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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Richard Lyman Bushman , Reid L. Neilson , Jed WoodworthPublisher: Columbia University Press Imprint: Columbia University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.90cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.20cm Weight: 0.425kg ISBN: 9780231130073ISBN 10: 0231130074 Pages: 312 Publication Date: 13 February 2007 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand ![]() We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Faithful History My Belief Learning to Believe The Social Dimensions of Rationality The Book of Mormon and the American Revolution The Book of Mormon in Early Mormon History The Lamanite View of Book of Mormon History The Recovery of the Book of Mormon The Book of Mormon and Its Critics Joseph Smith and Skepticism Joseph Smith in the Current Age Making Space for the Mormons The Visionary World of Joseph Smith Was Joseph Smith a Gentleman? Joseph Smith as Translator The Little, Narrow Prison of Language A Joseph Smith for the Twenty-first Century AfterwordReviewsOver against the diffidence of evangelical historians, who may sometimes say too little in what they write, Bushman's essays are refreshingly bold. -- Elesha Coffman Christian Review 17 thoughtful personal and scholarily essays. -- Richard H. Cracroft BYU Magazine This volume represents a significant contribution... The depth and quality of these essays affirm Bushman's status as the most articulate scholar defending the traditional interpretation of early Mormon origins. -- Newell G. Bringhurst Journal of Mormon History These essays strike at the tension between the seemingly incompatible views of the believing Mormon in the unbelieving world... Informative and revealing. -- Byron C. Smith Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought Probably the greatest scholar who happens to be a Latter-day Saint, Richard L. Bushman is a historian of exceptional accomplishment... A careful scholar, he has always balanced the academic with the religious. -- Dennis Lythgoe Deseret Morning News Over against the diffidence of evangelical historians, who may sometimes say too little in what they write, Bushman's essays are refreshingly bold. -- Elesha Coffman, Christian Review 17 thoughtful personal and scholarily essays. -- Richard H. Cracroft, BYU Magazine This volume represents a significant contribution... The depth and quality of these essays affirm Bushman's status as the most articulate scholar defending the traditional interpretation of early Mormon origins. -- Newell G. Bringhurst, Journal of Mormon History These essays strike at the tension between the seemingly incompatible views of the believing Mormon in the unbelieving world... Informative and revealing. -- Byron C. Smith Probably the greatest scholar who happens to be a Latter-day Saint, Richard L. Bushman is a historian of exceptional accomplishment... A careful scholar, he has always balanced the academic with the religious. -- Dennis Lythgoe, Deseret Morning News Author InformationRichard Lyman Bushman is Gouverneur Morris Professor of History emeritus at Columbia University. Reid L. Neilson is assistant professor of church history and doctrine at Brigham Young University. Jed Woodworth is a Ph.D. candidate in American history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |