Orem Library

Presents a revelatory and deeply intimate exploration of the world of early Mormon women that draws on nineteenth-century diaries, letters, albums, minute-books, and quilts created by first-generation Latter-Day Saints.

"This book examines the role of white American Christianity in fostering and sustaining white supremacy. It draws from theology, critical race theory, and American religious history to make the argument that predominantly white Christian denominations have served as a venue for establishing white privilege and have conveyed to white believers a sense of moral innoeence without requiring moral reckoning with the costs of anti-Black racism. To demonstrate...

As an ordained Lutheran minister, Robert Hullinger approaches Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon skeptically. At the same time, he explains in this thought-provoking re-evaluation of early Mormonism, "I prefer to put the best construction on Joseph Smith and let his expressed motives speak for themselves, then draw conclusions from the evidence." This approach may not always rule out a negative opinion of Joseph Smith, but it allows for a more charitable...

American Millennials--the generation born in the 1980s and 1990s--have been leaving organized religion in unprecedented numbers. For a long time, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was an exception: nearly three-quarters of people who grew up Mormon stayed that way into adulthood. In The Next Mormons, Jana Riess demonstrates that things are starting to change. The Next Mormons offers a portrait of a generation navigating between traditional...

In this helpful guide, trusted LDS scholar Matthew B. Brown offers an engaging, edifying exploration of the relationship between the ritual practices of Freemasonry and the blessings of the House of the Lord while clearly and skillfully addressing the subject's history, theology, traditional understandings, and myths.

Drawn from authentic sources, David Buerger's study succeeds as the first scholarly history of LDS temple worship in print. From its humble beginnings in Ohio where members practiced Old Testament-like ceremonies to the adoption and transformation of Masonic ritual in Illinois to recent modifications which suggest a concern for "political correctness," perhaps no aspect of Mormonism reveals the dynamics of continuing revelation as completely as the...

"In 1974, newly ordained prophet Spencer W. Kimball called for latter-day Saints to 'lengthen our stride.' When he delivered this landmark address, he encouraged all Latter-day Saints to think bigger, broader, and bolder about the ongoing globalization of the Church. Ongoing global growth continues to be one of the Church's greatest opportunities (and challenges). This book is a compilation of addresses presented to the LDS International Society,...