Author: David D McKay
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252051718
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
In 1920, David O. McKay embarked on a journey that forever changed the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His visits to the Latter-day Saint missions, schools, and branches in the Pacific solidified the Church leadership's commitment to global outreach. As importantly, the trip inspired McKay's own initiatives when he later became Church president. McKay's account of his odyssey brings to life the story of the Church of Jesus Christ’s transformation into a global faith. Throughout his diary, McKay expressed his humanity, curiosity, and fascination with cultures and places--the Maori hongi, East Asian customs, Australian wildlife, and more. At the same time, he and his travel companion, Hugh J. Cannon, detailed the Latter-day Saint missionary life of the era, closely observing logistical challenges and cultural differences, guiding various church efforts, and listening to followers' impressions and concerns. Reid L. Neilson and Carson V. Teuscher's meticulous notes provide historical, religious, and general context for the reader.Blending travelogue with history, Pacific Apostle illuminates the thought and work of an essential figure in the twentieth-century Church of Jesus Christ.
Pacific Apostle
Author: David D McKay
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252051718
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
In 1920, David O. McKay embarked on a journey that forever changed the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His visits to the Latter-day Saint missions, schools, and branches in the Pacific solidified the Church leadership's commitment to global outreach. As importantly, the trip inspired McKay's own initiatives when he later became Church president. McKay's account of his odyssey brings to life the story of the Church of Jesus Christ’s transformation into a global faith. Throughout his diary, McKay expressed his humanity, curiosity, and fascination with cultures and places--the Maori hongi, East Asian customs, Australian wildlife, and more. At the same time, he and his travel companion, Hugh J. Cannon, detailed the Latter-day Saint missionary life of the era, closely observing logistical challenges and cultural differences, guiding various church efforts, and listening to followers' impressions and concerns. Reid L. Neilson and Carson V. Teuscher's meticulous notes provide historical, religious, and general context for the reader.Blending travelogue with history, Pacific Apostle illuminates the thought and work of an essential figure in the twentieth-century Church of Jesus Christ.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252051718
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
In 1920, David O. McKay embarked on a journey that forever changed the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His visits to the Latter-day Saint missions, schools, and branches in the Pacific solidified the Church leadership's commitment to global outreach. As importantly, the trip inspired McKay's own initiatives when he later became Church president. McKay's account of his odyssey brings to life the story of the Church of Jesus Christ’s transformation into a global faith. Throughout his diary, McKay expressed his humanity, curiosity, and fascination with cultures and places--the Maori hongi, East Asian customs, Australian wildlife, and more. At the same time, he and his travel companion, Hugh J. Cannon, detailed the Latter-day Saint missionary life of the era, closely observing logistical challenges and cultural differences, guiding various church efforts, and listening to followers' impressions and concerns. Reid L. Neilson and Carson V. Teuscher's meticulous notes provide historical, religious, and general context for the reader.Blending travelogue with history, Pacific Apostle illuminates the thought and work of an essential figure in the twentieth-century Church of Jesus Christ.
Matthew Cowley
Author: Henry A. Smith
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Latter Day Saints
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Latter Day Saints
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The Pacific
The Trans-Pacific
Author: Benjamin Wilfried Fleisher
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : East Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 662
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : East Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 662
Book Description
Apostles of Change
Author: Felipe Hinojosa
Publisher: Univ of TX + ORM
ISBN: 1477322000
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
This “important and well-researched” study of 1960s urban Latino activism and religion is “brimming with the ideas and voices of . . . Latinx activists” (Llana Barber, author of Latino City). In the late 1960s, American cities found themselves in steep decline, with poor and working-class families hit the hardest. Many urban religious institutions debated whether to move to the suburbs. Against the backdrop of the Black and Brown Power movements, which challenged economic inequality and white supremacy, young Latino radicals began occupying churches and disrupting services to compel church communities to join their protests against urban renewal, poverty, police brutality, and racism. Apostles of Change tells the story of these occupations and establishes their context within the urban crisis. It underscores the tensions they created and the activists’ bold, new vision for the church and the world. Through case studies from Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, and Houston, Felipe Hinojosa reveals how Latino freedom movements crossed the boundaries of faith and politics. He argues that understanding these radical politics is essential to understanding the dynamic changes in Latino religious groups from the late 1960s to the early 1980s.
Publisher: Univ of TX + ORM
ISBN: 1477322000
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
This “important and well-researched” study of 1960s urban Latino activism and religion is “brimming with the ideas and voices of . . . Latinx activists” (Llana Barber, author of Latino City). In the late 1960s, American cities found themselves in steep decline, with poor and working-class families hit the hardest. Many urban religious institutions debated whether to move to the suburbs. Against the backdrop of the Black and Brown Power movements, which challenged economic inequality and white supremacy, young Latino radicals began occupying churches and disrupting services to compel church communities to join their protests against urban renewal, poverty, police brutality, and racism. Apostles of Change tells the story of these occupations and establishes their context within the urban crisis. It underscores the tensions they created and the activists’ bold, new vision for the church and the world. Through case studies from Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, and Houston, Felipe Hinojosa reveals how Latino freedom movements crossed the boundaries of faith and politics. He argues that understanding these radical politics is essential to understanding the dynamic changes in Latino religious groups from the late 1960s to the early 1980s.
Pacific Rural Press
David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism
Author: Gregory A. Prince
Publisher: University of Utah Press
ISBN: 0874808227
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
Focuses primarily on the years of McKay's presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during some of the most turbulent times in American and world history.
Publisher: University of Utah Press
ISBN: 0874808227
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
Focuses primarily on the years of McKay's presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during some of the most turbulent times in American and world history.
History of the Pacific States of North America
Author: Hubert Howe Bancroft
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385407583
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 858
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1889.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385407583
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 858
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1889.
History of the Pacific States of North America: Utah. 1889
Author: Hubert Howe Bancroft
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : British Columbia
Languages : en
Pages : 872
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : British Columbia
Languages : en
Pages : 872
Book Description