BYU Studies - 56:2

Introduction

From the Editor 56:2

John W. Welch

Page 4

Articles

Kingship, Democracy, and the Message of the Book of Mormon

Gregory Steven Dundas

Page 7

Reading Competency in the Book of Mormon: Abish and Other Model Readers

Michael J. Call

Page 59

The Latter-day Saint Reimaging of "the Breath of Life" (Genesis 2:7)

Dana M. Pike

Page 71

Ann Booth's Vision and Early Conceptions of Redeeming the Dead among Latter-day Saints

Christopher James Blythe

Page 105

Pieces of April: From the Life and Journal of Lance Larsen

Lance E. Larsen and Casualene Meyer

Page 123

Essays

Aviophobia

Kim Webb Reid

Page 147

Reviews

America 1844: Religious Fervor, Westward Expansion, and the Presidential Election That Transformed the Nation

Benjamin E. Park

Page 153

Geology of the Book of Mormon

Benjamin R. Jordan

Page 156

Eighth Witness: The Biography of John Whitmer

Kyle R. Walker

Page 160

William B. Smith: In the Shadow of a Prophet

Richard Neitzel Holzapfel

Page 164

Mormons in the Piazza: History of the Latter-day Saints in Italy

Mauro Properzi

Page 168

Hammerhead Six: How Green Berets Waged an Unconventional War against the Taliban to Win in Afghanistan’s Deadly Pech Valley

Cless Young

Page 172

Book Notices

The Awkward State of Utah: Coming of Age in the Nation, 1896–1945

BYU Studies Staff

Page 176

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