The separatist impulse in the Nauvoo Council of Fifty / Richard Lyman Bushman -- Injustices leading to the creation of the Council of Fifty / Richard E. Turley, Jr. -- The Council of Fifty and Joseph Smith's presidential ambitions / Spencer W. McBride -- God and the people reconsidered : further reflections on theodemocracy in early Mormonism / Patrick Q. Mason -- The Council of Fifty and the perils of democratic governance / Benjamin E. Park -- "We the people of the Kingdom of God" : constitution writing in the Council of Fifty / Nathan B. Oman -- Lost teachings of Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, and other Church leaders / Gerrit J. DIrkmaat -- Insights into Mormon record-keeping practices fom the Council of Fifty minutes / R. Eric Smith -- "To carry out Joseph's measures is sweeter to me than honey" : Brigham Young and the Council of Fifty / Jeffrey D. Mahas -- A monument of the Saints' industry : the Nauvoo House and the Council of Fifty / Matthew C. Godfrey -- "With full authority to build up the Kingdom of God on Earth" : Lyman Wight on the Council of Fifty / Christopher James Blythe -- "We are a kingdom to ourselves" : the Council of Fifty minutes and the Mormon exodus west / RIchard E. Bennett -- The Council of Fifty in western history / Jedediah S. Rogers -- The Council of Fifty and the search for religious liberty / W. Paul Reeve.
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