5.6 History, narration, and theological work

Our church’s framing of the apostasy and restoration is changing, and Miranda Wilcox wrote about it!  How we narrate our religious history affects our general understanding of Christian history, and can help us better appreciate the centuries of progress between the ancient apostles and 1820.

Link to our Face in Hat discord server!

https://discord.gg/MnSMvKHvwh

Narrating Religious Heritage: Apostasy and Restoration, by Miranda Wilcox

https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/narrating-religious-heritage/

Joseph Smith and the Possibility of Comics

Reviewed by Theric Jepson

Dialogue 56, no. 1, Spring 2023 (in press)

Pillar of Light, by Andrew G. Knaupp (Author), Sal Velluto (Illustrator)

https://www.cedarfort.com/pages/pillar-of-light

The Glass Looker, by Mark Elwood

https://theglasslooker.com/about/

Joseph Smith and the Mormons, by Noah Van Sciver

https://amzn.to/3JPxRJw

Ada Palmer and the Weird Hand of Progress, by Gregory Barber

https://www.wired.com/story/ada-palmer-sci-fi-future-weird-hand-progress/

Remnant or Replacement? Outlining a Possible Apostasy Narrative, by Nicholas J. Frederick and Joseph M. Spencer

https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5076&context=byusq

1st Nephi 11-14

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/1-ne/11

John the Baptist wiki

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist

How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role From the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe (The Hinges of History), by Thomas Cahill 

https://amzn.to/3I4v8uF

Martyrs' Crossing, by Melissa Leilani Larson

https://www.melissaleilanilarson.com/martyrs-crossing