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Kalaupapa : the Mormon experience in an exiled community / Fred E. Woods.

by Woods, Fred E.

Provo, Utah : Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University ; [Laie, Hawaii] : Jonathan Napela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Islands Studies, Brigham Young University, Hawaiʻi, [2017]

Leprosy -- Patients -- Hawaii -- Molokai -- History.

Latter Day Saint missionaries -- Hawaii -- Molokai -- History.

Missions to leprosy patients -- Hawaii -- Molokai -- History.

Kalaupapa (Hawaii) -- History.

Kalaupapa (Hawaii) -- Religious life and customs.

9781944394271 (paperback) :

xviii, 318 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.

Limited edition.

Encounters between cultures : Captain Cook, Christian ministers, and Mormon missionaries come to Hawai`i -- Mormons at Kalaupapa in the late nineteenth century -- Mormons at Kalaupapa in the early twentieth century (1900-1945) -- Kalaupapa and the Mormons in the mid-twentieth century (1945-65) -- Mormons at Kalaupapa in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries 1965- present -- Appendices.

"In the nineteenth century, Hansen's disease (also known as leprosy) spread through the Hawaiian Islands, causing the king of Hawai'i to sanction an act that exiled all people afflicted with this disease to Kalaupapa, a peninsula on the island of Moloka'i. Kalaupapa was separated from the rest of the world, with sheer cliffs on one side, the ocean on the other three, and limited contact with anyone, even loved ones. In Kalaupapa, the author delves into the untold history of Kalaupapa and its inhabitants, recounting the patients' experience on the peninsula and emphasizing the Mormon connection to it. By so doing, he brings to light inspiring stories of love, courage, sacrifice, and community"--Provided by publisher.

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