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      Stretching the Heavens

      Terryl L Givens

      Eugene England (1933-2001)--one of the most influential and controversial intellectuals in modern Mormonism--lived in the crossfire between religious tradition and reform. This first serious biography, by leading historian Terryl L…

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      Stretching the Heavens: The Life of Eugene England and the Crisis of Modern Mormonism

      Terryl L. Givens

      Eugene England (1933-2001) - one of the most influential and controversial intellectuals in modern Mormonism - lived in the crossfire between religious tradition and reform. This first serious biography shimmers…

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      The Book of Mormon: A Very Short Introduction

      Terryl L. Givens

      Terryl Givens provides a concise introduction to the Book of Mormon, outlining not only its controversial origins, but its plot-lines and major themes, its doctrines, its role in the life…

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      Joseph Smith, Jr.: Reappraisals After Two Centuries

      Mormon founder Joseph Smith is one of the most controversial figures of nineteenth-century American history, and a virtually inexhaustible subject for analysis. In this volume, fifteen scholars offer essays on…

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      The Oxford Handbook of Mormonism

      For this handbook, Terryl Givens and Philip Barlow, two leading scholars of Mormonism, have brought together other top people in the field to construct a collection of essays that offers…

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      The Oxford Handbook of Mormonism

      For this handbook, Terryl Givens and Philip Barlow, two leading scholars of Mormonism, have brought together other top people in the field to construct a collection of essays that offers…

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      Dead Wood and Rushing Water: Essays on Mormon Faith, Culture, and Family

      Boyd Jay Petersen

      Essays explore and comment on various aspects of Mormon life and culture–from the Dreams Mines near Salem, Utah, to the challenges that Latter-day Saints of the millennial generation face today.

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      When Souls Had Wings: Pre-Mortal Existence in Western Thought

      Terryl L. Givens (Professor of Religion and Literature, Professor of Religion and Literature, University of Richmond)

      The notion that we spring into existence ex nihilo at birth strikes many people as counter-intuitive. By contrast, the idea that we have an eternal identity appeals to some deep…

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      Wrestling the Angel: The Foundations of Mormon Thought: Cosmos, God, Humanity

      Terryl L. Givens (Professor of Literature and Religion, Professor of Literature and Religion, University of Richmond)

      This book is the first in a two part study of the foundations of Mormon thought and practice. The book traces the essential contours of Mormon thought as it developed…

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      When Souls Had Wings: Pre-Mortal Existence in Western Thought

      Terryl L. Givens (Professor of Religion and Literature, Professor of Religion and Literature, University of Richmond)

      The notion that we spring into existence ex nihilo at birth strikes many people as counter-intuitive. By contrast, the idea that we have an eternal identity appeals to some deep…

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      By the Hand of Mormon: The American Scripture that Launched a New World Religion

      Terryl L. Givens (Professor of Religion and Literature, Professor of Religion and Literature, University of Richmond, Virginia)

      The author explores the Book of Mormon and how it has been seen as a sacred sign, the imaginative ravings of a rustic religion-maker, or a Fifth Gospel supporting or…

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      Feeding the Flock: The Foundations of Mormon Thought: Church and Praxis

      Terryl L. Givens (James A. Bostwick Chair of English, James A. Bostwick Chair of English, University of Richmond)

      Feeding the Flock is the second volume of Terryl L. Givens’s landmark study of the foundations of Mormon thought. In this volume, Givens considers Mormon practice, the authority of the…

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      The Viper on the Hearth: Mormons, Myths, and the Construction of Heresy

      Terryl L. Givens (Professor of Literature and Religion, Bostwick Professor of English, Professor of Literature and Religion, Bostwick Professor of English, University of Richmond)

      In 1997, Terryl Givens’s The Viper on the Hearth was praised as a new classic in Mormon studies. In the wake of Mormon-inspired and -created artistic, literary, and political activity–today’s…

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      The Viper on the Hearth: Mormons, Myths, and the Construction of Heresy

      Terryl L. Givens (Professor of Literature and Religion, Bostwick Professor of English, Professor of Literature and Religion, Bostwick Professor of English, University of Richmond)

      Applying the methods of literary criticism, Givens shows how the image of the Mormon as a religious and social ‘Other’ was constructed.

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      Parallels and Convergences: Mormon Thought and Engineering Vision

      The earth will eventually be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory. But how will our current world ever become the heaven of our dreams? The Lord is already on it…

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      Parley P. Pratt: The Apostle Paul of Mormonism

      Terryl L. Givens (James A. Bostwick Chair of English, James A. Bostwick Chair of English, University of Richmond, VA),Matthew J. Grow (Assistant Professor of History, Assistant Professor of History, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN)

      Terryl L. Givens and Matthew J. Grow offer a revelatory biography of Parley P. Pratt, examining the dramatic events of his life and the crucial role he played in the…

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