Joseph Smith’s view on the powers and policy of the US government

[Calm]

Thought some might be interested in this.  I came across it due to  Church Historian Press email (see link for their article below) that mentioned Spencer McBride’s short presentation analyzing the pamphlet.  I was hoping they would include that, but unless I am blind it wasn’t listed.

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/general-smiths-views-of-the-powers-and-policy-of-the-government-of-the-united-states-circa-26-january-7-february-1844

https://www.churchhistorianspress.org/article/newsletter/2026-july

Here is a podcast McBride did on a related subject:

https://mi.byu.edu/podcasts/maxwell-institute-podcast-132-joseph-smith-for-president-with-spencer-mcbride

Here is a text of a nonLDS  interview with McBride for his book:

And a couple of positive reviews of his book (it’s been out for several years, I am just putting this up because I can’t find his analysis of the pamphlet recently done.  I am assuming it is thoroughly discussed in his 2022 book):

https://kirkcenter.org/reviews/of-prophets-and-presidents/

https://lawliberty.org/book-review/religious-liberty-put-to-the-test/

And found a different individual’s thesis on JS and religious liberty from Claremont:

 

 

Edited July 30 by Calm