Theses on Mormonism (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) includes more than 650 theses written at Brigham Young University. It is an eclectic Mormon studies collection representing a broad look at the history, culture, and sociology of Mormonism. The collection includes theses from 1932 through 2005.

Follow

Theses/Dissertations from 2005

PDF

The Etoile Du Deseret: Portrait of the French Mission, 1851-1852, Douglas James Geilman

PDF

An Analysis of the Newspaper Coverage of Latter-Day Saint Temples Announced or Built Within the United States from October 1997 Through December 2004, Kevan L. Gurr

PDF

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in National Periodicals, 1982-1990, Matthew E. Morrison

PDF

A Diabolical Disneyland in Zion: the Mormons and the MX, Jacob W. Olmstead

PDF

Fathers' Religious and Family involvement At Home; and Work and Family Outcomes, Roxane O. Whyte

Theses/Dissertations from 2004

PDF

Utah's Plight: A Passage Through the Great Depression, Joseph F. Darowski

PDF

The Diaries of Mary Lois Walker Morris, Melissa Lambert Milewski

PDF

Measuring Prejudiced Attitudes Toward Mexicans in Latter-Day Saint Missionaries During Missionary Service in the American Southwest, Jared A. Montoya

PDF

The Longterm Effects of Television Mediation on LDS Young Single Adults: An Exploratory Study, Jennia Parkin

PDF

The Rhetoric of the Frontier and the Frontier of Rhetoric, Carly Kay Paul

PDF

Instructing Teachers of Children with Disabilities Within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Katie E. Sampson

Theses/Dissertations from 2003

PDF

The "Unidentified Pioneers": An Analysis of Staffordshire Mormons, 1837 to 1870, Stephen G. Arrowsmith

PDF

The Marriage of Adam and Eve: An Ancient Covenant, RoseAnn Benson

PDF

A History of "Especially For Youth" - 1976-1986, John Bytheway

PDF

John B. Fairbanks: The Man Behind the Canvas, Rachel Cope

PDF

Island of Tranquility: Rhetoric and Identification at Brigham Young University During the Vietnam Era, Brian D. Jackson

PDF

Latter-Day Saints in Popular National Periodicals 1970-1981, Adam H. Nielson

PDF

A Latter-Day Saint Perspective on Evaluation, Courtney Miriam Glenn Peck

Theses/Dissertations from 2002

PDF

A Biographical Study of Elizabeth D. Kane, Darcee D. Barnes

PDF

"Woman Arise!": Political Work in the Writings of Lu Dalton, Sheree Maxwell Bench

PDF

Faith, Femininity, and the Frontier: the Life of Martha Jane Knowlton Coray, Amy Reynolds Billings

PDF

"And Well She Can Persuade": the Power and Presence of Women in the Book of Mormon, Wendy Hamilton Christian

PDF

The Memory and the Legacy: The Whittlin' Whistlin' Brigade-- The Young Company, 1974-2001, Ruthanne Lay Crow

PDF

The Historical Ceramics of Camp Floyd, Jennifer L. Elsken

PDF

American Prophet, New England Town: The Memory of Joseph Smith in Vermont, Keith A. Erekson

PDF

A History of the Concepts of Zion and New Jerusalem in America From Early Colonialism to 1835 With A Comparison to the Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, Ryan S. Gardner

PDF

Corporeal Resurrection: The Pure Doctrine Restored Through the Prophet Joseph Smith, J. Peter Hansen

PDF

Book of Mormon Stories Diglot Reader on Computer, Neal S. Harmon

PDF

The Evolution of Media in the Church Educational System of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Daniel Lund Hess

PDF

The Effects of Computer-Based Metacognitive Strategy Training for Adult Second Language Learners, Heidi D. Hyte

PDF

A History of the Latter-Day Saints in the Columbia Basin of Central Washington 1850-1972, Rick B. Jorgensen

PDF

Time as Motivation: Selected Theories as Compared to Modern Revelation, Jill Judkins

PDF

Balance and Conflict: Variation in Attaining Work-Family Fit Among a Homogeneous Population, Laura C. Koch

PDF

The Historical Debate Among Leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on the Topic of the United Nations, Katie Marie Lenhard

