Excavating Mormon Pasts: The New Historiography of the La...
Bringhurst, Newell G. / Anderson, Lavina Fielding
Mormonism was born less than 200 years ago, but in that short time it has developed into a dynamic world religious movement. The editors have assembled 16 essays addressing the substantial number of published works in the field of Mormon studies from 1950 to the present. Each essay focuses on a particular aspect of Mormonism and is careful to evenhandedly evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the books under discussion.