This volume uncovers the significant but previously unknown contributions of the electioneers who advocated for Joseph Smith’s 1844 presidential campaign. The focus is the legion of more than six hundred political missionaries, their activities and experiences as electioneers, who they became and the contributions they made in the exodus from the United States and the building of Zion in the Great Basin.

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Saints at War is filled with remarkable first-person accounts from Latter-day Saints who served in the Gulf War, the War in Afghanistan, and the Iraq War. These stories detail their trials, challenges, setbacks, faith, courage, and numerous victories overcoming extraordinary circumstances.

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Built amid sugarcane fields on the island of O‘ahu and dedicated in 1919, the Lā‘ie Hawai‘i Temple was at the forefront of a Churchwide shift away from gathering to the Intermountain West. Commemorating the Lā‘ie Hawai‘i Temple’s one hundredth anniversary, this volume shares the remarkable history and contributions of this beloved temple.

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This book offers a fresh but faithful focus on the journey of covenants and discipleship through the double lens of ancient words and medieval images. The first part of the book explores the covenants. The second part reveals Christ as our ransom by exploring medieval images, particularly the image of Christ.

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This volume explores the relationship between the Nephite and the Jaredite records culturally, politically, literarily, and theologically. The first approach is a cultural-historical lens, in which elements of Jaredite culture are discussed, including the impact of a Jaredite subculture on Nephite politics during the reign of the judges, and a Mesopotamia perspective as seership and divination, and the brother of Jared’s experience as a spiritual transition. The second grouping looks at the book of Ether through a narratological lens, all three papers exploring different aspects of Moroni’s construction of the book of Ether. The third grouping explores the book of Ether’s depiction of women, 

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It should come as no surprise that the Book of Mormon reads like an ancient Hebrew book. After all, its story begins in the world of the Old Testament and its chroniclers were literate in some form of Hebrew. What is surprising is that there are so many Hebraisms in the book—and that they have survived translation into English! Many of these remnants that persist in the text make for odd English but are perfectly sound Biblical Hebrew.

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Is the Church really losing youth in droves? Saving Faith explores this question and reveals what recent studies have shown, not only about loss of faith but what parents, leaders, and youth can do to sustain faith. Studies confirm that parents and leaders are influential in the religious lives of their children. As they encourage their youth and young adults to avoid practices that lead away from faith, they can likewise reassure them that engaging in practices such as weekly church attendance, daily prayer, frequent scripture study, and avoiding sexual activity outside of marriage can maintain and preserve faith.

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