David Whitmer Interviews

David Whitmer Interviews
Author: Lyndon W. Cook
Publisher: Grandin Publishing Company
Total Pages: 326
Release: 1991
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

An Introduction to Mormonism

An Introduction to Mormonism
Author: Douglas James Davies
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2003
Genre:
ISBN: 9780521520645

Highly visible, yet a mystery in terms of its core beliefs and theological structure, the Church of Latter-day Saints is one of the fastest growing religious movements in the world. This important book provides a timely introduction to the basic history, doctrines and practices of The LDS - the 'Mormon' Church.

The Wentworth Letter

The Wentworth Letter
Author: Joseph Smith
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 30
Release: 2016-12-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9781540867476

Why buy our paperbacks? Standard Font size of 10 for all books High Quality Paper Fulfilled by Amazon Expedited shipping 30 Days Money Back Guarantee BEWARE of Low-quality sellers Don't buy cheap paperbacks just to save a few dollars. Most of them use low-quality papers & binding. Their pages fall off easily. Some of them even use very small font size of 6 or less to increase their profit margin. It makes their books completely unreadable. How is this book unique? Unabridged (100% Original content) Font adjustments & biography included Illustrated About The Wentworth Letter by Joseph Smith The "Wentworth letter" was a letter written in 1842 by Latter Day Saint movement founder Joseph Smith to "Long" John Wentworth, editor and proprietor of the Chicago Democrat. It outlined the history of the Latter Day Saint movement up to that time, and included Mormonism's Articles of Faith. The letter was written in response to Wentworth's inquiry on behalf of one of his friends, George Barstow, who was writing a history of New Hampshire. The letter was first published on March 1, 1842 in the Times and Seasons in Nauvoo, Illinois.

Joseph Smith

Joseph Smith
Author: Dan Vogel
Publisher:
Total Pages: 760
Release: 2004
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

A psychological biography of Joseph Smith presents a comprehensive account of his life, set against a backdrop of theology, local and national politics, Smith family dynamics, organizational issues, and interpersonal relations.

An Insider's View of Mormon Origins

An Insider's View of Mormon Origins
Author: Grant H. Palmer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2002
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

Quote: 'Why would God reveal to Joseph Smith a faulty [mistranslated] KJV text?' Chap 4: (Evangelical Protestantism in the Book of Mormon) concludes that numerous theological issues addressed in the Book of Mormon probably derived from Smith's Upstate New York religious environment than from the claimed ancient gold plates. Chap 5: (Moroni and the Golden Pot) examines a long list of parallels between a published story by E.T.A. Hoffmann, and Smith's account of the angel Moroni's visits. The chapter concludes, 'It would stretch credulity to believe that this [long list of parallels between Hoffmann's Golden Pot story and Smith's Moroni story] could be a coincidence, and I therefore think that a debt is owed to E.T.A. Hoffmann and the European traditions ... ' Chap.

Early Mormonism and the Magic World View

Early Mormonism and the Magic World View
Author: D. Michael Quinn
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998
Genre: Latter Day Saint churches
ISBN: 9781560850892

In this articulate and insightful book, D. Michael Quinn reconstructs the world view of an earlier age in America, finding ample evidence for treasure seeking and folk magic in Joseph Smith's formative years. Folk magic was not unusual for the times and is important in understanding how Mormons may have interpreted developments. Quinn's impressive research provides a much-needed background for the environment that produced Mormonism's founding prophet.

CES Letter

CES Letter
Author: Jeremy Runnells
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2017-04-17
Genre:
ISBN: 9780998869902

CES Letter is one Latter-Day Saint's honest quest to get official answers from the LDS Church (Mormon) on its troubling origins, history, and practices. Jeremy Runnells was offered an opportunity to discuss his own doubts with a director of the Church Educational System (CES) and was assured that his doubts could be resolved. After reading Jeremy's letter, the director promised him a response.No response ever came.

Inside the Mind of Joseph Smith

Inside the Mind of Joseph Smith
Author: Robert D. Anderson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 328
Release: 1999
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

A troubled childhood. A difficult adolescence. How might these have affected the adult character of church founder Joseph Smith? Psychiatrist Robert D. Anderson explores the impact on young Joseph of his family's ten moves in sixteen years, their dire poverty, especially after his father's Chinese export venture failed, and his father's drinking. It is equally significant, writes Anderson, that Joseph's mother suffered bouts of depression. For instance, "for months" she "did not feel as though life was worth seeking" after two sisters died of tuberculosis and later when she buried two sons, Ephraim and Alvin. A typhoid epidemic nearly claimed her daughter Sophronia, and the same affliction left Joseph with a crippled leg, after which he was sent to live on the coast with an uncle. Such factors and others produced emotional wounds that emerged later in the prophet's life and writings, in particular, according to Anderson, in the Book of Mormon.