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Covering its historic development, important individuals, and central ideas and issues, this encyclopedia offers broad historical coverage of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments
Mormonism in Historical Context: An Introduction
ERAS
Foundation: 1820–1830
Development: 1831–1844
Exodus and Settlement: 1845–1869
Conflict: 1869–1890
Transition: 1890–1941
Expansion: 1941–Present
EVENTS
Black Hawk War
Book of Mormon
Colonization
Correlation
Exodus from Nauvoo
First Vision
Handcart Migration
Haun's Mill Massacre
Immigration
Kirtland Pentecost
Manifesto
Martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith
Missouri War
Mormon Battalion
Mountain Meadows Massacre
Nauvoo Legion
Organization of the Church
Pioneering
Priesthood Revelation of 1978
Reformation
Relief Society
Seagulls and Crickets
Smoot Hearings
Temple Work by Proxy
Temples
Ungathered
United States v. Reynolds
Utah War
Word of Wisdom
Youth Programs
Zion's Camp
PEOPLE
Arrington, Leonard James
Bennion, Lowell L.
Benson, Ezra Taft
Brooks, Juanita
Cannon, George Q.
Cannon, Martha Hughes
Clark, J. Reuben Jr.
Grant, Heber J.
Hinckley, Gordon B.
Hunter, Howard W.
Kimball, Spencer W.
Lee, Harold B.
Lyman, Amy Brown
McConkie, Bruce R.
McKay, David O.
Monson, Thomas S.
Nibley, Hugh
Parmley, LaVern Watts
Pratt, Orson and Parley P.
Rigdon, Sidney
Roberts, B. H.
Rogers, Aurelia Spencer
Sessions, Patty Bartlett
Smith, Barbara Bradshaw
Smith, Emma Hale
Smith, George Albert
Smith, Hyrum
Smith, Joseph F.
Smith, Joseph Fielding
Smith, Joseph Jr.
Smith Family
Snow, Eliza R.
Snow, Lorenzo
Spafford, Belle Smith
Talmage, James E.
Taylor, Elmina Shepherd
Taylor, John
Wells, Emmeline B.
Witnesses to the Book of Mormon
Woodruff, Wilford
Young, Brigham
ISSUES
Church Organization and Government
Divergent Churches
Genealogy and Family History
Local Worship
Mormon Missiology
Mormon Scripture
Mormonism and Blacks
Mormonism and Economics
Mormonism and Education
Mormonism and Men
Mormonism and Native Americans
Mormonism and Other Faiths
Mormonism and Race
Mormonism and Science
Mormonism and Secular Government
Mormonism and the Family
Mormonism and Violence
Mormonism and Women
Mormonism as a World Religion
Mormonism as Restoration
Mormonism's Contested Identity
Non-Mormon Views of Mormonism
Polygamy
Chronology
Selected Bibliography
About the Editors
List of Contributors
Index

About the Author

W. Paul Reeve, PhD, is assistant professor of history and associate chair of the Department of History at The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.

Ardis E. Parshall is an independent researcher and historian living in Salt Lake City, UT.

Reviews

Designed mainly for libraries and research institutions Mormonism: A Historical Encyclopedia is a formidable resource to have at one's fingertips, particularly for those previously unfamiliar with Mormonism. Mormonism: A Historical Encyclopedia is certainly a valuable resource, both for the unfamiliar scholar and the longtime Mormon. . . . MHE represents an excellent distillation of some of the best up and coming scholarship as well as traditional analyses from trusted scholars.
*Association of Mormon Letters*

Overall, the volume is tailor-made for those wanting information on the most prominent figures, the most influential moments, and the hottest topics. . . . A very nice addition for libraries with little need for a multivolume set on Mormonism.
*Booklist*

A useful resource.
*School Library Journal*

A useful chronology, selected bibliography, and index are also included. . . . this is a very useful addition to undergraduate collections.
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