The Mormon Church and Blacks : a documentary history /
edited by Matthew L. Harris and Newell G. Bringhurst.
- 1 online resource (233 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mormon scriptural works : providing a canonical framework for race, slavery, and the status of Black people -- Joseph Smith and evolving Mormon attitudes and practices on slavery and race, 1830-1844 -- Brigham Young, the beginning black priesthood denial, and legalization of slavery in Utah, 1844-1877 -- Justifying and perpetuating black priesthood denial, 1877-1949 -- Church growth, confronting civil rights, and official affirmations of black priesthood denial, 1945-1970 -- The 1978 revelation and its implications -- Confronting the church's problematic racial past after 1978.
9780252097843 (e-book)
African American Mormons--History--Sources.
Race relations--Religious aspects--Mormon Church--History--Sources.
Race relations--Religious aspects--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--History--Sources.
Priesthood--Mormon Church--History--Sources.
Priesthood--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--History--Sources.
Electronic books.
BX8643.A35 / .M676 2015eb
289.3089/96
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mormon scriptural works : providing a canonical framework for race, slavery, and the status of Black people -- Joseph Smith and evolving Mormon attitudes and practices on slavery and race, 1830-1844 -- Brigham Young, the beginning black priesthood denial, and legalization of slavery in Utah, 1844-1877 -- Justifying and perpetuating black priesthood denial, 1877-1949 -- Church growth, confronting civil rights, and official affirmations of black priesthood denial, 1945-1970 -- The 1978 revelation and its implications -- Confronting the church's problematic racial past after 1978.
9780252097843 (e-book)
African American Mormons--History--Sources.
Race relations--Religious aspects--Mormon Church--History--Sources.
Race relations--Religious aspects--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--History--Sources.
Priesthood--Mormon Church--History--Sources.
Priesthood--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--History--Sources.
Electronic books.
BX8643.A35 / .M676 2015eb
289.3089/96