Tag Archives: theocracy

Mormon Nauvoo in the Context of Post-Colonial Studies

Posted on May 16, 2016 by launiusr

To an extent underappreciated by historians, the Mormon experience in Nauvoo between 1839 and 1846 represents an expression of colonialism and its antithesis. The field of post-colonial studies has been gaining prominence since the 1970s. While historians and others debate the … Continue reading →

Posted in Community of Christ, History, Mormonism, Personal, Religion, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints | Tagged baptism for the dead, Becky Paget, celestial and plural marriage, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Community of Christ, current-events, Elbert A. Smith, Hancock County, human-rights, Illinois, Joseph Smith, Joseph Smith III, Klaus J. Hansen, Mabel Sanford, mormon experience, Mormon Nauvoo, Mormonism, Nauvoo, Nauvoo Legion, Nauvoo: Kingdom on the Mississippi, Nightfall at Nauvoo, politics, post-colonialism, progression to godhood, public perceptions, religion, Robert Bruce Flanders, Samuel W. Taylor, theocracy, theology, Zion | 2 Comments

Wednesday’s Book Review: “The Journey of a People, 1820-1844”

Posted on May 6, 2015 by launiusr

The Journey of a People: The Era of Restoration, 1820 to 1844. By Mark A. Scherer. Independence, MO: Community of Christ Seminary Press, 2013. vii + 535. Acknowledgments, illustrations, footnotes, bibliographic essay, selected bibliography, index. ISBN: 978-0-8309-1381-7. Hardcover with dustjacket. … Continue reading →

Posted in Community of Christ, History, Mormonism, Religion, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints | Tagged 1820 to 1844, Book of Mormon, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Community of Christ Seminary Press, First Vision, History, Joseph Smith, Mark A. Scherer, money digging, Mormonism, Nauvoo, polygamy, The Journey of a People: The Era of Restoration, theocracy, treasure seeking | 6 Comments

When the U.S. Army “Invaded” Utah

Posted on December 26, 2014 by launiusr

I have long been interested in the so-called “Mormon War” of 1857-1858 that took place in the inter-mountain West. It was about so many things and may be interpreted in so many different ways. It could be seen as persecution … Continue reading →

Posted in Community of Christ, History, Religion | Tagged 1857–1858: A Documentary Account of the United States Military Movement under Colonel Albert Sidney Johnston, Albert Sidney Johnston, Alfred Cumming, and the Resistance by Brigham Young and the Mormon Nauvoo Legion, Ann Woodbury Hafen, Arthur H. Clarke Co., Brigham Young, Camp Floyd, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Fort Bridger, Green River, James Buchanan, Le Roy Reuben Hafen, Lot Smith, Nauvoo Legion, politics, polygamy, presidential power, Salt Lake City, The Utah Expedition, theocracy, Thomas L. Kane, Utah War, William S. Harney | Leave a comment

An Iowa Sheriff Comments on the Mormons in Nauvoo, Illinois

Posted on November 5, 2012 by launiusr

In 1995 I published with John E. Hallwas a documentary history about the Mormon experience in Illinois in the 1840s. The book, Cultures in Conflict: A Documentary History of the Mormon War in Illinois (Utah State University Press). In this book … Continue reading →

Posted in Community of Christ, History, Mormonism, Personal, Politics, Religion, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints | Tagged Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Cultures in Conflict: A Documentary History of the Mormon War in Illinois, Danites, Democrats, Fort Madison, George M. Hinkle, George Miller, Hawkins Taylor, Hosea Stout, Illinois, John E. Hallwas. Utah State University Press, Joseph Smith, Keokuk, Macomb, McComb, Melina Walker, Montrose, Mormonism, Nauvoo, Nauvoo Legion, Nauvoo Temple, religion, theocracy, Western Illinois University Library, Whigs, whistling and whittling brigade, William Smith | 5 Comments

Was the United States Founded as a Christian Nation?

Posted on September 14, 2012 by launiusr

Why do some Americans insist that the United States was founded as a Christian nation? And what does that mean anyway? How does a Christian nation act? Why does one segment—a very vocal segment—of modern American society insists that the … Continue reading →

Posted in Community of Christ, Mormonism, Politics, Religion, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints | Tagged Brigham Young, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, George Washington, History, Joseph Smith, Roger Williams, theocracy, theocratic-democracy, Thomas Jefferson | 6 Comments

Tag Archives: theocracy

Mormon Nauvoo in the Context of Post-Colonial Studies

Wednesday’s Book Review: “The Journey of a People, 1820-1844”

When the U.S. Army “Invaded” Utah

An Iowa Sheriff Comments on the Mormons in Nauvoo, Illinois

Was the United States Founded as a Christian Nation?

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