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Brings together new and previously published essays to cover the diverse scope of scriptures in Latter Day Saint traditions
About the author
Christine Blythe is the William A. Wilson Folklore Archives Specialist at Brigham Young University and a scholar of vernacular religion and belief. From 2017 to 2021 she was editor of the
Intermountain West Journal of Religious Studies and is currently co-president of the Folklore Society of Utah.
Christopher James Blythe is assistant professor in English at Brigham Young University. He is currently coeditor of the
Journal of Mormon History and co-president of the Folklore Society of Utah. Blythe is the author of
Terrible Revolution: Latter-day Saints and the American Apocalypse.
Jay A. Burton is an archivist and Church history specialist in the Church History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is a founding editor of the
Intermountain West Journal of Religious Studies.
Summary
With a commitment to an open canon, a variety of Latter Day Saint denominations have emerged, each offering their own scriptural works to accompany the Bible, the Book of Mormon, and other revelations of Joseph Smith. Open Canon breaks new ground as the first volume to examine these writings as a single spiritual heritage.
