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The fourth edition of Historical Dictionary of the Latter-day Saints contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on the important people, ideas, doctrine, and events during the 190 year history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
List of contents
Editor's Foreword (Jon Woronoff)
Preface
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
Chronology
Introduction
THE DICTIONARY
Appendixes
1.Church Presidents
2.The Family: A Proclamation to the World
3.Temples Dedicated through February 2019
4.The Living Christ: The Testimony of the Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Bibliography
About the Authors
About the author
Thomas G. Alexander is the Lemuel Hardison Redd, Jr. Professor emeritus of Western American History at Brigham Young University. He has taught Utah, Western, and American Environmental History and has published widely in the history of the American West, Utah, and Latter-day Saint History. He has served as president of a number of national historical associations, and has won a number of prizes for his historical writing.
Summary
The fourth edition of Historical Dictionary of the Latter-day Saints contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on the important people, ideas, doctrine, and events during the 190 year history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.