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Latter-day Saint Theology
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Key to the Science of Theology — Parley P. PrattParley P. Pratt's complete 1855 Latter-day Saint theological work on revelation, cosmology, priesthood, spirits, resurrection, miracles, marriage, and restoration.Tenderfoot Days — George Robert BirdGeorge Robert Bird's 1918 memoir of an outsider's life in territorial and early-statehood Utah, from prospecting camps to schoolrooms, 1874 to statehood.The Angel of the Prairies — Parley Parker PrattParley Parker Pratt's 1880 dream-vision pamphlet imagining a future utopian theocracy on the American prairies, with the sacred-texts mirror's note on its fictional status.The Book of Abraham, Its Authenticity Established — George ReynoldsGeorge Reynolds's 1879 apologetic defense of the Book of Abraham as authentic ancient scripture, arguing from Egyptology, astronomy, and comparative mythology as then understood.The Story of Mormonism and The Philosophy of Mormonism — James E. TalmageJames E. Talmage's 1914 paired lectures-turned-essays: a faith-affirming narrative history of the Latter-day Saint movement and a summary statement of its distinguishing doctrines.Under the Prophet in Utah — Frank J. Cannon and Harvey J. O'HigginsFrank J. Cannon and Harvey J. O'Higgins's 1911 exposé memoir charging the Latter-day Saint hierarchy with secretly reversing the 1890 Manifesto and ruling Utah as a political theocracy.