Charles Ellis Johnson and the Erotic Mormon Image
Charles Ellis Johnson and the Erotic Mormon Image

Author: Mary Campbell

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2016-12-05

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 022641017X

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On September 25, 1890, the Mormon prophet Wilford Woodruff publicly instructed his followers to abandon polygamy. In doing so, he initiated a process that would fundamentally alter the Latter-day Saints and their faith. Trading the most integral elements of their belief system for national acceptance, the Mormons recreated themselves as model Americans. Mary Campbell tells the story of this remarkable religious transformation in Charles Ellis Johnson and the Erotic Mormon Image. One of the church’s favorite photographers, Johnson (1857–1926) spent the 1890s and early 1900s taking pictures of Mormonism’s most revered figures and sacred sites. At the same time, he did a brisk business in mail-order erotica, creating and selling stereoviews that he referred to as his “spicy pictures of girls.” Situating these images within the religious, artistic, and legal culture of turn-of-the-century America, Campbell reveals the unexpected ways in which they worked to bring the Saints into the nation’s mainstream after the scandal of polygamy. Engaging, interdisciplinary, and deeply researched, Charles Ellis Johnson and the Erotic Mormon Image demonstrates the profound role pictures played in the creation of both the modern Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the modern American nation.

On Sunday
On Sunday

Author: Mormon Artists Group

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2010-10-13

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 9781453891872

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Mormon Artists Group invited member-authors around the world merely to go to church and write down what they experienced on Sunday. We were curious to know what their buildings looked like, how people arrived at church, who were the members, what they did for a living, what they looked like, how they treated each other, what they talked about, what worried them, what inspired them, how they sang, how they worshipped: what went on. Our authors wrote from their home congregations in Singapore, Australia, Angola, Kuwait, Brazil, and in North America, in Pasadena, Seattle, Mesa, Provo, Chicago, and Harlem, eleven essays altogether. We commonly hear the phrase, "The Church is the same everywhere you go." We set out to explore that idea. The authors don't speak for the world, but their portraits of their congregations offer a hint of what the world of our Church is like and how we are alike (or not) right now.

Joseph Smith, the Prophet, His Family and His Friends
Joseph Smith, the Prophet, His Family and His Friends

Author: W Wyl

Publisher:

Published: 2013-10

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9781295120062

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Joseph Smith, The Prophet, His Family And His Friends: A Study Based On Facts And Documents; Volume 1 Of Mormon Portraits, Or The Truth About The Mormon Leaders From 1830 To 1886; W. Wyl W. Wyl Tribune Printing and Publishing Company, 1886 Mormon Church; Mormons; Mormons and Mormonism

Mormon Polygamy
Mormon Polygamy

Author: Richard S. Van Wagoner

Publisher:

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13:

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An informative outline of the secret origins of Mormon polygamy, the peculiarities of the early practice, "unofficial" polygamous marriages at the turn-of-the-century and present-day fundamentalist Mormon groups which still practice polygamy.