The Crucible of Doubt: Reflections On the Quest for Faith
10 best books like The Crucible of Doubt: Reflections On the Quest for Faith (Terryl L. Givens): Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling, Letters to a Young Mormon, Planted: Belief and Belonging in an Age of Doubt, Insights from a Prophet’s Life: Russell M. Nelson, Silent Souls Weeping: Depression—Sharing Stories, Finding Hope, Worth the Wrestle, Born to Change the World: Your Part in Gathering Israel, A Case for the Book of Mormon, Faith Is Not Blind, That We May Be One: A Gay Mormon’s Perspective on Faith & Family
| 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...
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 | 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....
Insights from a Prophet’s Life: Russell M. Nelson
What kind of life preparation does the Lord give the men He will one day call to be prophet? And what are the lessons to be learned from such a life? From being raised in a home without the foundation of the gospel to the early days of his marriage and the stress of medical school to his last open-heart surgery...
Silent Souls Weeping: Depression—Sharing Stories, Finding Hope
| Author | Jane Clayson Johnson |
In a culture that strives for happiness and perfection, depression and mental illness are often surrounded by stigma, misunderstanding, and endless questions. In Silent Souls Weeping, bestselling author and nationally-recognized journalist Jane Clayson Johnson hopes to change the LDS dialogue...
Why can’t I seem to conquer weaknesses that plague me?” “How do I know if I’m receiving revelation?” “Will the Lord forgive me after what I’ve done?” “Why can’t we seem to get ahead financially even though we faithfully pay our tithing?” “What if the Church’s position on...
Born to Change the World: Your Part in Gathering Israel
| Author | Brad Wilcox |
| ISBN | 1629725897 |
My entire understanding of the literal gathering of the House of Israel has been changed by reading this book. I understood it to be a symbolic gathering of people in the last dispensation. And while the symbolic imagery exists, when speaking of the literal gathering of the house of Israel (Jacob), there...
A Case for the Book of Mormon
If you enjoyed other books by Elder Callister, then you will like this one also. Provides an intelligent brief overview of what the critics have said about the Book of Mormon while providing credible counterpoints. Makes you think. (Just when I think I have the Book of Mormon figured out, along comes...
| Author | Bruce C. Hafen |
| ISBN | 1629725188 |
We often encounter unexpected questions and complexities that can challenge our faith. Faith Is Not Blind offers fresh concepts and tools that will help readers learn from these experiences, rather than feeling disillusioned by them.Award-winning authors Bruce and Marie Hafen draw upon a lifetime...
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 Christ Who Heals: How God Restored the Truth That Saves Us
| Author | Fiona Givens |
| ISBN | 1629723355 |
In a world increasingly prone to doubt, a foundation in Christ is the only sure basis of a durable discipleship. And for Latter-day Saints, the Jesus Christ revealed through the Prophet Joseph Smith is, in some very significant ways, a different kind of Christ than the Jesus of modern Christianity....
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,...
| Author | Tad R. Callister |
| ISBN | 1573456233 |
"Some things simply matter more than others," writes Robert L. Millet in his foreword to this landmark book. "Even some doctrines, though interesting and fun to discuss, must take a backseat to more fundamental and foundational doctrines. It is just so with the Atonement of Jesus Christ. The Atonement...
