Visions in a Seer Stone - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Visions in a Seer Stone write by William L. Davis. This book was released on 2020-04-08. Visions in a Seer Stone available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this interdisciplinary work, William L. Davis examines Joseph Smith's 1829 creation of the Book of Mormon, the foundational text of the Latter Day Saint movement. Positioning the text in the history of early American oratorical techniques, sermon culture, educational practices, and the passion for self-improvement, Davis elucidates both the fascinating cultural context for the creation of the Book of Mormon and the central role of oral culture in early nineteenth-century America. Drawing on performance studies, religious studies, literary culture, and the history of early American education, Davis analyzes Smith's process of oral composition. How did he produce a history spanning a period of 1,000 years, filled with hundreds of distinct characters and episodes, all cohesively tied together in an overarching narrative? Eyewitnesses claimed that Smith never looked at notes, manuscripts, or books—he simply spoke the words of this American religious epic into existence. Judging the truth of this process is not Davis's interest. Rather, he reveals a kaleidoscope of practices and styles that converged around Smith's creation, with an emphasis on the evangelical preaching styles popularized by the renowned George Whitefield and John Wesley.
CES Letter
CES Letter - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook CES Letter write by Jeremy Runnells. This book was released on 2017-04-17. CES Letter available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Visions of Glory
Visions of Glory - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Visions of Glory write by John M. Pontius. This book was released on . Visions of Glory available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
An Address to All Believers in Christ
An Address to All Believers in Christ - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook An Address to All Believers in Christ write by David Whitmer. This book was released on 1887. An Address to All Believers in Christ available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Joseph Smith
Joseph Smith - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Joseph Smith write by Richard Lyman Bushman. This book was released on 2007-03-13. Joseph Smith available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Founder 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.
