Lately, Emma Smith has become quite the popular figure in Mormon history circles. I’m offering some of my thoughts about Emma, her legacy, and our modern-day treatment of her story. During my time working at the Joseph Smith Historic Site in Nauvoo, Illinois, I’ve seen many people pick up a certain postcard depicting Emma Smith. [...]
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December 11, 2009Categories: Community of Christ, church history
Tags: Community of Christ, Emma Smith, Nauvoo, polygamy
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Joseph Smith, Jr. as a Warrior Prophet: Messianic Warlordism in Times of State Fragmentation, Economic Disruption and Religious Upheaval
September 9, 2009In 1986, in the midst of a violent conflict between the newly installed Museveni government and remnants of the former regime, Alice Auma, a spirit-diviner in northern Uganda believed she was commanded by a Christian spirit called ‘Lakwena’ to lead a military-religious rebellion on behalf of the northern Acholi people and bring about heaven on [...]
Categories: Community of Christ, LDS, Peace and Justice, Social Science, church history
Tags: Alice Lakwena, Book of Mormon, Community of Christ, Holy Spirit Movement, Joseph Kony, Joseph Smith, Joseph Smith III, Lord's Resistance Army, Missouri Mormon War, Mormon, Nauvoo, Paul Gifford, Uganda, Warlord, Warrior Prophets
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