A Bibliography of Mormon Studies about Brazil
About Latin America in General
Brown, H. “Gospel, Culture, and Leadership Development in Latin America” in Mormonism, A Faith for All Cultures, ed. F. L. Tullis, 1978.
Cowan, Richard O. “The Church in Latin America.” In The International Church ed. James R. Moss et al. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Publication, 1982, pp. 157-191.
Craig, Wesley W., Jr. “The Church in Latin America: Progress and Challenge,” Dialogue 5(Autumn 1970):65-74.
Grover, Mark L. “Miracle of the Rose and the Oak in Latin America.” In Out of Obscurity: The Church in the Twentieth Century, (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book 2000), pp.138-150.
Grover, Mark L. “The Maturing of the Oak: The Dynamics of LDS Growth in Latin America.” Dialogue 38 (2) Summer 2005: 79-104 [p. 90]
Grover, Mark L. “One Convert at a Time” in Brigham Young University 2001-2002 Speeches (Provo, Utah; Brigham Young University, 2002), 79-87.
Irving, Gordon. “Mormonism in Latin America: A Preliminary Historical Survey.” Task Papers in LDS History, no. 10. Salt Lake City, UT: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Historical Department, 1976.
Knowlton, David. “How Many Members Are There Really? Two Censuses and the Meaning of Church Membership in Chile and Mexico,” Dialogue 2 (Summer 2005): 53-78.
Knowlton, David, “Mormonism in Latin America: Towards the Twenty-First Century,” Dialogue, 29(Spring,1996):159-176.
Knowlton, David, “Thoughts on Mormonism in Latin America.” Dialogue 25(Summer 1992), pp.41-53.
Shepherd, Gary and Gordon Shepherd, Mormon Passage: A Missionary Chronicle (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1998).
Stark, R., “Modernization, Secularization, and Mormon Success” in In Gods We Trust: New Patterns of Religious Pluralism in America, ed. T. Robbins and D. Anthony, 1990.
Tullis, F. LaMond. “Church Development Issues Among Latin Americans: Introduction.” In The Expanding Church Among the Nations and Cultures of Man ed. F. Lamond Tullis. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 1978, pp. 85-105.
Tullis, F. LaMond. “The Church Moves Outside the United States: Some Observations from Latin America,” Dialogue 13(Spring 1980):63-73.
Tullis, F. LaMond. Mormonism and Revolution in Latin America. BYU Studies 16(Winter 1976):235-249.
Tullis, F. LaMond. “Politics and Society: Anglo-American Mormons in a Revolutionary Land,” BYU Studies 13(Winter 1973):126-134.
Tullis, F. LaMond. “Three Myths About Mormons in Latin America,” Dialogue 7(Spring 1972):79-87.
Walker, Bradley. “Spreading Zion Southward, Part I: Improving Efficiency and Equity in the Allocation of Church Welfare Resources.” Dialogue 35 (4) Winter 2002: 91-109.
Walker, Bradley. “Spreading Zion Southward, Part II: Sharing Our Loaves and Fishes.” Dialogue 36 (1) Spring 2003: 47.
South America in General
Flake, Joel Alva. “The History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in South America, 1945-1960.” Unpublished Master’s Thesis, Brigham Young University, 1975.
Grover , Mark L., A Land of Promise and Prophecy: Elder A. Theodore Tuttle in South America, 1960-1965, BYU Religious Studies Center, 2008.
Lyman, M. A., Out of Obscurity Into Light, 1985.
Moss, J. R., R. L. Britsch, J. R. Christianson and R. O. Cowan, The International Church, 1982.
Peterson, John DeLon. “History of the Mormon Missionary Movement in South America to 1940.” Unpublished Master’s Thesis, University of Utah; 1961.
Tuttle, A. T., “South America… Land of Prophecy and Promise” Improvement Era, 1963.
Williams, Frederick S. and Frederick G. Williams. From Acorn to Oak Tree: A Personal History of the Establishment and First Quarter Development of the South American Missions. Fullerton, CA: Etcetera; 1987.
Young, L. A., “Confronting Turbulent Environments: Issues in the Organizational Growth and Globalization of Mormonism” in Contemporary Mormonism, ed. M. Cornwall, T. B. Heaton and L. A. Young, 1994.
Brazil
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[Author unidentified] “Area Conference in Southern South America” Ensign, 1975.
[Author unidentified] “Brazilian Missions.” Improvement Era, 1963.
[Author unidentified] “Ground broken for temple in Curitiba,” Church News, 19 March 2005.
Assis, Fernando, “30,000 serving brighten face of entire nation,” Church News, 5 October 2002.
Assis, Fernando, “Hands that help,” Church News, 3 November 2001.
Assis, Fernando and Nestor Curbelo, “Brazilian temples complete historic year of dedication,” Church News, 23 December 2000.
Bangerter, W. Grant, Oral History, interviewed by Gordon Irving, Salt Lake City, 1976-1977. LDS Church Archives.
Blind, Henrique J., História de “A Igreja de Jesus Cristo dos Santos dos Últimos Dias” no Brasil – Ipoméia e Joinville – SC, Ipoméia – Rio das Antas – SC, 2007. Trabalho não publicado.
Blind, Georgine Lippelt, A História da Família Lippelt e a Igreja no Brasil, Ipoméia, 1989, Trabalho não publicado.
Bringhurst, N. G., “The Image of Blacks Within Mormonism as Presented in the Church News (1978-1988)” American Periodicals, 1992.
