Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Event of Interest

http://pewforum.org/events/?EventID=148

3 comments:

Chino Blanco said...

Cheers, that was a nice read.

Hey, now I can quote Bushman as needed whenever I get cranky:

"As long as we're all polite to one another, there isn't going to be true understanding."

Julie said...

Check out this post at www.timesandseasons.org

http://www.timesandseasons.org/?p=3911#more-3911

It spurred me to "splurge" on some used books from Amazon and start my year long quest to know more. My reading list is as follows:

All four of the standard works and at least one good commentary on each. At least one Bible commentary you choose must be written by a non-Mormon. It goes without saying that you will have thoroughly read the conference issues of the Ensign for at least the last 5 years.

Richard Bushman, Joseph Smith and the Beginnings of Mormonism (bonus points for reading Rough Stone Rolling instead)
Leonard Arrington, The Mormon Experience
Jan Shipps, Mormonism
Anderson & Beecher, Sisters in Spirit and/or Claudia Bushman et al., Mormon Sisters
Thomas Alexander, Mormonism in Transition and/or Armand Mauss, The Angel and the Beehive



I will try and post updates as I learn.

Chino Blanco said...

I'll look forward your updates.

In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
--George Orwell