Jordan T Watkins
Biographic Data
| ID | 3837057 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jordan T Watkins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jordan T |
| FAMILY NAME | Watkins |
| SIGNATURE | WATKINS J T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brigham Young University , Provo, Utah |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Journey to Freedom
The Old Faith in a New Nation
Journal Article The Old Faith in a New Nation: American Protestants and the Christian Past. By Paul J. Gutacker Get access The Old Faith in a New Nation: American Protestants and the Christian Past. By Paul J. Gutacker. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023. 146pp. $29.95 paper. Jordan T Watkins Jordan T Watkins Brigham Young University Provo, Utah, USA Corresponding author: Email: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on…
Slavery, Early Latter-day Saint Constitutionalism, and the Limits of the Right to Petition
In December 1833, Joseph Smith dictated a revelation instructing members of the Church of Christ to petition government for redress.1 His prayer to God had yielded a command to pray to the government for assistance. Smith received the revelation in Kirtland, Ohio, soon after he learned that mobs had driven some of his followers from their homes in Jackson County, Missouri. News of mob activity against Missouri members raised concerns and even con…
The Broken Constitution
Journal Article The Broken Constitution: Lincoln, Slavery, and the Refounding of America Get access The Broken Constitution: Lincoln, Slavery, and the Refounding of America. By Noah Feldman. (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021. 368 pp. Cloth, $30.00. Paper, $20.00.) Jordan Watkins Jordan Watkins Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume…
Neither should they be dimmed any more by time”
The Antebellum Origins of the Modern Constitution
Simon J. Gilhooley argues that an appeal to the spirit of the founding achieved constitutional authority through 1830s congressional debates about slavery. By examining the speeches of congressmen and the writings of Black and white abolitionists, such as David Walker and William Lloyd Garrison, and proslavery thinkers, such as Nathaniel Beverley Tucker, Gilhooley demonstrates the contingent process by which appeals to 1787 came to inform antebel…
Slavery and Sacred Texts
Brigham Young and the Expansion of the Mormon Faith
Brigham Young and the Expansion of the Mormon Faith Brigham Young and the Expansion of the Mormon Faith. By Thomas G Alexander. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2019. xxiv, 392 pp. $29.95.) Jordan Watkins Jordan Watkins Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 107, Issue 4, March 2021, Pages 1000–1001, https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaa…
Joseph Smith, Jesus, and Satanic Opposition
Book Review| February 01 2014 Joseph Smith, Jesus, and Satanic Opposition: Atonement, Evil and the Mormon Vision Joseph Smith, Jesus, and Satanic Opposition: Atonement, Evil and the Mormon Vision. By Douglas J. Davies. Ashgate, 2010. 292 pages. £60.00 cloth, £19.99 paper. Jordan Watkins Jordan Watkins University Of Nevada, Las Vegas Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (2014) 17 (3): 131–134. http…
Hearken, O Ye People
Book Review| November 01 2014 Hearken, O Ye People: The Historical Setting of Joseph Smith's Ohio Revelations Hearken, O Ye People: The Historical Setting of Joseph Smith's Ohio Revelations. By Mark Lyman Staker. Kofford Books, 2009. 694 pages. $34.95 cloth. Jordan T. Watkins Jordan T. Watkins University of Nevada, Las Vegas Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (2014) 18 (2): 122–126. https://doi.…
The Broken Constitution
Journal Article The Broken Constitution: Lincoln, Slavery, and the Refounding of America Get access The Broken Constitution: Lincoln, Slavery, and the Refounding of America. By Noah Feldman. (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021. 368 pp. Cloth, $30.00. Paper, $20.00.) Jordan Watkins Jordan Watkins Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume…
Joseph Smith, Jesus, and Satanic Opposition
Book Review| February 01 2014 Joseph Smith, Jesus, and Satanic Opposition: Atonement, Evil and the Mormon Vision Joseph Smith, Jesus, and Satanic Opposition: Atonement, Evil and the Mormon Vision. By Douglas J. Davies. Ashgate, 2010. 292 pages. £60.00 cloth, £19.99 paper. Jordan Watkins Jordan Watkins University Of Nevada, Las Vegas Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (2014) 17 (3): 131–134. http…
Hearken, O Ye People
Book Review| November 01 2014 Hearken, O Ye People: The Historical Setting of Joseph Smith's Ohio Revelations Hearken, O Ye People: The Historical Setting of Joseph Smith's Ohio Revelations. By Mark Lyman Staker. Kofford Books, 2009. 694 pages. $34.95 cloth. Jordan T. Watkins Jordan T. Watkins University of Nevada, Las Vegas Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (2014) 18 (2): 122–126. https://doi.…
Brigham Young and the Expansion of the Mormon Faith
Brigham Young and the Expansion of the Mormon Faith Brigham Young and the Expansion of the Mormon Faith. By Thomas G Alexander. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2019. xxiv, 392 pp. $29.95.) Jordan Watkins Jordan Watkins Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 107, Issue 4, March 2021, Pages 1000–1001, https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaa…
Slavery and Sacred Texts
Neither should they be dimmed any more by time”
The Antebellum Origins of the Modern Constitution
Simon J. Gilhooley argues that an appeal to the spirit of the founding achieved constitutional authority through 1830s congressional debates about slavery. By examining the speeches of congressmen and the writings of Black and white abolitionists, such as David Walker and William Lloyd Garrison, and proslavery thinkers, such as Nathaniel Beverley Tucker, Gilhooley demonstrates the contingent process by which appeals to 1787 came to inform antebel…
Slavery, Early Latter-day Saint Constitutionalism, and the Limits of the Right to Petition
In December 1833, Joseph Smith dictated a revelation instructing members of the Church of Christ to petition government for redress.1 His prayer to God had yielded a command to pray to the government for assistance. Smith received the revelation in Kirtland, Ohio, soon after he learned that mobs had driven some of his followers from their homes in Jackson County, Missouri. News of mob activity against Missouri members raised concerns and even con…
The Broken Constitution
Journal Article The Broken Constitution: Lincoln, Slavery, and the Refounding of America Get access The Broken Constitution: Lincoln, Slavery, and the Refounding of America. By Noah Feldman. (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021. 368 pp. Cloth, $30.00. Paper, $20.00.) Jordan Watkins Jordan Watkins Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume…
The Old Faith in a New Nation
Journal Article The Old Faith in a New Nation: American Protestants and the Christian Past. By Paul J. Gutacker Get access The Old Faith in a New Nation: American Protestants and the Christian Past. By Paul J. Gutacker. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023. 146pp. $29.95 paper. Jordan T Watkins Jordan T Watkins Brigham Young University Provo, Utah, USA Corresponding author: Email: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on…
Journey to Freedom
History (7 works) · Mormonism, Religion, and History (7 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Art (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Religious studies (5 works) · Theology (5 works) · Classics (4 works)