A History Of Mormon Landmarks In Utah

Author : Andy Weeks
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781625855077

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A History of Mormon Landmarks in Utah by Andy Weeks Pdf

The home state of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a land of rugged mountains, deep canyon lands and majestic rivers. Utah and Mormon history are entwined, as so many early followers of the faith settled the region beginning in 1847. They preserved their values and heritage in the numerous temples, forts, tabernacles and cemeteries that serve as historic sacred monuments for the modern church. Author and LDS member Andy Weeks explores the history behind the landmarks that exalt the rich, deeply rooted history of Mormonism in the Beehive State.

Author : Andy Weeks
Publisher : History Press Library Editions
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-30
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1540213889

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A History of Mormon Landmarks in Utah by Andy Weeks Pdf

The home state of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a land of rugged mountains, deep canyon lands and majestic rivers. Utah and Mormon history are entwined, as so many early followers of the faith settled the region beginning in 1847. They preserved their values and heritage in the numerous temples, forts, tabernacles and cemeteries that serve as historic sacred monuments for the modern church. Author and LDS member Andy Weeks explores the history behind the landmarks that exalt the rich, deeply rooted history of Mormonism in the Beehive State.

Author : Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Mormon Church
ISBN : OCLC:6413664

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History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Pdf

Author : Andy Weeks
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467137300

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Forgotten Tales of Utah by Andy Weeks Pdf

Characters ranging from Mormon pioneers to Butch Cassidy all helped give the Beehive State color and tenacity. Uncover the state's hidden gems with stories like the first group of Latter-day Saints who arrived in the Salt Lake Valley days before Brigham Young proclaimed it as "the right place." Meet an ancient prophet believed to have walked the arid landscape, offering his blessing on several sites long before the pioneers arrived. Learn why a former lawyer was buried without a proper headstone. Discover the state's quirky side with the strange goings-on at an obscure ranch and the alleged monsters once believed to haunt some of Utah's lakes. Author Andy Weeks offers this quirky and informative collection of little-known tales about the forty-fifth state.

Author : Daniel H Olsen,Anna Trono
Publisher : CABI
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781786390271

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Religious Pilgrimage Routes and Trails by Daniel H Olsen,Anna Trono Pdf

For millennia people have travelled to religious sites for worship, initiatory and leisure purposes. Today there are hundreds, if not thousands, of religious pilgrimage routes and trails around the world that are used by pilgrims as well as tourists. Indeed, many religious pilgrimage routes and trails are today used as themes by tourism marketers in an effort to promote regional economic development. An important resource for those interested in religious tourism and pilgrimage, this book is also an invaluable collection for academics and policy-makers within heritage tourism and regional development.

Author : Sara M. Patterson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190933876

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Pioneers in the Attic by Sara M. Patterson Pdf

Why do thousands of Mormons devote their summer vacations to following the Mormon Trail? Why does the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Day Saints spend millions of dollars to build monuments and Visitor Centers that believers can visit to experience the history of their nineteenth-century predecessors who fled westward in search of their promised land? Why do so many Mormon teenagers dress up in Little-House-on-the-Prairie-style garb and push handcarts over the highest local hills they can find? And what exactly is a "traveling Zion"? In Pioneers in the Attic, Sara Patterson analyzes how and why Mormons are engaging their nineteenth-century past in the modern era, arguing that as the LDS community globalized in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, its relationship to space was transformed. Following their exodus to Utah, nineteenth-century Mormons believed that they must gather together in Salt Lake Zion - their new center place. They believed that Zion was a place you could point to on a map, a place you should dwell in to live a righteous life. Later Mormons had to reinterpret these central theological principles as their community spread around the globe, but to say that they simply spiritualized concepts that had once been understood literally is only one piece of the puzzle. Contemporary Mormons still want to touch and to feel these principles, so they mark and claim the landscapes of the American West with versions of their history carved in stone. They develop rituals that allow them not only to learn the history of the nineteenth-century journey west, but to engage it with all of their senses. Pioneers in the Attic reveals how modern-day Mormons have created a sense of community and felt religion through the memorialization of early Mormon pioneers of the American West, immortalizing a narrative of shared identity through an emphasis on place and collective memory.

Author : Benjamin G. Ferris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1854
Category : History
ISBN : OXFORD:N10577463

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Utah and the Mormons by Benjamin G. Ferris Pdf

The Secretary of the Territory of Utah, residence in the Valley of the Great Salt Lake, during the severe winter of 1852-53. pref.

