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The Challenge of Honesty – Frances Lee Menlove (Book Review)

November 6, 2014 | Filed under: BookReviews

Title: The Challenge of Honesty: Essays for Latter-day Saints Author: Frances Lee Menlove  Editor: Dan Wotherspoon Publisher: Signature Books, Salt Lake City, Utah. Year: 2013 Pages: 280 Binding: Hardback ISBN-10: 156085225 ISBN-13: 978-156085225 List Price: $26.95 Reviewed by David M. Morris The Challenge of Honesty, by Dr Frances Lee Menlove is a thought provoking and intellectual examination of what it means to …

One More River to Cross (Book One, Standing on the Promises, Trilogy) – Margaret Blair Young and Darius Aidan Gray (Book Review)

July 4, 2013 | Filed under: BookReviews

Title: One More River to Cross (Book One Standing on the Promises, Trilogy) Revised and Expanded. Author: Margaret Blair Young and Darius Aidan Gray Publisher: Zarahemla Books, Provo, Utah. Year: 2013 Pages: 356 Binding: Paperback ISBN-10: 0984360387 ISBN-13: 978-0984360383 List Price: $17.95 Reviewed by Fiona Smith Standing On The Promises is a trilogy of historically based novels dedicated to the experiences of nineteenth-century black …

Parley P. Pratt: The Apostle Paul of Mormonism – Terryl Givens and Matthew Grow (Book Review)

June 9, 2013 | Filed under: BookReviews

Title: Parley P. Pratt: The Apostle Paul of Mormonism Author:  Terryl Givens and Matthew Grow Publisher:  Oxford University Press Year: 2011 Pages: 592 Binding: Hardback ISBN-10: 0195375734 ISBN-13: 978-0195375732 List Price: £22.50 Buy Now: Amazon Reviewed by Ronan James Head (ronan@byu.edu). Mormon apostle and pioneer Parley P. Pratt is not the first Latter-day Saint to be called the “apostle Paul of …

In Heaven as It Is On Earth: Joseph Smith and the Early Mormon Conquest of Death – Samuel Morris Brown (Book Review)

June 6, 2013 | Filed under: BookReviews

Title: In Heaven as It Is On Earth: Joseph Smith and the Early Mormon Conquest of Death Author: Samuel Morris Brown Publisher: Oxford University Press Year: 2012 Pages: 408 Binding: Hardback ISBN-10: 0199793573 ISBN-13: 978-0199793573 List Price: $36.95 Reviewed by: James D. Holt Sam Brown is one of the brightest minds in Mormon Studies at the moment. This is …

An Experiment on the Word: Reading Alma 32 – Adam S. Miller (Book Review)

June 3, 2013 | Filed under: BookReviews

Title: An Experiment on the Word: Reading Alma 32 Author: Adam S. Miller Publisher: Worthy Publishing Year: 2011 Pages: 112 Binding: Hardback ISBN-10: 0983963606 ISBN-13: 978-0983963606 List Price: $19.95 Buy Now: Amazon An Experiment on the Word: Reading Alma 32 is a collection of six papers presented at the first Mormon Theological Seminar (MTS). The Mormon Theological Seminar is a …

The Mormonizing of America: How the Mormon Religion Became a Dominant Force in Politics, Entertainment, and Pop Culture – Stephen Mansfield (Book Review)

June 1, 2013 | Filed under: BookReviews

Title: The Mormonizing of America: How the Mormon Religion Became a Dominant Force in Politics, Entertainment, and Pop Culture Author: Stephen Mansfield Publisher: Worthy Publishing Year: 2012 Pages: 288 Binding: Hardback ISBN-10: 1617950785 ISBN-13: 978-1617950785 List Price: $22.95 Buy Now: Amazon   In approaching this review I have endeavored to be open-minded, about the author’s approach, and his knowledge of …

Joseph Smith’s Polygamy, Volume 1 & 2: History – Brian C. Hales (Book Review)

May 15, 2013 | Filed under: BookReviews

Title: Joseph Smith’s Polygamy: Volumes 1&2: History Author: Brian C. Hales; Contributor: Don Bradley  Publisher: Greg Kofford Books Year: 2013 Pages: (vol. 1) 623 & (vol. 2) 594 Binding: Hardback ISBN-10: 158958189X ISBN-13: 978-15895818904 List Price: $36.95 Buy Now: Amazon Reviewed by: David M. Morris Regardless of the reader’s religious or …

Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History, Volume 7: The British Isles – Cynthia Doxey, Robert C. Freeman, Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, and Dennis A. Wright, eds (Book Review)

February 13, 2013 | Filed under: BookReviews

IJMS Journal Version PDF Reviewed by David M. Morris   Cynthia Doxey, Robert C. Freeman, Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, and Dennis A. Wright, eds. Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History, Volume 7: The British Isles Provo, Utah: BYU Religious Center, 2007. 281 pages. ISBN: 9780842526722  $14.95 A recent addition to …

Liberty to the Downtrodden: Thomas L. Kane, Romantic Reformer (Book Review)

February 13, 2013 | Filed under: BookReviews

Liberty to the Downtrodden: Thomas L. Kane, Romantic Reformer (Book Review)

Mormony v Rossii: put’ dlinnoi v stoletie (Book Review)

February 12, 2013 | Filed under: BookReviews

Mormony v Rossii: put’ dlinnoi v stoletie (Book Review)

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