Malline:PoliticsLinks

Political issues in Church history on-line articles

Authoritarianism?

• Eric A. Eliason, "Review of: Forgotten Kingdom: The Mormon Theocracy in the American West, 1847–1896," FARMS Review of Books 12/1 (2000): 95–112. off-site PDF link

Council of Fifty

• Michael D. Quinn, "The Council of Fifty and Its Members, 1844 to 1945," Brigham Young University Studies 20 no. 2 (Winter 1980), 163–97. off-site
• Andrew F. Ehat, "'It Seems Like Heaven Began on Earth': Joseph Smith and the Constitution of the Kingdom of God," Brigham Young University Studies 20 no. 3 (Spring 1980), 253–79. off-site
• J. Stapley, "Theodemocracy," ByCommonConsent.com (accessed 20 August 2006) off-site
• Edward G. Thompson, "A Study of the Political Involvements in the Career of Joseph Smith," Master's thesis, Brigham Young University, 1966). off-site

Joseph Smith and politics

• James B. Allen, "I Have A Question: Was Joseph Smith a Serious Candidate for the Presidency of the United States, or Was He Only Attempting to Publicize Gospel Views on Public Issues," Ensign no. 3 (September 1973), 21–22. off-site
• Martin B. Hickman, "The Political Legacy of Joseph Smith," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 3 no. 3 (Autumn 1968), 22–27. off-site
• Richard D. Poll, "Joseph Smith and the Presidency, 1844," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 3 no. 3 (Autumn 1968), 17–21. off-site
• Margaret C. Robertson, "The Campaign and the Kingdom: The Activities of the Electioneers in Joseph Smith's Presidential Campaign," Brigham Young University Studies 39 no. 3 (2000), 147–180. off-site (Key source)
• Joseph Smith, General Smith's Views of the Powers and Policy of the Government of the United States (Nauvoo, Illinois: John Taylor, 1844). Republished in Dialogue 3/3 (Autumn 1968): 29–34. off-site