PDF

A Study of the Hill Cumorah: A Significant Latter-Day Saint Landmark in Western New York, Cameron J. Packer

PDF

Making Friends to Last A Lifetime: An Ethnographic Study of Parasocial Relationships and Soap Opera Characters, EmmaLee Elizabeth Haight Pryor

PDF

The Secret Wife, Jill Elena Sharland

PDF

Motivations and Gratifications for Selecting a Niche Television Channel: BYU Television, Diena L. Simmons

PDF

The Symphony in America: Maurice Abravanel, and the Utah Symphony Orchestra: The Battle for Classical Music, Alex D. Smith

Theses/Dissertations from 2001

PDF

Because of Thy Exceeding Faith: A Choreographic Portrayal of Women in The Book of Mormon, Wendy L. Bone

PDF

The Isaiah Passages in the Book of Mormon: A Non-Aligned Text, Carol F. Ellertson

PDF

Fame and Latter-Day Saint Youth: Value Conflicts and the Interpretive Audience, Shellie M. Frey

PDF

Religiosity and Delinquency: A Test of the Religious Ecology Hypothesis, S. Cory Harmon

PDF

"Give it all Up and Follow Your Lord": Mormon Female Religiosity, 1831-1843, Janiece L. Johnson

PDF

Service Learning in Business Schools: What the H.E.L.P. Honduras Story Teaches About Building, Sustaining, and Replicating International Initiatives in Graduate Programs, Lisa Mali Jones

PDF

Addressing Mormon Female Communities: Working towards a Woman's Capacity, Alyssa Snow Larson

PDF

The Japanese Missionary Journals of Elder Alma O. Taylor, 1901-10, Reid Larkin Neilson

Theses/Dissertations from 2000

PDF

Representing Culture: Reflexivity and Mormon Folklore Scholarship, David A. Allred

PDF

The Effects of Use of A Metacognitive Strategy on the Language Anxiety of Missionaries at the Missionary Training Center, Laura Millet Bichon

PDF

Dance and Doctrine: Shaker and Mormon Dancing as a Manifestation of Doctrinal Views of the Physical Body, Lindsy Stewart Cieslewicz

PDF

LDS Life Tables: A Comparison of Long-Lived Populations, Christopher R. Layton

PDF

Learner Concerns at the Missionary Training Center in the Technology Assisted Language Learning Program, Elaine T. Lindsay

PDF

Becoming Mormon Men: Male Rites of Passage and the Rise of Mormonism in Nineteenth-Century America, Bruce R. Lott

PDF

Dating Behavior of Latter-Day Saint Male Returned Missionaries: A Process of Managing Desires, Nancy C. McLaughlin

PDF

Implementing a Context-Based Teaching Curriculum for French Learners at the MTC, Stephanie Wallace Olsen

PDF

Cultural Adjustment Factors of Senior Missionaries on Assignment in the South Pacific for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Jonathan W. Shute

PDF

Geographic Literacy Among LDS Returned Missionaries, Paul Cook Stahmann

PDF

Dorothea Lange in Utah, 1936-1938: A Portrait of Utah's Great Depression, James R. Swensen

PDF

Reclaiming A Sacred Domain: An Ethnographic Study of Mormon Women Overcoming the Media-Supported Message of Acceptable Birth Practice Through Giving Birth at Home, Celeste Elain Witt

Theses/Dissertations from 1999

PDF

The Influence of Religiosity in the Construction of Meaning from Advertising Messages Intended to Promote Lifestyle Values, Lillian Billing

PDF

Family-of-Origin Distress and Intimacy in Later-Life Couples, Paul James Birch

PDF

Religiosity and Life Satisfaction Among LDS College Students, Po Nien Chou

PDF

The Precepts of Zion and Joseph Smith's City of Zion Plan: Major Influences For the Planning of Nauvoo, Marjorie E. Eddy

PDF

The Mormon Influence on the Political Geography of the West, Michael Madsen

PDF

The Meaning of Religious Belief, Practice, and Community for Latter-Day Saint Fathers of Children With Special Needs, Loren Dean Marks

PDF

Religiosity and Physical Fitness: A Study of Middle-Aged Mormon Men, Janette Olsen

