Moramona: The Mormons in Hawaii. This item is unavailable.Moramona: The Mormons in Hawaii

MORAMONA takes the reader through 140 years of trial and triumph in the first comprehensive, one-volume history of the Mormons in Hawaii, from 1850 to the present. Here is the remarkable story of Utah missionaries working alongside Hawaiian Saints to build a new Zion in an island "paradise" -- from the arrival of the first missionaries and the settling of Laie to the building of the Hawaii Temple and the founding of what is now BYU-Hawaii. Engaging yet scholarly, richly illustrated, this volume wil appeal to all interested in the history of Hawaii and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, students of Pacific missiology, and especially to the Saints of Hawaii and the dedicated people who served a mission in the Islands and their descendants.

R. Lanier "Lanny" Britsch is professor of history of Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from BYU and his Ph.D. from Claremont Graduate University, where he specialized in Asian religions and thought. He has served as vice-president for academics at BYU-Hawaii and director of the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies at BYU. A lifelong member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he has served in many callings including a full-time mission in Hawaii. His other books include "Unto the Islands of the Sea: A History of the Latter-day Saints in the Pacific" and "From the East: The History of the Latter-day Saints in Asia, 1851-1996," published by Deseret Books. He and his wife, JoAnn, are the parents of six children and live in Orem, Utah.