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Synopsis
From the day Lorenzo Snow stepped out of a carriage onto Italian soil in 1850 to the day that Thomas S. Monson turned a shovel of Italian soil to break ground for a temple in 2010, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has made evangelizing a high priority in Italy. Mormon missionary work unfolded against a backdrop of historical forces political upheaval, world wars, social change, and internal Church dynamics that presented both obstacles and opportunity for growth. Over the span of a century and a half, the Church managed to establish a small but significant presence in Italy.
This research offers a comprehensive account and thorough analysis of the people, events, and issues related to this important chapter in Italian and Church history. It highlights the human drama associated with encounters between foreign missionaries and local spiritual seekers and explores the implications of religious growth across obstacles of faith, geography, and culture.
2019 MHA Best International Book Award
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About the Author
James A. Toronto earned a PhD in Middle Eastern Studies from Harvard University in 1992 and joined the faculty at Brigham Young University the same year. He has lived and worked for seventeen years in the Middle East and Italy. He is an associate professor or Arabic and Islamic Studies in the Department of Asian and Near Eastern Languages at BYU.
Eric R Dursteler joined the History Department of Brigham Young University in 1998, where he is professor and chair. He earned his PhD from Brown University in 2000. He has received numerous research fellowships from prestigious institutions such as the Fulbright commission, the Harvard Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, and the Folger Shakespeare and Huntington libraries.
Michael W. Homer is a trail lawyer who practices in state and federal courts. He has published four books, thirteen chapters in books, and over seventy articles, for which he has won numerous awards. He was appointed by the Italian Foreign Minister as Honorary Vice Consul of Utah in 2008 and as Honorary Consul in 2011.
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- PublisherRSC/BYU and Deseret Book
- Publication date2017
- ISBN 10 1944394109
- ISBN 13 9781944394103
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages632
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