To the Peripheries of Mormondom: The Apostolic Around-The-World Journey of David O McKay, 1920-1921

ISBN-13: 9781607810100 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 350 str.

Reid L. Neilson; Hugh J. Cannon; Reid L. Neilson

Opis

The year-long fact-finding mission of apostle David O. McKay and his traveling companion Hugh J. Cannon to places historian Leonard J. Arrington has called the "geographic and organizational periphery" of Mormondom was one of the most significant moments of the twentieth century for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. While the contemporary LDSchurch has grown to become a global presence, the early decades of the last century found missionaries struggling to gain converts abroad. Cannon's rich and vivid account of his and McKay's 61,646-mile around-the-world journey illustrates the roots of Mormonism's globalization. The account is without doubt one of the more significant texts in the historical cannon of global Mormon studies.

Reid L Neilson annotates Cannon's account, enriching the experience for scholarly and lay readers alike. Ancillary material, including the transcripts of Cannon's letters to the "Deseret News "detailing the journey, the complete text of Cannon's original journals (available for the first time ever), a collection of 60 photographs, maps, and illustrations culled from McKay's own collection, as well as comprehensive lists of names and places, will be available digitally."

Spis treści

Editor’s Preface
Introduction: Around-the-World with Elder David O. McKay and Hugh J. Cannon by Reid Neilson
Photo Essay

1. Accepting the Apostolic Call

2. Crossing the Pacific Ocean

3. Arriving in the Islands of Japan

4. Touring the Japan Mission

5. Dedicating the Chinese Realm

6. Exploring the Interior of China

7. Visiting Oahu and Maui

8. Calling on Hawaii and Kauai

9. Steaming the South Pacific

10. Staying in the Society Islands

11. Sightseeing in Rarotonga

12. Discovering New Zealand

13. Meandering through Melanesia

14. Stopping over in Western Samoa

15. Resting in American Samoa

16. Surveying Sauniatu

17. Observing in Tonga

18. Returning to New Zealand

19. Inspecting Australia

20. Traveling up the Malay Peninsula