to Preserve the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite) After the Death of Its Founder
… Mormon prophet James J. Strang, a successor to Joseph Smith. In the aftermath of the succession crisis that followed Smith’s unexpected death, Strang attracted hundreds of converts to his theocratic commune on Beaver Island in Lake Michigan, Watson being one of them. After Strang’s own untimely …
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Building Zion: Sacred Space, the United Order, and Mormon Successor Groups
… element in both temporal and spiritual matters. Joseph Smith established the foundation upon which the religion would build decades after his death. Three successor groups, each claiming to be the true inheritor of Smith's prophetic mantle, from Brigham Young and the Utah Pioneers to the early …
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James E. Talmage and the Nature of the Godhead: The Gradual Unfolding of Latter-day Saint Theology
… Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent" (John 17:3). Joseph Smith, the first Latter-day Saint Prophet, taught a correct understanding of God was required for any man or woman to receive eternal life. The Latter-day Saint teachings regarding the Godhead were fitted into place one piece at a time. Those …
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Joseph Smith's View of His Own Calling
The Prophet Joseph Smith stood in a unique position as the leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He held positions of translator, prophet, seer and revelator. He was taught the responsibilities of his calling as he translated ancient scripture - the Book of Mormon and the …
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The Foundations and Early Development of Mormon Mission Theory
… themselves a missional character. Beginning with Joseph Smith and the emergence of his missional thought and ending with the institutional shifts of the Mormon Church toward mission programs, this thesis attempts to map the general arc of Mormon mission theory as it developed within the context of …
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Sounding sacred: The adoption of biblical archaisms in the Book of Mormon and other 19th century texts
… a purported translation of ancient records; that Joseph Smith, who produced the Book of Mormon, absorbed the idiom of the King James Bible and used it in his writings generally.</p> <p>A selection of 19th century religious and translated texts are evaluated, along with personal letters of Joseph …
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Cornelius P. Lott and his Contribution to the Temporal Salvation of the Latter-day Saint Pioneers Through the Care of Livestock
… the Church in 1834 and became recognized by Joseph Smith in 1838 as he played a key role as a leader in the conflict against the Missouri mobs in 1838. He demonstrated his skills with livestock when the Prophet employed him as superintendent of the Smith farm in Nauvoo. Joseph Smith became …
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The American Party in Utah Politics: A Study in Religious and Social Conflict 1904-1912
… by opposition to the testimony, given by Joseph Smith, president of the Mormon church, and by other leaders of the hierarchy, in the trial of Senator Smoot before the Committee on Privilege and Elections in the Senate of the United States. The Gentile group in Utah held that the testimony …
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The History of the Sabbath in Mormonism
… between its formation in 1830 and the death of Joseph Smith in 1844; 2) the Pioneer Era of the Church extending from 1844 to roughly the beginning of the twentieth century; 3) the Modern Era of Mormonism which has been comprised of the Church's activities during the twentieth century. The …
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A Study of the History of the Office of High Priest
… been understood in the Church since the days of Joseph Smith. Further, a detailed account of how the Church came to understand the office of high priest in regard to the Melchizedek Priesthood office of Seventy is set forth. Lastly, a brief examination of vicarious bestowal of the office of high …
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The crimes club: the early years of our society
… Kate Webster, Neill Cream, Dr. Crippen, George Joseph Smith and many others. Inspired by famous crimes and trials of the late Victorian era when they had been young men, the members of the Crimes Club came together in the early years of the twentieth century, at a time when both criminals and …
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Unresolved tensions in the Mormon doctrines of God, man, and salvation during three critical periods of development
… five years of the church's existence, 1830-1835, Joseph Smith taught the doctrines of early Mormonism. From 1835 until the 1950s, the doctrines of traditional Mormonism were taught. Mormon neo-absolutist, which arose in the 1950s and has sometimes been referred to it as Mormon neo-orthodoxy, has …
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