Foundations of the Restoration (REL聽C聽225)

Readings selected from publications of the Religious Studies Center

A Marvelous Work and a Wonder

The First Vision

The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon

The Book of Mormon鈥擪eystone of Our Religion

The Restoration of the Priesthood

  • Kenneth L. Alford, 鈥I Will Send You Elijah the Prophet," in You Shall Have My Word: Exploring the Text of the Doctrine and Covenants, ed. Scott C. Esplin, Richard O. Cowan, and Rachel Cope (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2012), 34鈥49.
  • Matthew C. Godfrey, 鈥A Culmination of Learning: D&C and the Doctrine of the Priesthood,鈥 in You Shall Have My Word: Exploring the Text of the Doctrine and Covenants, ed. Scott C. Esplin, Richard O. Cowan, and Rachel Cope (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2012), 167鈥81.
  • Farley, S. Brent, 鈥The Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood (D&C 84)鈥 in Sperry Symposium Classics: The Doctrine and Covenants, ed. Craig K. Manscill (Provo and Salt Lake City: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, and Deseret Book 2004), 221鈥33.
  • Robert J. Matthews, 鈥The Restoration of All Things: What the Doctrine and Covenants Says,鈥 in Sperry Symposium Classics: The Doctrine and Covenants, ed. Craig K. Manscill (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2004), 68鈥91.
  • Richard G. Ellsworth and Melvin J. Luthy, 鈥Priesthood,鈥 in Latter-day Saint Essentials: Readings from the Encyclopedia of Mormonism, ed. John W. Welch and Devan Jensen (Provo, UT: BYU Studies and Religious Studies Center, 2002), 135鈥41.

The Organization of the Church

Proclaim the Everlasting Gospel

The Gathering of Latter-day Israel

Follow the Living Prophet

Seek Truth

The Lord鈥檚 Voice in the Doctrine and Covenants

Additional Scriptures in Our Day

The Vision

The Kirtland Temple and Priesthood Keys

Strength amid Opposition

Redemption of the Dead

Gospel Teachings in Nauvoo

  • Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, 鈥The Nauvoo Temple, 1841,鈥 in Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer, ed. Richard Neitzel Holzapfel and Kent P. Jackson (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2010), 421鈥36.
  • Robert L. Millet, 鈥Doctrines, Covenants, and Sweet Consolation, 1843,鈥 in Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer, ed. Richard Neitzel Holzapfel and Kent P. Jackson (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2010), 467鈥94,
  • Brent A. Barlow, 鈥Israel Barlow and the Founding of Nauvoo,鈥 Religious Educator 10, no. 1 (2009): 11鈥20.
  • Milton V. Backman Jr. and Ronald K. Esplin, 鈥The Ohio, Missouri, and Nauvoo Periods, 1831鈥44,鈥 in Latter-day Saint Essentials: Readings from the Encyclopedia of Mormonism, ed. John W. Welch and Devan Jensen (Provo, UT: BYU Studies and the Religious Studies Center, 2002), 28鈥38.
  • Jeni Broberg Holzapfel and Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, 鈥Scenes in Nauvoo,鈥 in A Woman鈥檚 View: Helen Mar Whitney鈥檚 Reminiscences of Early Church History (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 1997), 109鈥34.

The Relief Society and the Church

The Doctrine of Eternal Marriage and Family

  • E. Dale LeBaron, 鈥Elijah鈥檚 Mission: His Keys, Powers, and Blessings from the Old Testament to the Latter Days鈥 in Sperry Symposium Classics: The Old Testament, ed. Paul Y. Hoskisson (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2005), 283鈥97.
  • Douglas E. Brinley, 鈥Marriage and Family Relationships鈥擳he Lord鈥檚 Way,鈥 in Sperry Symposium Classics: The Doctrine and Covenants, ed. Craig K. Manscill (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2004), 295鈥313.
  • James T. Duke, 鈥Eternal Marriage,鈥 in Latter-day Saint Essentials: Readings from the Encyclopedia of Mormonism, ed. John W. Welch and Devan Jensen (Provo, UT: BYU Studies and Religious Studies Center, 2002), 105鈥8.
  • Reed H. Bradford, 鈥Teachings about the Family,鈥 in Latter-day Saint Essentials: Readings from the Encyclopedia of Mormonism, ed. John W. Welch and Devan Jensen (Provo, UT: BYU Studies and the Religious Studies Center, 2002), 154鈥57.

Plural Marriage

The Prophetic Mission of Joseph Smith

The Martyrdom of the Prophet Joseph Smith

Succession in the Presidency

Leaving Nauvoo and the Trek West

The Utah War and the Mountain Meadow Massacre

The Revelation on the Priesthood

Preparing the World for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ

  • Robert L. Millet, 鈥The Second Coming of Christ: Questions and Answers,鈥 in Sperry Symposium Classics: The Doctrine and Covenants, ed. Craig K. Manscill (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 2004), 202鈥20.
  • Keith W. Perkins, 鈥The JST on the Second Coming of Christ,鈥 in The Joseph Smith Translation: The Restoration of Plain and Precious Truths, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Robert L. Millet (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 1985), 237鈥49.

Hastening the Work of Salvation

Publications in eBook Only

  • Laura Harris Hales, 鈥The Practice of Polygamy,鈥 in A Reason for Faith: Navigating LDS Doctrine & Church History (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 2016).
  • Michael Hubbard MacKay and Gerrit J. Dirkmaat, (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2015).
  • Scott C. Esplin, Richard E. Bennett, Susan Easton Black, and Craig K. Manscill, eds., Far Away in the West: Reflections on the Mormon Pioneer Trail (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2015).