A Comprehensive Guide to Mormon History
Once upon a time a boy went into the woods to pray… 200 years later, there’s a multibillion dollar denomination with a reputation of conservatism, homophobia, racism, sexism, and more… How did it go from its beginnings to nowadays? This list will include books on early church history, other denominations in the restoration movement, gender, race, temples, and more. Books on this list were published by academic presses or reviewed by academic journals. I will be adding more to this list.
created by seventysixtrombones
last updated October, 2026
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ugh love that you curated this list!!!! I'm very happy to have found another queer religious boundling. would love to recommend Religion of a Different Color: Race and the Mormon Struggle for Whiteness published by Oxford University Press
Thank you! Yay for finding fellow queer religious people! In so many spaces, it seems like a Venn diagram and the circles/parts of my life don’t connect much. I have heard of that book, can’t believe I forgot it! Thank you for the reminder! Will definitely add it to the list!
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