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Mormon founder Joseph Smith is one of the most controversial figures of nineteenth-century American history, and a virtually inexhaustible subject for analysis. In this volume, fifteen scholars offer essays on how to interpret and understand Smith and his legacy. Including essays by both Mormons and non-Mormons, this wide-ranging collection is the only available survey of contemporary scholarly opinion on the extraordinary man who started one of the fastest growing religious traditions in the modern world.

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Author:   Reid L. Neilson (Assistant Professor Church History and Doctrine, Assistant Professor Church History and Doctrine, Brigham Young University) ,  Terryl L. Givens (Professor of Religion and Literature Department of English, Professor of Religion and Literature Department of English, University of Richmond)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.537kg
ISBN:  

9780195369786

ISBN 10:   0195369785
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   02 December 2008
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Unknown
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

PART I: AMERICAN PROPHET ; 1. Introduction, Reid L. Neilson and Terryl L. Givens ; 2. Prophets in America circa 1830: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nat Turner, Joseph Smith, Richard H. Brodhead ; 3. Joseph Smith, American Culture, and the Origins of Mormonism, Klaus J. Hansen ; 4. I Love All Men Who Dive: Herman Melville and Joseph Smith, Richard Dilworth Rust ; 5. The Metaphysical Joseph Smith, Catherine L. Albanese ; 6. Joseph Smith vs. John C. Calhoun: The States Rights Dilemma and Early Mormon History, James B. Allen ; PART II: SACRED ENCOUNTERS ; 7. Joseph Smith and Creation of the Sacred, Richard Lyman Bushman ; 8. Joseph Smith: Prophecy, Process, and Plenitude, Terryl L. Givens ; 9. Visions, Revelations, and Courage in Joseph Smith, Douglas J. Davies ; 10. Seeking the Face of the Lord: Joseph Smith and the First Temple Tradition, Margaret Barker and Kevin Christensen ; PART III: PROPHETIC LEGACY ; 11. Tracking the Sincere Believer: Authentic Religion and the Enduring Legacy of Joseph Smith Jr., Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp ; 12. The Possibility of Joseph Smith: Some Evangelical Probings, Richard J. Mouw ; 13. The Prophethood of Joseph Smith, Wayne Hudson ; 14. Joseph Smith and Nineteenth-century Mormon Mappings of Asian Religions, Reid L. Neilson ; 15. Studying Joseph Smith Jr.: A Guide to the Sources, David J. Whittaker ; INDEX

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