W. Paul Reeve and Ardis E. Parshall, eds., Mormonism: A Historical Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-Clio, 2010.

Mormonism in Historical Context: An Introduction – James B. Allen
Eras

Foundation: 1820-1830 – James B. Allen
Development: 1831-1844 – Stephen C. Taysom
Exodus and Settlement: 1845-1869 – Ardis E. Parshall
Conflict: 1869-1890 – W. Paul Reeve
Transition: 1890-1941 – Thomas G. Alexander
Expansion: 1941-Present – Jessie L. Embry

Events

Black Hawk War – W. Paul Reeve
Book of Mormon – Stanley J. Thayne and David J. Howlett
Colonization – W. Paul Reeve
Correlation – Blair Dee Hodges
Exodus from Nauvoo – W. Paul Reeve
First Vision – W. Paul Reeve
Handcart Migration – W. Paul Reeve
Haun’s Mill Massacre – W. Paul Reeve
Immigration – Edward H. Jeter
Kirtland Pentecost – Jonathan A. Stapley
Manifesto – W. Paul Reeve
martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith – Debra J. Marsh
Missouri War – David W. Grua
Mormon Battalion – Bruce A. Crow
Mountain Meadows Massacre – Richard E. Turley Jr.
Nauvoo Legion – Ardis E. Parshall
Organization of the Church – W. Paul Reeve
Pioneering – Bruce A. Crow
Priesthood Revelation of 1978 – Jared Tamez
Reformation – Ardis E. Parshall
Relief Society – Amy Tanner Thiriot
Seagulls and Crickets – Edward H. Jeter
Smoot Hearings – Jonathan H. Moyer
Temple Work by Proxy – W. Paul Reeve
Temples – W. Paul Reeve
Ungathered – Christopher C. Jones
United States v. Reynolds – Nathan B. Oman
Utah War – William P. MacKinnon
Word of Wisdom – W. Paul Reeve
Youth Programs – Brett D. Dowdle
Zion’s Camp – Ardis E. Parshall

People

Arrington, Leonard James – Gary James Bergera
Bennion, Lowell L. – Mary Lythgoe Bradford
Benson, Ezra Taft – J.B. Haws
Brooks, Juanita – Levi S. Peterson
Cannon, George Q. – Gary James Bergera
Cannon, Martha Hughes – W. Paul Reeve
Clark, J. Reuben Jr. – Gary James Bergera
Grant, Heber J. – W. Paul Reeve
Hinckley, Gordon B. – Gary James Bergera
Hunter, Howard W. – W. Paul Reeve
Kimball, Spencer W. – Jacob W. Olmstead
Lee, Harold B. – J.B. Haws
Lyman, Amy Brown – David R. Hall
McConkie, Bruce R. – Ardis E. Parshall
McKay, David O. – Gregory A. Prince
Monson, Thomas S. – Gary James Bergera
Nibley, Hugh – Boyd Jay Petersen
Parmley, LaVern Watts – Ardis E. Parshall
Pratt, Orson and Parley P. – Matthew J. Grow
Rigdon, Sidney – Ardis E. Parshall
Roberts, B.H. – Gary James Bergera
Rogers, Aurelia Spencer – Ardis E. Parshall
Sessions, Patty Bartlett – Jonathan A. Stapley
Smith, Barbara Bradshaw – Gary James Bergera
Smith, Emma Hale – Janiece Lyn Johnson
Smith, George Albert – Gary James Bergera
Smith, Hyrum – Gary James Bergera
Smith, Joseph F. – Christopher C. Jones
Smith, Joseph Fielding – Matthew Bowman
Smith, Joseph Jr. – Jed Woodworth
Smith Family – Lavina Fielding Anderson
Snow, Eliza R. – Jennifer Reeder
Snow, Lorenzo – Alan L. Morrell
Spafford, Belle Smith – Michele A. Welch
Talmage, James E. – Matthew Bowman
Taylor, Elmina Shepherd – Gary James Bergera
Taylor, John – Ardis E. Parshall
Wells, Emmeline B. – Michele A. Welch
Witnesses to the Book of Mormon – Benjamin E. Park
Woodruff, Wilford – Thomas G. Alexande
Young, Brigham – John G. Turner

Issues

Church Organization and Government – Gary James Bergera
Divergent Churches – Jason Smith
Genealogy and Family History – Ardis E. Parshall
Local Worship – Bradley H. Kramer
Mormon Missiology – Jonathan A. Stapley
Mormon Scripture – Julie Marie Smith
Mormonism and Blacks – Margaret Blair Young and Darius Aidan Gray
Mormonism and Economics – Alan L. Morrell
Mormonism and Education – Jed Woodworth
Mormonism and Men – Jeffery O. Johnson and W. Paul Reeve
Mormonism and Native Americans – Sondra Jones
Mormonism and Other Faiths – J.B. Haws
Mormonism and Race – Armand L. Mauss
Mormonism and Science – Ardis E. Parshall
Mormonism and Secular Government – Nathan B. Oman
Mormonism and the Family – W. Paul Reeve
Mormonism and Violence – Robert H. Briggs
Mormonism and Women – Andrea G. Radke-Moss
Mormonism as a World Religion – David Clark Knowlton
Mormonism as Restoration – Samuel Brown
Mormonism’s Contested Identity – J.B. Haws
Non-Mormon Views of Mormonism – Jan Shipps
Polygamy – Kathryn M. Daynes and Lowell C. “Ben” Bennion

Sidebars

Articles of Faith; Beehive; Brigham Young University; Church Publications; City of Zion; “Come, Come Ye Saints”; Deseret Alphabet; Emigration Agents; Extermination Order; Richard L. Evans; Family History Library; Gathering; Granite Mountain Records Vault; Thomas L. Kane – Matthew J. Grow; Mormon Money; Mormon Tabernacle Choir; “O, My Father”; Perpetual Emigrating Fund; Orrin Porter Rockwell; Sam Brannan and the Brooklyn; Silk Culture; Reed Smoot; State of Deseret; Temple Square; Whistling and Whittling Brigade; White Salamander Letter – Blair Dee Hodges; ZCMI. (Unless otherwise credited, sidebars written by Ardis E. Parshall.)

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