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A Prophet, a Candidate, and a Just Cause." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 57 (2023): 219-224.
"Pursuing Mosiah’s and Madison’s Commonsense Principle." BYU Studies Quarterly 61, no. 1 (2022): 129-143.
"1844: Joseph Smith Runs for President and Hyrum Smith’s Martyrdom." In Hard Questions in Church History: Supplementary Handouts, 384-391. Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central , 2021.
"Come Follow Me Insights (Doctrine and Covenants 133-134). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2021.
Come Follow Me Insights – Doctrine and Covenants 135-136, Part 1. Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2021.
Come Follow Me Insights (Doctrine and Covenants 98-101). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2021.
Joseph Seeks Federal Help for Missouri Losses in Washington DC." In Hard Questions in Church History: Supplementary Handouts, 335-346. Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2021.
"Vox Populi and Vox Dei: Allusive Explorations of Biblical and Book of Mormon Politeias." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 47 (2021): 1-80.
"Working out Salvation History in the Book of Mormon Politeia with Fear and Trembling." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 42 (2020): 1-20.
"KnoWhy #301 - How Did King Benjamin’s Speech Lead To Nephite Democracy? (Mosiah 29:32). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.
KnoWhy #11 - Why Did Nephi Write about Politics on the Plates Meant for Spiritual Things? (1 Nephi 9:4). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.
KnoWhy #128 - What Did it Mean to be “King Over All the Land”? (Alma 20:8). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.
KnoWhy #131 - Why Did Converted Lamanites Call Themselves Anti-Nephi-Lehies? (Alma 23:17). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.
KnoWhy #156 - How Did Democracy Help the Nephites Withstand Their Enemies? (Alma 48:10). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.
KnoWhy #228 - Why is the 10-Year Peace Treaty Important? (Mormon 3:1). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.
A Mormon Theodicy: Jacob and the Problem of Evil." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 15 (2015): 239-266.
"The Book of Mormon and Early America’s Political and Intellectual Tradition." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 23 (2014): 167-175.
"The Ancient Temple Plays a Legitimizing Political Role." In The Book of Mormon as an Ancient Israelite Temple: Nineteen Classic Temple Characteristics of the Book of Mormon, 133. Salt Lake City: Eborn Books, 2012.
"Beyond Politics." Mormon Studies Review 23, no. 1 (2011): 135-153.
"Out of Obscurity: The Story of Nibley's "Beyond Politics"." Mormon Studies Review 23, no. 1 (2011): 133-134.
"Do Liberal Economic Policies Approximate the Law of Consecration?" The FARMS Review 21, no. 1 (2009): 197-213.
"Excursus: The Voice of the People In Second Witness, Analytical & Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon: Volume 3: Enos through Mosiah. Vol. 3. Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2007.
For the Peace of the People: War and Democracy in the Book of Mormon." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 17, no. 1 (2007): 42-55, 85-86.
"Beyond Politics." In Nibley on the Timely and the Timeless, 301-328. 2nd ed. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2004.
"Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, Edited by John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely and Jo Ann H. Seely. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
Insights, Vol. 24, No. 3 (2004) In Insights, Edited by FARMS Staff. Vol. 3. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
The Kingdom of Judah: Politics, Prophets, and Scribes in the Late Preexilic Period." In Glimpses of Lehi's Jerusalem, edited by John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely and Jo Ann H. Seely, 299-336. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2004.
"By Objective Measures: Old Wine into Old Bottles." In Echoes and Evidences of the Book of Mormon, edited by Donald W. Parry, Daniel C. Peterson and John W. Welch, 127-153. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2002.
"Echoes and Evidences of the Book of Mormon, Edited by Donald W. Parry, Daniel C. Peterson and John W. Welch. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2002.
How Could Joseph Smith Write So Accurately about Ancient American Civilization?" In Echoes and Evidences of the Book of Mormon, edited by Donald W. Parry, Daniel C. Peterson and John W. Welch, 261-306. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2002.
"The Other Stuff: Reading the Book of Mormon for Cultural Information." FARMS Review of Books 13, no. 2 (2001): 21-52.
"Why Nephi Wrote the Small Plates: The Political Dimension." In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by John W. Welch and Melvin J. Thorne, 81-83. Provo, UT: FARMS, 1999.
"Nephite Kingship Reconsidered." In Mormons, Scripture, and the Ancient World: Studies in Honor of John L. Sorenson, edited by Davis Bitton, 151-189. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1998.
"H. Verlan Anderson, The Book of Mormon and the Constitution and Brad E. Hainsworth, If Men Were Angels: The Book of Mormon, Christ and the Constitution." FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 2 (1997): 1-10.
"Nephite Culture and Society: Collected Papers. Salt Lake City: New Sage Books, 1997.
The Political Economy of the Nephites." In Nephite Culture and Society: Collected Papers, 195-236. Salt Lake City: New Sage Books, 1997.
"Lecture 3: Introduction - Geopolitics and the Rule of Tyrants, 600 B.C." In Teachings of the Book of Mormon: Semester 1, 29-42. Vol. 1. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1993.
"Covenants in Biblical Times In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Edited by Daniel H. Ludlow. Vol. 1. New York: Macmillan, 1992.
Nephi's Political Testament." In Rediscovering the Book of Mormon, edited by John L. Sorenson and Melvin J. Thorne, 220-229. Provo, UT: FARMS, 1991.
"Rediscovering the Book of Mormon: Insights That You May Have Missed Before, Edited by John L. Sorenson and Melvin J. Thorne. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1991.
The Impact of Shifting Cultural Assumptions on the Military Policies Directing Armed Conflict Reported in the Book of Alma." In Warfare in the Book of Mormon, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and William J. Hamblin, 237-265. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1990.
"Why No New Judaisms in the Twentieth Century?" In By Study and Also By Faith, Volume 2, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and John M. Lundquist, 552-584. Vol. 2. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1990.
"The Political Dimension in Nephi’s Small Plates." BYU Studies Quarterly 27, no. 4 (1987): 15-37.
"The Lachish Letters: Documents from Lehi’s Day." Ensign 11, no. 12 (1981): 48-54.
"Lesson 8 - Politics in Jerusalem In An Approach to the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1957.
Characters and Teachings of The Book of Mormon: Lesson 44—The Fall of the Nephite Nation as Recorded by Mormon." Relief Society Magazine 43, no. 10 (1956): 692-697.
"Spirituality and Political Reform." Improvement Era 55, no. 2 (1952): 86-88.
"Book of Mormon Facts II." Juvenile Instructor 57, no. 6 (1922): 305-309.
""Joseph Smith as a Statesman." Improvement Era 23, no. 6 (1920): 560-575.
Political Government." In Gospel Doctrine: Selections from the Sermons and Writings of Joseph F. Smith, 503-537. Salt Lake City: The Deseret News, 1919.
"The Treaty of Peace—Restoration of the Gospel." Improvement Era 23, no. 2 (1919): 107-124.
"Letter to the Queen of England." Improvement Era 4, no. 12 (1901): 883-894.
"Editorial Thoughts (1 July 1878)." Juvenile Instructor 13, no. 13 (1878): 150.
"Editorial Thoughts (1 March 1876)." Juvenile Instructor 11, no. 5 (1876): 54-55.
"Editorial Thoughts (11 December 1875)." Juvenile Instructor 10, no. 25 (1875): 294-295.
"General Smith's Views of the Powers and Policy of the Government of the United States. Nauvoo, IL: John Taylor, Printer, 1844.