Opening Zion

Opening Zion PDF

Author: John Clark

Publisher: Bonneville

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13:

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Part fashion spread, part adventure guide, and all Utah cultural treasure, this book is a stunning visual record of six female Univeristy of Utah students who explored Zion National Park in 1920 as its first official tourists.

Opened from the Inside

Opened from the Inside PDF

Author: Bob Sorge

Publisher: Bob Sorge

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 127

ISBN-13: 0982601824

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The taking of Zion is a gripping illustration of how you will penetrate, surmount and overcome the obstacle that looms before you.

Sports in Zion

Sports in Zion PDF

Author: Richard Ian Kimball

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2010-10-01

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 0252091612

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If a religion cannot attract and instruct young people, it will struggle to survive, which is why recreational programs were second only to theological questions in the development of twentieth-century Mormonism. In this book, Richard Ian Kimball explores how Mormon leaders used recreational programs to ameliorate the problems of urbanization and industrialization and to inculcate morals and values in LDS youth. As well as promoting sports as a means of physical and spiritual excellence, Progressive Era Mormons established a variety of institutions such as the Deseret Gymnasium and camps for girls and boys, all designed to compete with more "worldly" attractions and to socialize adolescents into the faith. Kimball employs a wealth of source material including periodicals, diaries, journals, personal papers, and institutional records to illuminate this hitherto underexplored aspect of the LDS church. In addition to uncovering the historical roots of many Mormon institutions still visible today, Sports in Zion is a detailed look at the broader functions of recreation in society.