Joseph Smith: Rough Stone RollingFounder of the largest indigenous Christian church in American history, Joseph Smith published the 584-page Book of Mormon when he was twenty-three and went on to organize a church, found cities, and attract thousands of followers before his violent death at age thirty-eight. Richard Bushman, an esteemed cultural historian and a practicing Mormon, moves beyond the popular stereotype of Smith as a colorful fraud to explore his personality, his relationships with others, and how he received revelations. An arresting narrative of the birth of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling also brilliantly evaluates the prophet’s bold contributions to Christian theology and his cultural place in the modern world. |
Contents
JanuaryApril 1836 | 305 |
April 1836January 1838 | 322 |
JanuaryJuly 1838 | 342 |
AugustDecember 1838 | 356 |
JanuaryAugust 1839 | 373 |
September 1839June 1840 | 391 |
April 1840April 1841 | 403 |
1841 | 417 |
JulyDecember 1831 | 161 |
1832 | 177 |
183233 | 195 |
1833 | 215 |
1834 | 231 |
183435 | 251 |
1835 | 270 |
1835 | 279 |
AugustDecember 1835 | 294 |
Spring 1842 | 436 |
MayDecember 1842 | 459 |
1843 | 482 |
184344 | 500 |
JanuaryJune 1844 | 526 |
Epilogue | 551 |
Sources Cited | 667 |
Illustration Credits | 718 |
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Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling Richard L. Bushman,Richard Lyman Bushman No preview available - 2005 |
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