Journal of Mormon History

01/13/2026

When the new issue of JMH drops.

07/24/2025

Today is in Utah. What better way to celebrate than by catching up with the latest Mormon history scholarship?

Issue 51:3 is out now.

Which article are you most excited to read?

07/23/2025

11/22/2022

We are so excited to announce the first multilingual issue of the Journal of Mormon History!

Read here:https://mormonhistoryassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/JournalofMormonHistory_SpecialIssue_10-26-2022_Typesetting46.pdf

09/28/2022

The Church of Jesus Christ is the 3rd largest Mormon Restoration religion. Known as the Bickertonites,it was originally led by Sidney Rigdon.

In his article, Daniel P. Stone documents how one of Rigdon's early converts became a prophet.

Read here: https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jmh/article-abstract/43/1/1/218556/The-Rocky-Road-to-Prophethood-William-Bickerton-s?redirectedFrom=fulltext

09/27/2022

In the 1930s, the LDS Church excommunicated large numbers of polygamous Mormons and implemented loyalty oaths.

The unintentional consequence was the solidification of the early Mormon fundamentalist movement.

Read more in Cristina Rosetti's article: https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jmh/article-abstract/47/3/22/283651/Hysteria-Excommunicatus-Loyalty-Oaths?redirectedFrom=fulltext

09/26/2022

Members of the LDS Church avoid coffee, tea, and alcohol. The source of these regulations, Section 89, has a long history of interpretation.

In his article, Clyde Ford offers a historic overview of this LDS Scripture.

Read more: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/mormonhistory/vol24/iss2/1/

09/23/2022

Devery S. Anderson’s documentary history on the development of temple ritual (Signature Books) is one of the best resources on the subject. His research on the Anointed Quorum first appeared as a article.

Read it here: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/mormonhistory/vol29/iss2/1/

09/22/2022

As the Mormon Studies community honors the life and legacy of Kate Holbrook, take a moment to read her article on Mormon food as both an area of study and methodology.

"Rhubarb Ice Cocktail" recipe included.

Read here: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/mormonhistory/vol38/iss2/1/

09/21/2022

Before the anticipated release of Richard Lyman Bushman's cultural history of the gold plates (forthcoming with Oxford University Press), check out his widely read article in .

Read here: https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jmh/article-abstract/41/1/64/220095/Reading-the-Gold-Plates?redirectedFrom=fulltext