Bush, Lester E. “Broader than Brazil.” [Letters] Lester Bush Dialogue 18 (3) Fall 1985: 4-6.
Bush, Lester E. “Mormonism’s Negro Doctrine: An Historical Overview.” [History and Doctrine] Dialogue 34 (1&2) Spring/Summer 2001: 225-293.
Cannon, Donald Q. and Richard O. Cowan, Unto Every Nation: Gospel Light Reaches Every Land, 2003.
Catela, Gilda Verónica Ludmila da Silva. Juventude Divino Tesouro: Estudo comparativo sobre jovens mórmons das Igrejas San Martin (Rosario-Argentina) e Botafogo (Rio de Janeiro-Brasil). Dissertação – UFRJ/IFCS. Rio de Janeiro: PPGS, 1994.
Clarke, Seth P. “The Proper Order in Which You Found It: from a Brazilian Missionary Journal.” [Personal Voice] Dialogue 34 (3 & 4) Fall/Winter 2001: 169-182.
Erbolato, F. G. “South America, The Church in: Brazil” in Encyclopedia of Mormonism, ed. D. H. Ludlow et al., 1992.
Flaksman, Clara Mariani, “Santos dos últimos dias : etnografia e pesquisa mórmon,” Master’s Thesis, UFRJ/Museu Nacional, 2007.
Fox, G. W., “A Historical Resume: Mission of South America, Argentina-Brazil, 1925-1935.” Improvement Era, 1935.
Gibbons, H. B., “The Mormons Will Never Find Us Here: But When They Did, Brazil was Changed Forever” This People, 1992.
Grover, Mark L. “Milton and Irene Soares: Mormon Pioneers of Northeastern Brazil.” In Pioneers in Every Land: Inspirational Stories of International Pioneers Past and Present, edited by Bruce A. Van Orden et al. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1996, pp. 88-112.
Grover, Mark L. “The Mormon Church and German Immigrants in Southern Brazil: Religion and Language.” Jahrbuch Fur Geschichte Von Staat, Wirtschaft Und Gesellschaft: Lateinamerikas. 26(1989):295-308.
Grover, Mark L. “The Mormon Priesthood Revelation and the São Paulo, Brazil Temple.” Dialogue 23(Spring, 1990): 39-53.
Grover, Mark L. “Mormonism in Brazil: Religion and Dependency in Latin America.” Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Indiana University; 1985.
Grover, Mark L. “Relief Society and Church Welfare: The Brazilian Experience” Dialogue 27 (Winter, 1994): 29-38.
Grover, Mark L. “Religious Accommodation in the Land of Racial Democracy: Mormon Priesthood and Black Brazilians.” Dialogue. 17 (Autumn,1984):23-34.
Howells, Rulon S., “Brazil, A new frontier for the Restored Gospel,” Improvement Era, May 1936 and September 1938.
Klein, Herberto Moroni, Estandarte para as nações: a Igreja de Jesus Cristo dos Santos dos Últimos Dias na América do Sul: 1925-1973. Porto Alegre: Diss. de Mestrado em História, PUCRS, 2003.
Longo, N., “Walter Spät and the First South American Stake” Ensign, 1990.
Maia de Amorim, Nádia Fernanda. Os Mormons em Alagoas: Religião e relações raciais. São Paulo: FFLCH/USP, 1986.
Martins, Helvécio and Mark Grover. Autobiography of Helvécio Martins. (Salt Lake City: Aspen Books, 1994)
Martins, Marcus Helvécio T. A., “The LDS Church in Brazil: Past, Present and Future,” paper presented at the joint annual meetings of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and the Mormon Social Science Association. St. Luis, Missouri, 27 Oct. 1995.
Martins, Marcus Helvécio T. A., “The Oak Tree Revisited: Brazilian LDS Leaders’ Insights on the Growth of the Church in Brazil,” Unpublished Ph. D. dissertation, Brigham Young University, 1996.
Mauss, Armand L. “The Fading of the Pharaoh’s Curse: The Decline and Fall of the Priesthood Ban Against Blacks in the Mormon Church.” Dialogue 14 (3) Autumn 1981: 10-45.
McIlvain, Ryan. “Realissimo.” Dialogue 42 (1) Spring 2009: 139-144.
Neves, André Ruz, “Linha sobre linha: Investigação sobre a sociologia da dominação carismática e da cotidianização do carisma no mormonismo (1820-1847)” Master’s Thesis, USP, 2005.
Pietrocolla, L. G., “A Trajetoria da Purificação: As Duplas Mórmons em São Paulo” (Masters Thesis, 1983).
Prince, Gregory A. “David O. McKay and Blacks: Building the Foundation for the 1978 Revelation.” Dialogue 35 (1) Spring 2002: 145-153.
Saderup, Dian and William Cottam. “Living Histories: Selected Biographies from the Manhattan First Ward.” Dialogue 25 (4) Winter 1992: 58-79.
da Silva, Rubens Lima, Os mórmons em Santa Catarina: origens, conflitos e desenvolvimento, Master’s Thesis, UPM, 2008.
Smith, Devyn M. “The Diverse Sheep of Israel: Should the Shepherds Resemble Their Flocks? Dialogue 38 (4) Winter 2006: 56-74.
Stahle, Shaun D., “Missionaries receive full training in Brazil,” Church News, 12 August 2000.
Stoof, Reinhold. “Elder Reinhold Stoof,” Conference Reports, April 1936, 87.
Whittle, G. Benson. “From the Mission Field—Brazil.” Dialogue 1 (4) Winter 1966: 135-140.