TAINO art is the last unexplored pre Columbian aesthetic produced for magico-religious events. The sculptures represented anthropic gods and animal deities. So precious were these pieces that they were passed from one generation to the next until Spanish iconoclasts forced the TAINO to hide them. The beautiful reliquary represented in TAINO sculptures reveal the cultural and spiritual legacy of this forgotten culture.

TAINO Sculpture Art of the Gods

History

Larry Roberts

Americas

Signature Books

Essays on aspects of travel on the Mormon Trail, early Mormon interest in the Colorado River, settlement patterns, and related topics.

Mormon Role in the Settlement of the West (Charles Redd Monographs in Western History, No. 9)

ALEXANDER

Community Development in American West: Past and Present Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Frontiers (CHARLES REDD MONOGRAPHS IN WESTERN HISTORY)

Saintspeak: The Mormon Dictionary

ORSON SCOTT CARD

Religion & Spirituality

Unlike most Mormon histories, Saints without Halos is a treatment of the human, rather than institutional side of Mormon history. Through the fascinating experiences of seventeen Latter-day Saints, Leonard J. Arrington and Davis Bitton sketch Mormonism from its earliest beginnings to modern times. These are Saints presented not as objects of veneration, but as "human beings who, like the rest of us, struggle to be worthy of the title Latter-day Saint." Two were apostles. One was an enthusiastic supporter and friend of Joseph Smith, who eventually left the main body of the Church to lead his own band to Texas. The other was a link in the chain of a renowned Mormon family whose positions in the leading councils of the Church span virtually the entire history of Mormonism. The other fifteen individuals, except for one colorful non-Mormon advocate, are "ordinary" Latter-day Saints-faithful members who helped realize the vision of their prophetic leaders: a personal friend of Joseph Smith, missionaries and converts, a plural wife, an Indian woman, a widowed immigrant, pioneers and philosophers, bishops and blacksmiths, and even a historian. In this book, the authors of The Mormon Experience draw on their vast knowledge of Mormon diaries and other first-hand accounts to disclose the rich diversity of Mormonism as well as its unity of purpose.

Saints Without Halos: The Human Side of Mormon History

Leonard J. Arrington

Davis Bitton

Of all things!: A Nibley quote book

Nibley, Hugh

Reference

Book by Bartholomew, Rebecca, Arrington, Leonard J.

Rescue of the 1856 Handcart Companies (Charles Redd Monographs in Western History ; No. 11)

ARRINGTON, Leonard J.

Bartholomew, Rebecca

Book by Van Wagoner, Richard S., Walker, Steven C.

A Book of Mormons

Van Wagoner, Richard S.

Walker, Steven C.

Biographies & Memoirs

One of four major biographies of Joseph Smith, Donna HillÂs award-winning book is the most comprehensive. Hill cautiously rejects the simplistic reductionism of either/or characterizations in favor of a broader, more humanistic view that takes Smith on his own terms as both prophet and as man. Foremost among HillÂs concerns is the spiritual drama that defined SmithÂs controversial life, as well as his theologically motivated sexuality and the apocalyptic assumptions that fueled his political and military activism. Her intent is not to validate SmithÂs actions, only to understand them. Equal attention is given to the environmental influences that shaped SmithÂs 1830's New York upbringing. Add th these HillÂs impeccable scholarship, the result of nine years of research, and her talents as a novelist, and the significance of her achievement is apparent. Her quest for authenticity provides a vivid portrait of an extraordinary life.

Joseph Smith: The First Mormon

Donna Hill

Under the Cotton Wood and Other Mormon Stories

Thayer, Douglas H.

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