The Ancient Order of Things

The Ancient Order of Things:
Essays on the Mormon Temple

edited by Christian Larsen

From the first meetings of the Anointed Quorum in Nauvoo, Illinois, to the dedication of the LDS Salt Lake Temple, to modern-day Kirtland, Ohio, The Ancient Order of Things: Essays on Mormon Temples explores the historical, cultural, and sacred significance of the latter-day temple. The ground-breaking essays featured here include:

• “‘Saviors on Mount Zion’: Mormon Sacramentalism, Mortality, and Baptism for the Dead,” by Ryan G. Tobler

• “The Anointed Quorum in Nauvoo, 1842–45,” by Devery S. Anderson

• “‘The Upper Room’: The Nature and Development of Latter-day Saint Temple Work, 1846–55,” by Richard E. Bennett

• “‘So We Built a Good Little Temple to Worship In’: Mormonism on the Pedernales–Texas, 1847–51,” by Melvin C. Johnson

• “A Contest for ‘Sacred Space,’” by R. Jean Addams

• “‘Come, Let Us Go Up to the Mountain of the Lord’: The Salt Lake Temple Dedication,” by Brian H. Stuy

• “A Time of Transition: The Kirtland Temple, 1838–80,” by Christin Craft Mackay and Lachlan Mackay

• “Black Saviors on Mount Zion: Proxy Baptisms and Latter-day Saints of African Descent,” by Tonya Reiter

• “‘Not to Be Riten’: The Mormon Temple Rite as Oral Canon,” by Kathleen Flake

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