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My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?, Vincent L. Wimbush
My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?, Vincent L. Wimbush
CGU Faculty Publications and Research
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Joseph Smith’S Many Histories, Richard Bushman
Joseph Smith’S Many Histories, Richard Bushman
CGU Faculty Publications and Research
I wish to explore, in broad general terms, the histories to which historians have attached Joseph Smith. As you can imagine, the context in which he is placed profoundly affects how people see the Prophet, since the history selected for a subject colors everything about it. Is he a money-digger like hundreds of other superstitious Yankees in his day, a religious fanatic like Muhammad was thought to be in Joseph’s time, a prophet like Moses, a religious revolutionary like Jesus? To a large extent, Joseph Smith assumes the character of the history selected for him. The broader the historical context, …
Joseph Smith And Abraham Lincoln, Richard Bushman
Joseph Smith And Abraham Lincoln, Richard Bushman
CGU Faculty Publications and Research
In a letter to his friend John Stuart, dated March 1, 1840, Abraham Lincoln wrote that Joseph Smith had recently passed through Springfield, Illinois. In a tantalizingly brief report, Lincoln told Stuart that "Speed [another close friend] says he wrote you what Jo. Smith said about you as he passed here. We will procure the names of some of his people here and send them to you before long." The nature of Joseph's comment on Stuart can only be surmised. Joseph had spent the winter in Washington D.C., vainly seeking compensation for the Saints' losses in Missouri in 1839. He …