The Book of Mormon: brief theological introductions series seeks Christ in scripture by combining intellectual rigor and the disciple's yearning for holiness. 'It answers Elder Neal A Maxwell's call to explore the book's "divine architecture": " There is so much more in the Book of Mormon than we have yet discovered. The book's divine architecture and rich furnishings will increaseingly unfold to our view, further qualifying it as 'a marvelous work and a wonder.'"

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Life to the Whole Being (Living Faith)

Religion & Spirituality

Wickman, Matthew

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Faith, Philosophy, Scripture is a collection of 10 essays resulting from Professor James E. Faulconer s work as a philosopher and his abiding faith as a Latter-day Saint. Faith is the starting point, and philosophy is its supplement rather than competitor. Faulconer writes, The confidence of my faith, a confidence that came by revelation, has allowed me to hear the questions of philosophy without fear, and philosophy has never asked me to give up my faith, though it has asked questions about it. These essays ask what it means to remember (as our faith often calls us to do), how faith and reason are related to each other, what the place of theology is in revealed religion, and how we should think about scripture. The intent behind the book is to help the reader see how faith, philosophy, and scripture can be part of a whole life, each helping make sense of the others, with faith as the ground and center of them all.

Faith, Philosophy, Scripture

James Faulconer

Latter-day Saint philosopher James E. Faulconer’s Made Harder series raises many more questions than it answers. And that is precisely the point. Faulconer wrote The Book of Mormon Made Harder on the premise that our scripture study is only as good as the questions we bring to the endeavor. While many books about the Book of Mormon provide useful shortcuts, chapter synopses, timelines, and memorizable bullet points, this book consists almost entirely of challenging questions (with occasional commentary for clarity’s sake) because, in Faulconer’s experience, questions themselves are the key to reflective and deep scripture study. This book is intended to make reading harder—and therefore fresher—by priming your pondering pump with insightful study questions. The Book of Mormon Made Harder is the perfect tool to improve personal and family scripture study, sacrament meeting talks, or Sunday School lessons. So much of modern life is geared to finding faster and easier ways to do the same old things. The Made Harder series is proof that making things easier does not always make them better.

The Book of Mormon Made Harder

James E. Faulconer

Latter-day Saint philosopher James E. Faulconer’s Made Harder series raises many more questions than it answers. And that is precisely the point. Faulconer wrote The Doctrine &amp; Covenants Made Harder on the premise that our scripture study is only as good as the questions we bring to the endeavor. The book consists almost entirely of challenging questions (with occasional commentary for clarity’s sake) because, in Faulconer’s experience, questions themselves are the key to reflective and deep scripture study. This book is intended to make reading harder—and therefore fresher—by priming your pondering pump with insightful study questions. The Doctrine &amp; Covenants Made Harder is the perfect tool to improve personal and family scripture study, sacrament meeting talks, or Sunday School lessons. So much of modern life is geared to finding faster and easier ways to do the same old things. The Made Harder series is proof that making things easier does not always make them better.

The Doctrine and Covenants Made Harder

The papers collected in this book are the product of a Mormon Theology Seminar dedicated to generating close, theologically informed readings of the second and third chapters of Genesis. Though participants in the seminar employed a wide variety of methodological approaches, the results clearly show a common core of understanding won through months of close collaborative effort. Essays explore the nature of appetite, the role of community, the necessity of ecology, and the persistence of paradox in one of the Bible s most human stories.

Fleeing the Garden: Reading Genesis 2-3

Adam S. Miller

The first Chapter of 1 Nephi may be the most read in all of Mormon scripture. But Beyond its veneer of familiarity, its substance remains shadowed by a host of contextual and theological questions. The papers collected in this volume offer theological readings that draw on careful examinations of 1 Nephi 1 s structure and literary details to explore questions about Lehi s world, the nature of revelation, the problem of suffering, and the promised Messiah.

A Dream, a Rock, and a Pillar of Fire: Reading 1 Nephi 1

A stray ink drop and a quirk of nineteenth-century script make the difference between retain that wrong and repair that wrong. More than a decade of meticulous research revealed such insights as Royal Skousen prepared transcripts of the original and printer's manuscripts of the Book of Mormon for publication.Now published for the first time ever, the manuscripts help you discover the original phrasing of the Book of Mormon (including Hebrew-like expressions), provide surprising evidence on the process by which Joseph Smith translated, and show how editors and printers have modified the wording to make it conform to the expectations of contemporary English readers. The original manuscript is the text written down by scribes as Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon. Most of this manuscript was destroyed by mold and water seepage. Only 28 percent of the original is extant. The printer's manuscript is the handwritten copy that was made to take to the printer for typesetting. It is virtually 100 percent extant. The book features: Typographic facsimiles of each manuscript (an exact reproduction of the text in typescript). A fragment showing what is considered the oldest existing sample of Joseph Smith's handwriting. Color and ultraviolet photographs of select parts of the manuscripts. A history and physical description of the manuscripts. Photographs of select parts of the manuscripts. A history and physical description of the manuscripts.

The Printer's Manuscript of the Book of Mormon: Typographical Facsimile of the Entire Text in Two Parts: Part 2

Royal Skousen

Archaeological research is currently hampered by a lack of high quality illustrations and a decentralization of data. The New World Figurine Project will overcome both problems for figurines. Figurines, like many other artifacts classified as minor, are often neglected in archaeological research. But if the objective of archaeology is to resurrect, in the most complete manner possible, the culture we are excavating from the earth, then all excavated artifacts are necessary to answer questions of process in prehistory. From its inception in 1987, the New World Figurine Project has been designed to compile and publish comprehensive illustrated data on New World figurines, so that researchers may have data for comparative purposes. In addition, the project promises to serve as a vehicle for discussing theories of cultural process. Many of the authors go beyond the primary goal of description to discuss issues relevant to the cultures or time periods associated with the figurines. An ultimate objective is to trace cultural interactions that cannot be established with other artifact categories. As future volumes are published, the editor and authors hope to amass enough data to make this possible.

New World Figurine Project, Volume 1

Terry Stocker

Otis Charlton explains that volume two of The New World Figurine Project deals with figurine studies from the descriptive to the ethnographic. This 298-page book features 12 chapters on diverse figurine studies, including Donald R. Tuohy's The Virgin Anasazi Figurines from Lost City; Stuart D. Scott's Pottery Figurines from Central Arizona; Harry J. Shafer's Clay Figurines from the Lower Pecos Region, Texas; B. K. Swartz Jr.'s Middle Woodland Figurines from the Mann Site, Southwest Indiana; and Kevin E. Smith's Human Figurines as Messengers Communicating with Past, Present, and Future Cultures.

The New World Figurine Project (Volume 2)

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