Marvin S. Hill

Marvin Sidney Hill (1928–2016) was a professor of

In Mormon studies, Hill was a well-known proponent of the new Mormon history^[8] and advocated a "middle ground" approach that did not seek to describe Mormonism as authentic or fraudulent.^[9]

Hill married Lila Foster in 1953. They had six children and lived in Provo, Utah.^[10] He was the brother of Donna Hill (1921–2007), the author of the noted 1977 biography Joseph Smith, the First Mormon.^[11][12] He died in Pleasant Grove, Utah, on July 27, 2016.

Awards

• 1975: Best Book Award for Carthage Conspiracy with Dallin H. Oaks (Mormon History Association)^[13]
• 1977: Best Article By a Senior Author for "The Kirtland Economy Revisited" with C. Keith Rooker and Larry T. Wimmer (Mormon History Association)^[13]
• 1989: Best Book Award for Quest for Refuge (Mormon History Association)^[13]

Writings

Books

• Hill, Marvin S.;
  ISBN 0-06-042819-8
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• ISBN 0-252-00554-6
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• Hill, Marvin S.; C. Keith Rooker;
  ISBN 0-8425-1230-6. Published concurrently in BYU Studies
  17.
• Hill, Marvin S. (1989). Quest for Refuge: The Mormon Flight from American Pluralism. Salt Lake City:
  ISBN 0-941214-70-2
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• ISBN 0-941214-71-0
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• Hill, Marvin S. (December 1959). "Survey: The Historiography of Mormonism".
  S2CID 161123051
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• Hill, Marvin S. (Spring 1969). "The Shaping of the Mormon Mind in New England and New York". BYU Studies. 9 (3): 351–72.
• Hill, Marvin S. (Autumn 1970). "The Manipulation of History".
  S2CID 254398281
  .
• Hill, Marvin S. (Winter 1972). "Joseph Smith and the 1826 Trial: New Evidence and New Difficulties". BYU Studies. 12 (2): 223–33.
• Hill, Marvin S. (Summer 1972). "An Uncertain Voice in the Wilderness".
  S2CID 254392866
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• Hill, Marvin S. (Winter 1972). "Brodie Revisited: A Reappraisal".
  S2CID 254311417
  .
• Hill, Marvin S. (March 1974). "Secular or Sectarian History?: A Critique of 'No Man Knows My History'".
  S2CID 162436872
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• Hill, Marvin S. (1975). "Quest for Refuge: An Hypothesis as to the Social Origins and Nature of the Mormon Political Kingdom".
  Journal of Mormon History. 2: 3–20. Archived from the original
  on 2011-08-08. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
• Hill, Marvin S. (Spring 1976). "Mormon Religion in Nauvoo: Some Reflections". Utah Historical Quarterly. 44 (2): 170–80.
  S2CID 254448884. Archived from the original
  on 2011-08-08. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
• Hill, Marvin S. (1976). "The "Prophet Puzzle" Assembled; or, How to Treat Our Historical Diplopia toward Joseph Smith".
  Journal of Mormon History. 3: 101–05. Archived from the original
  on 2011-08-08. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
• Hill, Marvin S. (1978). "The Rise of the Mormon Kingdom of God". In
  ISBN 0-8425-0842-2
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• Hill, Marvin S. (Spring 1979). "A Note of Joseph Smith's First Vision and Its Import in the Shaping of Early Mormonism".
  S2CID 254386475
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• Hill, Marvin S. (October 1980). "The Rise of Mormonism in the Burned-Over District: Another View". New York History. 61 (4).
  New York State Historical Association
  : 411–430.
• Hill, Marvin S. (September 1980). "Cultural Crisis in the Mormon Kingdom: A Reconsideration of the Causes of Kirtland Dissent".
  S2CID 161679398
  .
• Hill, Marvin S. (Spring 1981). "Joseph Smith the Man: Some Reflections on a Subject of Controversy". BYU Studies. 21 (2): 175–86.
• Hill, Marvin S. (Summer 1982). "The First Vision Controversy, A Critique and Reconciliation".
  JSTOR 45225076
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• Hill, Marvin S. (1984). "Richard L. Bushman: Scholar and Apologist".
  Journal of Mormon History. 11: 125–133. Archived from the original
  on 2011-08-08. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
• Hill, Marvin S. (Fall 1984). "Money-Digging Folklore and the Beginnings of Mormonism: An Interpretive Suggestion". BYU Studies. 24 (4): 473–488.
• Hill, Marvin S. (1986). "Dialogue". In Charles H. Lippy (ed.). Religious Periodicals of the United States. Westport, CT:
  ISBN 0-313-23420-5
  .
• Hill, Marvin S. (Autumn 1988). "The 'New Mormon History' Reassessed in Light of Recent Books on Joseph Smith and Mormon Origins".
  S2CID 254387064
  .
• Hill, Marvin S. (June 1989). "Counter-Revolution: The Mormon Reaction to the Coming of American Democracy" (PDF).
  Sunstone
  . 13 (3): 24–33.
• Hill, Marvin S. (Fall 1990). "Afterward". BYU Studies. 30 (4): 117–124.
• Hill, Marvin S. (Spring 1994). "Positivism or Subjectivism? Some Reflections on a Mormon Historical Dilemma".
  Journal of Mormon History. 20 (1): 1–23. Archived from the original
  on 2011-08-08. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
• Hill, Marvin S. (Summer 2004). "Carthage Conspiracy Reconsidered: A Second Look at the Murder of Joseph and Hyrum Smith" (PDF). Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society. 97 (2): 107–34. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-21.
• Hill, Marvin S. (Fall 2006). "By Any Standard, a Remarkable Book".
  S2CID 254399344
  .