Joseph Smith, Jr.
Subtitle: reappraisals after two centuries
By: edited by Reid L. Neilson, Terryl L. Givens.
Contributors: Neilson, Reid Larkin.; Givens, Terryl.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780195369786; 9780195369762
Subjects: Smith, Joseph, -- 1805-1844
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prophets in America circa 1830 : Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nat Turner, Joseph Smith / Richard H. Brodhead; title: Joseph Smith, American culture, and the origins of Mormonism / Klaus J. Hansen; title: I love all men who dive : Herman Melville and Joseph Smith / Richard Dilworth Rust; title: Metaphysical Joseph Smith / Catherine L. Albanese; title: Joseph Smith vs. John C. Calhoun : the state's rights dilemma and early Mormon history / James B. Allen; title: Joseph Smith and creation of the sacred / Richard Lyman Bushman; title: Joseph Smith : prophecy, process, and plenitude / Terryl L. Givens; title: Visions, revelations, and courage in Joseph Smith / Douglas J. Davies; title: Seeking the face of the Lord : Joseph Smith and the first temple tradition / Margaret Barker and Kevin Christensen; title: Tracking the sincere believer : "authentic" religion and the enduring legacy of Joseph Smith Jr. / Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp; title: Possibility of Joseph Smith : some evangelical probings / Richard J. Mouw; title: Prophethood of Joseph Smith / Wayne Hudson; title: Joseph Smith and nineteenth-century Mormon mappings of Asian religions / Reid L. Neilson; title: Studying Joseph Smith Jr. : a guide to the sources / David J. Whittaker