Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
Mormon studies, melchizedek priesthood, restoration, Joseph Smith Papers
College
Religious Education
Department
Church History and Doctrine
Abstract
Many historians, both Mormon and non-Mormon, have developed ideas about the restoration of the priesthood, and there is a rich literature that describes the details of those events. However, the Joseph Smith Papers Project, for which my mentor, Dr. MacKay is an author, has uncovered new information and produced new analysis from their detailed work that will help reinterpret and specify some of the important events of the restoration. This analysis is valuable to both the Church as a whole and to my individual knowledge and testimony of the Church. The ORCA research project in which I have participated has supported the work of Dr. Michael MacKay on his book manuscript about the restoration of the priesthood.
Recommended Citation
Richardson, Nathan and MacKay, Dr. Michael Hubbard
(2015)
"Researching the Restoration of the Melchizedek Priesthood,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2015:
Iss.
1, Article 223.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2015/iss1/223