Life and Times of John Pierce Hawley: A Mormon Ulysses of the American West

Authors

Adam Oliver Stokes

Keywords

BYU Studies, book review, John Pierce Hawley

Abstract

In recent years there has been a growing effort to expand the definition of “Mormonism” within Mormon studies. “Mormonism,” in twenty-first-century scholarship, refers not only to the largest organization in the restoration tradition—namely, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, headquartered in Utah—but also to other branches and movements within the restoration tradition. Joseph Smith’s movement includes the Reorganized Church (RLDS, now known as the Com- munity of Christ), the Bickertonite church (Church of Jesus Christ), the Strangite church, and the Elijah Message church, among others. In large part, this expanded understanding of what qualifies as “Mormon” has come about through collaboration between the Utah Saints and these other branches of the faith. The most recent and notable example of such collaboration is the Joseph Smith Papers Project, an excellent corpus of primary source material published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with cooperation and contributions from both Brigham Young University and Community of Christ scholars.

Recommended Citation

Stokes, Adam Oliver (2021) "Life and Times of John Pierce Hawley: A Mormon Ulysses of the American West," BYU Studies Quarterly: Vol. 60: Iss. 1, Article 16.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq/vol60/iss1/16