Thomas G. Alexander

The Church and the Law

Federal Authority Versus Polygamic Theocracy: James B. McKean and the Mormons, 1870-1875

Dialogue 5.3 (Fall 1966): 85–100
During the years of the Utah Territory, outsiders got appointed to the terrority to serve in various positions. For the most part, these Gentiles weren’t sympathetic towards the church, and one of the more famous outsiders is Chief Justice James B. McKean who tried to crack down on plural marriage.

An Ambiguous Heritage: Prophets, Principles and National Survival by Jerrold L. Newquist

Reed Smoot, The L.D.S. Church and Progressive Legislation, 1903-1933

The Word of Wisdom: From Principle to Requirement

“To Maintain Harmony”: Adjusting to External and Internal Stress 1890-1930

An Approach to the Mormon Past: Mormonism and the American Experience by Klaus J. Hansen

The Intellectual in the Service of the Faith?: The Pursuit of Understanding

Substantial, Important, Brilliant: Mormonism: The Story of a New Religious Tradition by Jan Shipps

Historiography and the New Mormon History: A Historian’s Perspective

B.H. Roberts and the Book of Mormon | Studies of the Book of Mormon

Dialogue 19.4 (Winter 1988):157–192
The major problem with the “Study” is that, if one takes it as anything more than an analysis of possibilities, it must be viewed as an example of the genetic fallacy (that something can be explained solely by its cultural context).

A Valuable Addition to the Literature: Church, State, and Politics: The Diaries of John Henry Smith

Wilford Woodruff and the Mormon Reformation of 1855-57

Learn from the Stories, Pity the Prejudice: Mormons in Transition by Leslie Reynolds

Multi-Faceted and Extraordinarily Capable: In the World: The Diaries of Reed Smoot edited by Harvard S. Heath