1st Edition

Perspectives on Latter-day Saint Names and Naming Names, Identity, and Belief

Edited By Dallin D. Oaks, Paul Baltes, Kent Minson Copyright 2023
318 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

318 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

318 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Perspectives on Latter-day Saint Names and Naming approaches cultural, historical, and doctrinal dimensions of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints through a fresh lens that explores how these dimensions intersect with names and naming. Featuring a collection of chapters from multiple authors, its bipartite structure examines fascinating topics in relation to the Church,... Read more

1. Introduction to Perspectives on Latter-day Saint Names and Naming: Names, Identity, and Belief

Dallin D. Oaks

Part 1: Cultural and Historical Perspectives

2. Place Names of the Mormon West: Religion, Heritage, and Idiosyncrasy

Richard H. Jackson

3. Scandinavian Influences on Anthroponyms and Toponyms in Utah

Lynn Henrichsen, George Bailey, Timothy Wright, and Jacob Huckaby

4. Nameways in Latter-day Saint History, Custom, and Folklore

Eric A. Eliason

5. Composite LDS Given Names

Don E. Norton

6. Contemporary Latter-day Saint Naming

Cleveland K. Evans

7. Early Latter-day Saint Code-Names

John A. Tvedtnes

Part 2: Doctrinal and Scriptural Perspectives

8. Onomastics and Latter-day Saint Belief

Dallin D. Oaks

9. The Doctrine of Names in the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ

Joseph Fielding McConkie

10. Book of Mormon Names: Beyond Etymology

John Gee

11. Striking While the Irony is Hot: Hebrew Onomastics and Their Function Within the Book of Mormon Text

Matthew L. Bowen

12. "Like a Shadow that Accompanies the Body": Names and Naming in the Ancient World

Stephen D. Ricks

13. Book of Mormon Names: A Collection that Defies Expectation

Brad Wilcox, Wendy Baker-Smemoe, Sharon Black, and Bruce L. Brown.

Index

Biography

Dallin D. Oaks is a professor of English Linguistics at Brigham Young University, and the author or editor of several books, including Linguistics at Work and Structural Ambiguity in English (2 vols.).

Paul Baltes edits academic books and other creative works. He has been researching names since his MA Thesis. He continues to research and apply how we process meaning in business and leadership organizations.

Kent Minson has worked in editing and publishing for over two decades and is currently the manager of BYU Academic Publishing.