Review: D. Michael Quinn. The Mormon Hierarchy: Wealth and Corporate Power. Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2017.

Authors

Thomas G. Alexander

Keywords

D. Michael Quinn, Mormon hierarchy, leadership, ecclesiastical power, corporate power

Abstract

D. Michael Quinn’s The Mormon Hierarchy: Wealth and Corporate Power is the third book in a series on the leadership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The first volume, published in 1994 and subtitled Origins of Power “emphasizes the development of ecclesiastical and theocratic powers in Mormonism, primarily during the lifetime of its founder Joseph Smith (1805–44), but also including Brigham Young’s transfer of the Mormon hierarchy to Utah in 1847.” (Origins of Power, p. x) Volume 2, published in 1997 and subtitled Extensions of Power, details the development of the spiritual and temporal power of Mormon leaders from the apostolic interregnum (1844–47) through approximately 1996, during the presidency of Gordon B. Hinckley.

BYU ScholarsArchive Citation

Alexander, Thomas G. (2019) "Review: D. Michael Quinn. The Mormon Hierarchy: Wealth and Corporate Power. Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2017.," Mormon Studies Review: Vol. 6: No. 1, Article 24.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/msr2/vol6/iss1/24