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He called the project a "seismic shift in how Latter-day Saints are approaching our history". [11] He stated that in the past, oral histories depicted the most inspirational stories about historical figures, which were then transformed into heroic arcs for film where historical figures became "mascots" for Mormon virtues.
Mormon fiction is generally fiction by or about members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), who are also referred to as Latter-day Saints or Mormons. Its history is commonly divided into four sections as first organized by Eugene England : foundations, home literature, the "lost" generation, and faithful realism.
It was the first official history published by the LDS Church since general authority B. H. Roberts put together his six-volume chronicle, Comprehensive History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. [1] Steven E. Snow is credited with the production and introduction of this new, narrative history of the LDS Church. [2]
The pioneers saw the gulls' arrival as a miracle, and the story was recounted from the pulpit by church leaders such as Orson Pratt and George A. Smith (Pratt 1880, p. 275; Smith 1869, p. 83). The traditional story is that the seagulls annihilated the insects, ensuring the survival of some 4,000 Mormon pioneers who had traveled to Utah.
The Story of the Latter-day Saints was published in 1976, the one-hundredth anniversary of Joseph Fielding Smith's birth. [ 6 ] The book took a non-partisan, factually-sound approach to LDS Church history [ 7 ] and was the first time the entire history of Mormonism was professionally surveyed in one book. [ 8 ]
You, Simeon, Spirit-filled (published in Christmas Classics: A Treasury for Latter-day Saints, Deseret Book, 1995, ISBN 978-1573450898) Christchild (published in The Magic of Christmas: A Collection of Stories, Poems, Essays and Traditions by Favorite LDS Authors , Deseret Book, 1992, ISBN 978-0875796529 )
Paul Harold Dunn (April 24, 1924 – January 9, 1998) was a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Dunn was widely considered one of the most dynamic speakers among the general authorities in the 1970s and 1980s.
George Donald Durrant [1] (born October 20, 1931) is a prominent member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He has written or co-authored more than 50 books, been a university professor, worked in several positions in the LDS Church Educational System, a motivational speaker, and an LDS Church employee (he served as Director of Priesthood Genealogy, and worked on ...