7.2 Zion (not the Matrix one), Part 1

Part one of our journey through Chapter 2 of Dr. Benjamin Park’s book, “American Zion”, “The Voice of the People,1831-46.”  This history is a rollercoaster of emotion! Also, we have just so many show notes. Check them out and be sure to join us on Discord!

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Dialogue Podcast Network

https://www.dialoguejournal.com/podcasts/

American Zion: A New History of Mormonism, by Benjamin E. Park

https://www.amazon.com/American-Zion-New-History-Mormonism/dp/1631498657

Not a lot about Laura Hubble out there, but this Historical Introduction to D&C 43 seems relevant:

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/church-historians-press/jsp-revelations/dc-043-1831_02_01_000

Peter Kerr (Black Pete)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Kerr_(priest)

Episode 1.8 Polygamy’s Ghost

https://faceinhat.podbean.com/e/episode-8-polygamy-s-ghost/

Carol Lynn Pearson, Radiant Mormonism Award, recorded by Paris Fox

https://vimeo.com/1018163129

Saints Volume 1, The Standard of Truth, 1815–1846

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/saints-v1

Century of Black Mormons

https://exhibits.lib.utah.edu/s/century-of-black-mormons/page/welcome

Missouri Executive Order 44

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_Executive_Order_44

Related to the ‘am I better for suffering’ section of the pod: Opinion | A man at work, A half century of George Will

https://wapo.st/4g7HdgJ

Quote: “In “The Roosevelts,” George, the conservative thinker, found empathy at the core of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal. “Polio gave FDR the gift of empathy.  There was no suffering that he could not in some sense relate to,” George explained. “Just as the irons were clapped on his legs, the steel entered his soul by having to fight through the constant pain of therapy that was unforgiving in its demands and not very fulfilling in its success.””

Episode 1.2 Theodicy and the Red Ball

https://faceinhat.podbean.com/e/episode-2-theodicy-and-the-red-ball/

Not sure about the last Shaker Eric mentioned, but this is probably relevant: There Are Only Two Shakers Left. They’ve Still Got Utopia in Their Sights, by Jordan Kisner

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/05/magazine/shakers-utopia.html

James 1: 5-6

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James%201%3A5-6&version=KJV

Tumult of opinions quote is from Joseph Smith - History:

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/pgp/js-h/1#p10

Oakland Stake First Vision Lecture Series - Eric Jepson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFSicnZ3B3k

Wiki on Limbo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbo

(Really enjoyed finding this -Aaron) Comparison of the texts of Doctrine and Covenants 76 and Joseph Smith’s poetic rendition of The Vision, Courtesy of Dr. Lawrence Flake from his book “Three Degrees of Glory”

https://faculty.cs.byu.edu/~clement/rel325/vision-poem.pdf

The Drowned World, by J. G. Ballard

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Drowned_World

Revised Plat of the City of Zion, circa Early August 1833

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/revised-plat-of-the-city-of-zion-circa-early-august-1833/1

The Maine story might have been Vermont, see Building Zion: the controversial plan for a Mormon-inspired city in Vermont, by Claire Provost

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/jan/31/building-zion-controversial-plan-mormon-inspired-city-vermont

Defunctland: Walt Disney's City of the Future, E.P.C.O.T.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKYEXjMlKKQ

Wiki on the Book of Commands mentions the teenage sisters Caroline and Mary Elizabeth Rollins who saved the “remnants of nearly 100 copies” from an anti-Mormon fire

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Commandments

Latest issue of Dialogue (Volume 57, No. 3) which includes works by Eric Jepson and William Morris (former guest of the show)

https://www.dialoguejournal.com/issues/fall-2024/