Mormonism and the Making of a British Zion

Matthew Lyman Rasmussen holds a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Utah, USA, and a PhD in history from Lancaster University in England and is a past recipient of the Mormon History Association's best dissertation award. He lives in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley with his wife and four children.

"The finest comprehensive study of the LDS Church in an international setting that I have ever read. Beautifully written, very well organized, and superbly well researched, Rasmussen's study takes the reader on a journey through three distinct phases of Mormonism in the United Kingdom." -Richard E. Bennett, author of Mormons on the Missouri-And Should We Die, 1846-1852 "An outstanding LDS history book. I don't know of any other books like this one. Matthew Rasmussen is a gifted writer." -Ronald Watt, author of The Mormon Passage of George D. Watt: First British Convert, Scribe for Zion "Mormonism and the Making of a British Zion should rightly act as a standard for other aspiring historians seeking to resurrect Mormonism's international story."-Association of Mormon Letters "First, Rasmussen is a gifted writer whose English prose is enviable at least and awe-inspiring at best. As a recipient of a bachelor of arts in English from the University of Utah, he has found his canvas in this book and has utilized his skill as a literary artist. Second, his research methodology is equally inspiring. . . . At every turn, it is clear Rasmussen is bringing to the reader every available resource imaginable to expertly craft his story."-BYU Studies "Matthew Rasmussen gives us a good read, incorporating named local individuals and events within the wider dynamics of US church strategy. Non-Mormon readers will learn a great deal about the LDS Church at large in and through this cameo of an unusually 'sacred space.'"-Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, Brigham Young University