PDF

Latter-Day Saint Fathers of Children With Special Needs: A Phenomenological Study, Michael M. Olson

PDF

Creating High-Quality Marriages: A Qualitative Study of Religious Couples, Jerry Lyman Redd

PDF

The Impact of Religiosity on Coping Among LDS Adolescents, Matthew P. Roper

PDF

Religious Couples' Reported Effects of Prayer in Conflict Situations, Julie Ann Stout

Theses/Dissertations from 1998

PDF

Utopian Marriage in Nineteenth-Century America: Public and Private Discourse, Brenda Olsen Andrus

PDF

Oral Performances as Ritual: Animating the invisible in Mormon Women's Miscarriage Stories, Kristin Leifson Ballif

PDF

Since Joseph Smith's Time: Lexical Semantic Shifts in the Book of Mormon, Renee Bangerter

PDF

An Annotated Bibliography of Literary Mormon Humor, Sherlene Hall Bartholomew

PDF

Sun, Moon, and Star, Christopher Kimball Bigelow

PDF

Multiple Discourses in Early Mormon Religion, Jon M. Duncan

PDF

The Construct Validity of the Principles of Edification as Measures of Edifying Teaching in the LDS Church Educational System, Robert F. Elzey

PDF

Dear Father, Rochelle A. Fankhauser

PDF

Parental Divorce and LDS Young Adult Attitudes Toward Marriage and Family Life, Sarah D. Finney

PDF

Reconsidering Solidarity in the Mormon Village, Todd L. Goodsell

PDF

Gemeindegeschichte Als Vergleichende Geschichte: the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in East Germany, Bruce W. Hall

PDF

President Mrs. Kimball: A Rhetoric of Words and Works, Janelle M. Higbee

PDF

Mormon Mortuary Patterns at the Block 49 and Seccombe Lake Cemeteries, Howard S. Irvine

PDF

Learning to Learn: the Training of Missionaries in Language Learning Strategies at the Missionary Training Center, D. Brian Kohler

PDF

The Impact of the Physical and Cultural Geography of Southeastern Utah on Latter-Day Settlement, Sally Timmins Mandurino

PDF

Cross-Cultural Conversion Narratives: An American Missionary in Taichung, Taiwan, Amy Nelson

PDF

Epideictic Rhetoric and the Formation of Collective Identity: Nineteenth-Century Mormon Women in Praise of Polygamy, Robbyn Thompson Scribner

PDF

Mormon Culture Meets Popular Fiction: Susa Young Gates and the Cultural Work of Home Literature, Lisa Olsen Tait

Theses/Dissertations from 1997

PDF

Children on the Mormon Trail, Jill Jacobsen Andros

PDF

The Influence of Out-Group Network Ties on the Television Usage and Attitudes of Mormon Women, Lois D. Brown

PDF

Prophets, Planning, and Politics: Utah's Planning Heritage and its Significance Today and Tomorrow, Janna K. Bushman

PDF

Mormon Women's Sense of Empowerment, Stace Hucks Christianson

PDF

The Geography of Polynesians in Utah, Adam M. Frazier

PDF

A Model of Delinquency Among LDS Adolescents: The Effect of Peer Influences, Religiosity, Personality Traits, School Experiences, and Family Characteristics, Janice Garrett

PDF

The Sound of Utah: the Presence of Geographical Elements in Music Written About the State of Utah, Kamia Walton Holt

PDF

A Study of Haitian Mormon Converts Dwelling in New York City: A Cross-Cultural Perspective in Understanding, Interpreting, and Experiencing the Mormon Subculture, Yvon Milien

PDF

The Effect of The Book of Mormon Diglot Reader: A Study of the Vocabulary Acquisition, Reading Comprehension, and the Reduction of Negative Affective Variables in Missionaries, Melinda Silver

PDF

A Mormon Cultural Study of Musical Preference, Alden L. Weight

Theses/Dissertations from 1996

PDF

LDS Counselor Ratings of Problems Occurring Among LDS Premarital and Remarital Couples, Travis R. Adams

PDF

Nature Among the Mormons: An Ecocritical Approach to Mormon Literature, Gail D. Ballard