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
paperback: $18.95 | ebook: $9.99
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
paperback: $18.95 | ebook: $9.99
Christian Larsen holds a master’s degree in publishing from George Washington University and a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Utah. A student of Mormon history, he is currently working on an edition of the diaries of LDS Church general authority Charles W. Penrose.
Religion, History
ISBN: 978-1-56085-279-7
