Scot Facer Proctor and Maurine Jensen Proctor are the founders of the
Latter-day Saint
The Latter Day Saint movement (also called the LDS movement, LDS restorationist movement, or Smith–Rigdon movement) is the collection of independent church groups that trace their origins to a Christian Restorationist movement founded b ...
oriented website ''Meridian Magazine''. They have also issued a revised edition of
Lucy Mack Smith
Lucy Mack Smith (July 8, 1775 – May 14, 1856) was the mother of Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. She is noted for writing the memoir, ''History of Joseph Smith by His Mother, Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith, the Pr ...
's history of
Joseph Smith
Joseph Smith Jr. (December 23, 1805June 27, 1844) was an American religious and political leader and the founder of Mormonism and the Latter Day Saint movement. Publishing the Book of Mormon at the age of 24, Smith attracted tens of thou ...
which reintroduces material from Lucy's 1845 manuscript that was removed before Lucy's history was originally published. This version of Lucy's history is cited by such scholars such as
Susan Easton Black
Susan Easton Black (born Susan Lindsay Ward in 1944) is a retired professor of Church History and Doctrine at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah. She is also an author of several books related to Joseph Smith and the early history of ...
and
Craig J. Ostler. The Proctors' work is also among those cited in the bibliography to Scott R. Petersen's 2005 book ''Where Have All The Prophets Gone''. The Proctors have also published a new edition of the ''
Autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt''.
The Proctors have compiled a book ''Light from the Dust'' which presents photos of areas they believe are similar scenes to where the events of the
Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon is a religious text of the Latter Day Saint movement, first published in 1830 by Joseph Smith as ''The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi''.
The book is one of ...
took place. For this book the Proctors did on-site studies in
Oman
Oman, officially the Sultanate of Oman, is a country located on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in West Asia and the Middle East. It shares land borders with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Oman’s coastline ...
. Scholars such as
Andrew H. Hedges though have quoted the Proctor's work, although Fred W. Nelson of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute felt that their work was "less reputable" in the area of Book of Mormon geography and archaeology than that of "reputable scholars" such as John Clark or John Sorenson.
The Proctors wrote ''The Gathering, Mormon Pioneers on the Trail to Zion''. ''The Gathering'' was cited in the footnotes to
Gregory A. Prince and
William Robert Wright
William Robert Wright (May 20, 1935 – January 13, 2012) was an American attorney, political candidate, and author.
Early life and education
Wright was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Ralph Bassett Wright and Afton Middlemiss Wright. He grad ...
's book ''
David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism''.
The Proctors are the parents of eleven children in their combined families from prior marriages. They reside in
Alpine, Utah
Alpine is a city on the northeastern edge of Utah County, Utah, Utah County, Utah, United States. The population was 10,251 at the time of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Alpine has been one of the many quickly-growing cities of Utah ...
.
The Proctors have produced a DVD entitled ''Gordon B. Hinckley - Temple Builder''.
Maurine Proctor received her bachelor's degree from the
University of Utah
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and her master's degree from
Harvard University
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. She worked for the ''
Chicago Sun-Times
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'' before she and her husband started their own magazine. She has also written a book entitled ''From Adams Rib to Women's Lib''.
Scot Proctor is a professional photographer who wrote ''Witness of the Light'' which was a photographic book about Joseph Smith. The LDS Church has included his photos in their publications at times.
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Bloggernacle
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The term "Bloggernacle" was coined by individuals within th ...
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Culture of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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References
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Further reading
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* - Meridian page on the Proctors
* — article that mentions the Proctor's work.
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