Image courtesy of Ardis Parshall, keepapitchinin.org.
Some recommended reading from Juvenile Instructor bloggers and friends on the history of Mormonism and/as refugees:
- Christopher Jones, “‘For ye were strangers’: Four Short Vignettes on Mormon(s) and Refugees,” Juvenile Instructor. November 18, 2015.
- Edje Jeter, “Images: Woman’s Bondage, The Cave of Despair, and The Twin Relic,” Juvenile Instructor. January 6, 2015.
- Benjamin Park, “The Mormon Church, which Prizes Religious Freedom, is Silent on Trump,” Washington Post. January 28, 2017.
- David Grua, “‘We Weep When We Remember Zion’: Early Latter-day Saints as Refugees,” Perspectives on Church History, lds.org. July 6, 2016.
- David Grua, “Religious Liberty, Mormons, and Muslims,” Juvenile Instructor. December 16, 2015.
- W. Paul Reeve, “My View: Trump’s Muslim Ban Looks like Mormon Ban,” Deseret News. January 28, 2017.
- Ardis Parshall, “‘Our Lives are not Safe’: Armenian Latter-day Saints in the Genocide,” Keepapitchinin. June 11, 2014. See related posts here, here, here, and here. In fact, there’s too many relevant posts on Mormon refugees there to list individually. See headings for “Refugee” and“Syria” and “Armenia.”
- Michael Austin, “Newly discovered First Presidency Letter Clarifies Mormon Position on Civil Government,” By Common Consent. January 26, 2017.
- Emily Grover, “This is Not Us,” By Common Consent. January 28, 2017.
- Julie H. Smith, “Sometimes History Should Rhyme,” Times and Seasons. January 28, 2017.