Todd M. Compton

TODD M. COMPTON {[email protected]} is currently researching a biography of Jacob Hamblin and has just completed Fire and Sword: A History of the Latter-day Saints in Northern Missouri, 1836-39 (Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2009), a revision and updating of Leland H. Gentry's landmark dissertation on the topic. He is also the author of the prize-winning In Sacred Loneliness: The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1997). He and his wife, Laura, are the parents of two sons: Zachary and Wesley.

A Trajectory of Plurality: An Overview of Joseph Smith’s Thirty-three Plural Wives

Articles/Essays – Volume 29, No. 2

Scripture, History, and Faith: A Round Table Discussion

Articles/Essays – Volume 29, No. 4

Heaven and Hell: The Parable of the Loving Father and the Judgmental Son

Articles/Essays – Volume 29, No. 4

Was Jesus a Feminist?

Articles/Essays – Volume 32, No. 4

Textual Tradition, the Evolution of Mormon Doctrine, and the Doctrine & Covenants

Articles/Essays – Volume 33, No. 3

A Positive View: Polygamy in Nineteenth Century Manti: More Wives Than One

Articles/Essays – Volume 35, No. 4

John Willard Young, Brigham Young, and the Development of Presidential Succession in the LDS Church

Articles/Essays – Volume 35, No. 4

“Kingdom of Priests”: Priesthood Temple and Women in the Old Testament and in the Restoration

Articles/Essays – Volume 36, No. 3

Dialogue 36.3 (2003): 53-80
Compton considers priesthood as portrayed in Old Testament texts and how women are underrepresented in today’s discourse.

A Playwright with a Passion for Unvarnished Depictions: An Interview with Tom Rogers

Articles/Essays – Volume 41, No. 1

Becoming a “Messenger of Peace”: Jacob Hamblin in Tooele

Articles/Essays – Volume 42, No. 1

The Beginnings of Latter-day Plurality Nauvoo Polygamy: “…but we called it celestial marriage.” by George D. Smith

Articles/Essays – Volume 42, No. 4