David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism
10 best books like David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism (Gregory A. Prince): Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling, The God Who Weeps: How Mormonism Makes Sense of Life, Letters to a Young Mormon, Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet, In Sacred Loneliness: The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith, Planted: Belief and Belonging in an Age of Doubt, The Crucible of Doubt: Reflections On the Quest for Faith, Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt, That We May Be One: A Gay Mormon’s Perspective on Faith & Family, The Standard of Truth: 1815–1846
| Author | Richard L. Bushman |
| ISBN | 1400077532 |
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...
The God Who Weeps: How Mormonism Makes Sense of Life
| Author | Terryl L. Givens |
| ISBN | 1609071883 |
"Whether by design or by chance," Terryl and Fiona Givens write, "we find ourselves in a universe filled with mystery. We encounter appealing arguments for a Divinity that is a childish projection, for prophets as scheming or deluded imposters, and for scripture as so much fabulous fiction. But there...
Letters to a Young Mormon
| Author | Adam S. Miller |
| ISBN | 0842528563 |
"This book is composed as a series of letters. The letters are meant for a young Mormon who is familiar with Mormon life but green in their faith....Here, my work is personal. I mean only to address the real beauty and real costs of trying to live a Mormon life. And I hope only to Show something of what it means...
| Author | John G. Turner |
| ISBN | 0674049675 |
Brigham Young was a rough-hewn craftsman from New York whose impoverished and obscure life was electrified by the Mormon faith. He trudged around the United States and England to gain converts for Mormonism, spoke in spiritual tongues, married more than fifty women, and eventually transformed a...
Beginning in the 1830s, at least thirty-three women married Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism. These were passionate relationships which also had some longevity, except in cases such as that of two young sisters, one of whom was discovered by Joseph’s first wife, Emma, in a locked bedroom with...
| Author | Patrick Q. Mason |
| ISBN | 1629721816 |
For all its beneficial advances, our secular age has also weakened some people s ties to religious belief and affiliation. Latter-day Saints have not been immune to this trend. In recent years, many faithful Church members have encountered challenging aspects of Church history, belief, or practice....
| Author | Terryl L. Givens |
| ISBN | 1609079426 |
Faith is the first principle of the gospel of Jesus Christ. So what happens when a person has doubts? Questioning is not the problem, according to authors Terryl and Fiona Givens. After all, they write, the Restoration unfolded because a young man asked questions. The difficulty arises when questions...
Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt
| Author | Arthur C. Brooks |
| ISBN | 0062883771 |
Now a National Bestseller.
To get ahead today, you have to be a jerk, right?
Divisive politicians. Screaming heads on television. Angry campus activists. Twitter trolls. Today in America, there is an “outrage industrial complex” that prospers by setting American against...
That We May Be One: A Gay Mormon’s Perspective on Faith & Family
"'A happy gay Mormon.' That's the shorthand I often use to describe myself," writes Tom Christofferson. "Some of my gay friends—as well as some of the LDS friends—are a little surprises that I think it's possible to be a gay Mormon."
In That We May Be One, Tom Christofferson shares perspectives...
The Standard of Truth: 1815–1846
| Author | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
In 1820, a young farm boy in search of truth has a vision of God the Father and Jesus Christ. Three years later, an angel guides him to an ancient record buried in a hill near his home. With God’s help, he translates the record and organizes the Savior’s church in the latter days. Soon others join him,...
