The JWHA book award committee is pleased to announce the following nominations for book awards. Readers of Restoration Studies scholarship have been enjoying a wealth of top books published in 2023.
Each year, the committee accepts nominations of books published during the previous calendar year. The committee selects award winners from these nominated materials, privileging work that is most relevant to Community of Christ history and values, regardless of the period examined. The following books have been nominated:
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Bushman, Richard L. Joseph Smith’s Gold Plates: A Cultural History. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023. |
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Feller, Gavin. Eternity in the Ether: A Mormon Media History (The History of Media and Communication). Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2023. |
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Handley, George B. Lowell L. Bennion: A Mormon Educator (Introductions to Mormon Thought). Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2023. |
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Katene, Selwyn and A. Keith Thompson, Build for Eternity: A History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New Zealand. Wellington: Huia Publishers, 2023. |
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O’Brien, Hazel. Irish Mormons: Reconciling Identity in Global Mormonism. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2023. |
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Petry, Taylor G., Cory Crawford, and Eric A Eliason, The Bible and the Latter-Day Saint Tradition. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2023. |
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Saunders, Richard L. Dale L. Morgan: Mormon and Western Histories in Transition. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2023. |
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Smith, Alex D., Adam H. Petty, Jessica Nelson, and Spencer W. McBride, eds. The Joseph Smith Papers, Documents, Volume 14: 1 January–15 May 1844. Salt Lake City: Church Historian’s Press, 2023. |
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Tanner Thiriot, Amy. Slavery in Zion: A Documentary and Genealogical History of Black Lives and Black Servitude in Utah Territory, 1847-1862. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2023. |
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Taysom, Stephen C. Like a Fiery Meteor: The Life of Joseph F. Smith. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2023. |
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Turley, Richard E. and Barbara Jones Brown. Vengeance Is Mine: The Mountain Meadows Massacre and Its Aftermath. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023. |
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Worthen, Bruce W. Mormon Envoy: The Diplomatic Legacy of Dr. John Milton Bernhisel. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2023. |
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