Kategoria BISAC: Religion >> Christianity - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon)

In the late nineteenth century, a small community of Native Hawaiian Mormons established a settlement in heart of The Great Basin, in Utah. The community was named Iosepa, after the prophet and sixth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Joseph F. Smith. The inhabitants of Iosepa struggled against racism, the ravages of leprosy, and economic depression, by the early years of the twentieth century emerging as a modern, model community based on ranching, farming, and an unwavering...

Are Mormons Christians? What do they believe? How do their beliefs compare with other Christian religions?

I have been impressed by the dedication of Mormon missionaries, the beauty of the Mormon Tablernacle Choir and the majestic architecture of Mormon temples. I have known several Mormons and they seem to be family oriented people who live out their faith in tangilble ways. As American culture drifts towards situation ethics and values based on surveys, Mormons are like other Christians in that they tend to be conservative and look to their Church and Scriptures for guidance. This...

At thirty-nine years old, Smith had already lived an outsized life. In addition to starting his own religion and creating his own "Golden Bible"--the Book of Mormon--he had worked as a water-dowser and treasure hunter. He'd led his people to Ohio, then Missouri, then Illinois, where he founded a city larger than fledgling...

This is an exact facsimile reprint of the original, 1830 edition of "The Book of Mormon," the authoritative scripture of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This book presents the original transcription of Joseph Smith's dictated translation of the golden plates.

This faithful reproduction of the earliest manuscript of the "Book of Mormon" perfectly preserves the original text, including the spellings, punctuation, and typography of the book as it was written and printed for the first time in 1830. The first edition "Book of Mormon" is composed in a narrative, paragraph...

This is an exact facsimile reprint of the original, 1830 edition of "The Book of Mormon," the authoritative scripture of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This book presents the original transcription of Joseph Smith's dictated translation of the golden plates.

This faithful reproduction of the earliest manuscript of the "Book of Mormon" perfectly preserves the original text, including the spellings, punctuation, and typography of the book as it was written and printed for the first time in 1830. The first edition "Book of Mormon" is composed in a narrative, paragraph...