Moroni's America


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Pre-release review copy. This book sets for the real-world setting of the Book of Mormon, resolving a debate that has lasted 185 years. Now we know the answers.










Moroni's America


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Moroni's America-Pocket Edition


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This is the latest version, updated as of July 21, 2017. The Pocket Edition includes the essentials of the full edition of Moroni's America (ISBN 978-1512087987). The Pocket Edition introduces the North American geography of the Book of Mormon. It is intended for believing Mormons as well as nonbelievers who want to know how the Book of Mormon describes North America. A key point is the location of Cumorah. It is widely understood by Mormons that Cumorah is in New York, but that's not what most Mormon scholars believe. Instead, they follow a "two-Cumorah" theory that claims the hill in New York is just the place where Moroni deposited the plates, but the "real Cumorah" is somewhere in southern Mexico. They accept the "two-Cumorah" theory because it's the only way to explain the popular "limited geography Mesoamerican setting" for Book of Mormon events. Although many books, articles, and web pages have been created to justify and promote the Mesoamerican theory, it remains difficult to reconcile that theory with the text, with Church history, and with relevant archaeology, anthropology, geology, geography, etc. The North American setting is congruent with the text, with Church history, and with the relevant science. Moroni's America fully accepts the New York Cumorah. With that as a pin in the map, the book explores the text to see whether, and how, it fits the topography and culture in North America.




America in Perspective


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Numerous books and pamphlets have been written on what the author calls the American theme. However, many of these publications are nothing more than a synopsis of American tragedy and government corruption. This book “has a larger, more ideal ambition,” says the author. “In the truest sense, America in Perspective is not as much a book about what’s wrong with America as it is a book about what’s right (or will be right) with America.” America in Perspective is a catchy book, different than the masses. The author writes of America’s past, present and future as seen through a religious perspective. Though primarily LDS (Latter-day Saint or Mormon) oriented, America in Perspective can inspire anyyone who has even an inkling of American patriotism. With numerous quotes from scripture, past and present religious authorities, political leaders and other sources, America in Perspective is a classy book that fills a contemporary need.




Moroni and the Swastika


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A page-turning historical narrative, this book is the first full account of how Mormons avoided Nazi persecution through skilled collaboration with Hitler’s regime, and then eschewed postwar shame by constructing an alternative history of wartime suffering and resistance.




The Oxford Handbook of the Bible in America


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Early Americans have long been considered "A People of the Book" Because the nickname was coined primarily to invoke close associations between Americans and the Bible, it is easy to overlook the central fact that it was a book-not a geographic location, a monarch, or even a shared language-that has served as a cornerstone in countless investigations into the formation and fragmentation of early American culture. Few books can lay claim to such powers of civilization-altering influence. Among those which can are sacred books, and for Americans principal among such books stands the Bible. This Handbook is designed to address a noticeable void in resources focused on analyzing the Bible in America in various historical moments and in relationship to specific institutions and cultural expressions. It takes seriously the fact that the Bible is both a physical object that has exercised considerable totemic power, as well as a text with a powerful intellectual design that has inspired everything from national religious and educational practices to a wide spectrum of artistic endeavors to our nation's politics and foreign policy. This Handbook brings together a number of established scholars, as well as younger scholars on the rise, to provide a scholarly overview--rich with bibliographic resources--to those interested in the Bible's role in American cultural formation.




Where in the Americas Are the Lands of the Book of Mormon?


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The Book of Mormon was published in 1830. This book tells us that Lehi and his family sailed from the cost of Arabia after 600 BC. Supposedly, Lehi landed in Peru, and his descendants colonized Columbia and later moved northward through a narrow pass. The Isthmus of Panama has been assumed to be the narrow pass. The land to the north of Panama was supposed to be the land of Desolation. Warfare was common between two groups—Nephites and Lamanites. Roughly AD 400, the Lamanites destroyed the Nephites at the Hill Cumorah, which is said to be in New York, USA. Historic “church” leaders are quoted to support the historic theories. However, the church today has no position on the location of the lands in question, so one may choose for himself where the lands were located. Quoting historic “church” leaders proves nothing. Scientists associated with the historic Archaeological Department of Brigham Young University have presented Mesoamerica as the lands of the book. Mormon told us that the river Sidon ran north to the sea (1981, B of M Index p. 730). The Mississippi runs south and is not the river Sidon. Mormon also told us that the people of Zarahemla (Mulekites) crossed a salt ocean landing at the land of Desolation. Hence, the land of Desolation bordered a salt ocean (Alma 22:30 and 63:5). These facts discount several theories, including the heartland theory and great lakes theories. However, historians quote early “church” leaders as prophets and continue to hold to traditional beliefs. The Book of Mormon is the position of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The lands in question must fit with this book regardless of traditions. The book fits in Mesoamerica. Because people in 1830 had little or no knowledge of the cultures of Mesoamerica, Joseph Smith could not have stolen the book from other authors and the early Mormons could not have written the book. Read Where in the Americas are the Lands of the Book of Mormon” to find out what the Book of Mormon tells us about the lands in question.




From Lehi to Moroni: Illustrated Stories from the Book of Mormon


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Help your children learn to love the scriptures with this fully illustrated storybook! From Lehi to Moroni condenses important stories from The Book of Mormon, so that children can get to know and love it. This storybook is perfect for bedtime, for reading during sacrament meeting, and as part of family scripture study. The engaging and detailed illustrations will ensure From Lehi to Moroni is picked up and read over and over again.