Raising the Standard of Truth

Exploring the History and Teachings of the Early Restoration

Scott C. Esplin, Editor
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  • Introduction: The Grand Tapestry of the Restoration
    Scott C. Esplin
  • Church History in New England, New York, and Pennsylvania
  • A Seeker's Guide to the Historical Accounts of Joseph Smith's First Vision
    Steven C. Harper
  • The Probation of a Teenage Seer: Joseph Smith's Early Experiences with Moroni
    Steven C. Harper
  • The Lost 116 Pages Story: What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, and What We Might Know
    J. B. Haws
  • Firsthand Witness Accounts of the Translation Process
    Gerrit J. Dirkmaat and Michael Hubbard MacKay
  • A Multiplicity of Witnesses: Women and the Translation Process
    Amy Easton-Flake and Rachel Cope
  • Hefted and Handled: Tangible Interactions with Book of Mormon Objects
    Anthony Sweat
  • The Restoration of the Priesthoods
    Ronald O. Barney
  • Church History in Ohio and Missouri (1831-1838)
  • "Why the Ohio? Lessons from the Command to Gather"
    Scott C. Esplin
  • "That They Might Come to Understanding": Revelation as Process
    Steven C. Harper
  • "A Covenant and a Deed Which Cannot Be Broken": The Continuing Saga of Consecration
    Casey Paul Griffiths
  • "Her Borders Must Be Enlarged": Evolving Conceptions of Zion
    Taunalyn Rutherford
  • Redemption's Grand Design for Both the Living and the Dead
    Jennifer C. Lane
  • Joseph Smith and the Kirtland Temple
    Steven C. Harper
  • Hyrum Smith's Liberty Jail Letters
    Craig K. Manscill and Kenneth L. Alford
  • Church History in Illinois (1839-1846)
  • "For Their Salvation Is Necessary and Essential to Our Salvation": Joseph Smith and the Practice of Baptism and Confirmation for the Dead
    Alexander L. Baugh
  • Thoughts on Reclaiming the History of Relief Society
    Rachel Cope
  • "Line upon Line": Joseph Smith's Growing Understanding of the Eternal Family
    R. Devan Jensen, Michael A. Goodman, and Barbara Morgan Gardner
  • Eternal Marriage and Plural Marriage
    Andrew H. Hedges
  • Enemies Within: Robert Foster, the Higbees, and the Martyrdom of Joseph Smtih
    Andrew H. Hedges
  • Church History in Salt Lake City and Beyond (1847-Present)
  • "This Shall Be Our Covenant": Brigham Young and D&C 136
    Chad M. Orton
  • Administration in the “DO”
    John Taylor’s Administration from Hiding in the Underground
    Eric Perkins and Mary Jane Woodger
  • "And I Saw the Hosts of the Dead, Both Small and Great": Joseph F. Smith, World War I, and His Visions of the Dead"
    Richard E. Bennett
  • Race, the Priesthood, and Temples
    W. Paul Reeve

About the Book

This volume explores events and teachings of the early years of the restoration of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Featuring scholars from Brigham Young University, the Church History Department, and the Joseph Smith Papers, the collection of prominent materials previously produced by the BYU Religious Studies Center is designed as a companion to personal and family study of the Doctrine and Covenants and Church history. Chapters explore Joseph Smith’s accounts of his First Vision, the translation of the Book of Mormon, and the restoration of priesthood power. Doctrinal teachings about consecration, Zion, the kingdoms of glory, and work for the dead are also investigated, as are harrowing experiences in Liberty and Carthage Jails and the exodus to the West.

ISBN 978-1-9503-0401-1

Published in 2020

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