Author : Terryl Givens,Philip L. Barlow
Publisher : Oxford Handbooks
Page : 681 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199778362

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The Oxford Handbook of Mormonism by Terryl Givens,Philip L. Barlow Pdf

Mormon studies is one of the fastest-growing subfields in religious studies. For this volume, Terryl Givens and Philip Barlow, two leading scholars of Mormonism, have brought together 45 of the top scholars in the field to construct a collection of essays that offers a comprehensive overview of scholarship on Mormons. The book begins with a section on Mormon history, perhaps the most well-developed area of Mormon studies. Chapters in this section deal with questions ranging from how Mormon history is studied in the university to the role women have played throughout Mormon history. Other sections examine revelation and scripture, church structure and practice, theology, society, and culture. The final two sections look at Mormonism in a larger context. The authors examine Mormon expansion across the globe-focusing on Mormonism in Latin America, the Pacific, Europe, and Asia-in addition to the interaction between Mormonism and other social systems, such as law, politics, and other faiths. Bringing together an unprecedented body of scholarship in the field of Mormon studies,The Oxford Handbook of Mormonism will be an invaluable resource for those within the field, as well as for people studying the broader, ever-changing American religious landscape.

Author : Hubert Howe Bancroft,Alfred Bates
Publisher : San Francisco : History Company
Page : 868 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Mormon Church
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025515805

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History of Utah by Hubert Howe Bancroft,Alfred Bates Pdf

Author : Keith Harper
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2008-09-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780817355128

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American Denominational History by Keith Harper Pdf

This work brings various important topics and groups in American religious history the rigor of scholarly assessment of the current literature. The fruitful questions that are posed by the positions and experiences of the various groups are carefully examined. American Denominational History points the way for the next decade of scholarly effort. Contents Roman Catholics by Amy Koehlinger Congregationalists by Margaret Bendroth Presbyterians by Sean Michael Lucas American Baptists by Keith Harper Methodists by Jennifer L. Woodruff Tait Black Protestants by Paul Harvey Mormons by David J. Whittaker Pentecostals by Randall J. Stephens Evangelicals by Barry Hankins

Author : Stanley Buchholz Kimball
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN : 0252014561

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Historic Sites and Markers Along the Mormon and Other Great Western Trails by Stanley Buchholz Kimball Pdf

"This book is a comprehensive guide to more than 550 historic sites and markers scattered along some 10,000 miles of emigrant trails. By the use of the accompanying maps and commentary in the text, the trails themselves can be followed rather closely"--Preface.

Author : Ronald Warren Walker,David J. Whittaker,James B. Allen
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Latter Day Saint churches
ISBN : 0252026195

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Mormon History by Ronald Warren Walker,David J. Whittaker,James B. Allen Pdf

Author : Jared Farmer
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674263345

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On Zion’s Mount by Jared Farmer Pdf

Shrouded in the lore of legendary Indians, Mt. Timpanogos beckons the urban populace of Utah. And yet, no “Indian” legend graced the mount until Mormon settlers conjured it—once they had displaced the local Indians, the Utes, from their actual landmark, Utah Lake. On Zion’s Mount tells the story of this curious shift. It is a quintessentially American story about the fraught process of making oneself “native” in a strange land. But it is also a complex tale of how cultures confer meaning on the environment—how they create homelands. Only in Utah did Euro-American settlers conceive of having a homeland in the Native American sense—an endemic spiritual geography. They called it “Zion.” Mormonism, a religion indigenous to the United States, originally embraced Indians as “Lamanites,” or spiritual kin. On Zion’s Mount shows how, paradoxically, the Mormons created their homeland at the expense of the local Indians—and how they expressed their sense of belonging by investing Timpanogos with “Indian” meaning. This same pattern was repeated across the United States. Jared Farmer reveals how settlers and their descendants (the new natives) bestowed “Indian” place names and recited pseudo-Indian legends about those places—cultural acts that still affect the way we think about American Indians and American landscapes.

Author : J. Michael Hunter
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 595 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313391682

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Mormons and Popular Culture by J. Michael Hunter Pdf

Many people are unaware of how influential Mormons have been on American popular culture. This book parts the curtain and looks behind the scenes at the little-known but important influence Mormons have had on popular culture in the United States and beyond. Mormons and Popular Culture: The Global Influence of an American Phenomenon provides an unprecedented, comprehensive treatment of Mormons and popular culture. Authored by a Mormon studies librarian and author of numerous writings regarding Mormon folklore, culture, and history, this book provides students, scholars, and interested readers with an introduction and wide-ranging overview of the topic that can serve as a key reference book on the topic. The work contains fascinating coverage on the most influential Mormon actors, musicians, fashion designers, writers, artists, media personalities, and athletes. Some topics—such as the Mormon influence at Disney, and how Mormon inventors have assisted in transforming American popular culture through the inventions of television, stereophonic sound, video games, and computer-generated animation—represent largely unknown information. The broad overview of Mormons and American popular culture offered can be used as a launching pad for further investigation; researchers will find the references within the book's well-documented chapters helpful.

Author : Davis Bitton
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0252020790

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The Ritualization of Mormon History, and Other Essays by Davis Bitton Pdf

How did the Latter-day Saints of the 19th century defend their plural marriage system? What kind of poetry was written on the Mormon frontier, and what social function did it perform? In a collection intended to convey the excitement and variety of Mormon history, Bitton considers these and other issues, and demonstrates how a religious group survives and maintains its sense of identity in the face of change and adaptation to new circumstances.