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Hell On The Range: A Story Of Honor, Conscience, And The American West, Daniel J. Herman, Taunalyn F. Rutherford

BYU Studies Quarterly

In the introduction to Hell on the Range, Daniel Justin Herman informs readers that his account of Arizona's Rim Country War of the 1880s is more than revisionist critique; it is self-critique. Herman, an associate professor of history at Central Washington University, is an Arizonan who, like many growing up in the western United States, was "raised on its romance," and in his youth he viewed "Arizonans--especially cowboys--[as] made of sterner, stronger stuff than people who grew up elsewhere" (xxii). His view of Mormons and Mormonism--an important undercurrent animating much of this book--was informed by his experiences as a non-Mormon …

Political Theology In A Postsecularist Key, Brent A. R. Hege

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A review of Clayton Crockett, Radical Political Theology: Religion and Politics after Liberalism. Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture. New York: Columbia University Press, 2011. $50.00 216 pp. ISBN: 9780231149822

Review Of "The Church Event: Call And Challenge Of A Church Protestant", Brent A. R. Hege

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A review of "The Church Event: Call and Challenge of a Church Protestant" by Vitor Westhelle.

Review Of "Take My Hand: A Theological Memoir", Brent A. R. Hege

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A review of "Take My Hand: A Theological Memoir" by Andrew Taylor-Troutman.

Compromising Scholarship: Religious And Political Bias In American Higher Education, George Yancey, Bruce A. Chadwick

BYU Studies Quarterly

George Yancey, a professor of sociology at the University of North Texas, has focused his research on racial and ethnic bias. His recent books include Interracial Families: Current Concepts and Controversies and Interracial Contact and Social Change. Yancey's newest study in Compromising Scholarship documents the bias of university faculty against members of various groups. Professor Yancey, aware that scientists, just like other Americans, are hesitant to reveal any prejudice or bias, focused his study on "collegiality" in an attempt to distract respondents from the research interest in bias. Yancey conducted his study via Internet survey and blog analyses in the …

The Death Of A Disco Dancer; A Sense Of Order And Other Stories; The Scholar Of Moab, Shelah M. Miner, David M. Clark, Jack Harrell, Steven L. Peck

BYU Studies Quarterly

DAVID CLARK. The Death of a Disco Dancer. Provo, Utah: Zarahemla Books, 2011.

JACK HARRELL. A Sense of Order and Other Stories. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2010.

STEVEN L. PECK. The Scholar of Moab. Torrey, Utah: Torrey House Press, 2011.

As an enthusiastic reader of literary fiction and as someone who is fascinated by Mormon culture, I am always on the lookout for works of literary fiction that contain Mormon themes or Mormon characters. While there are always plenty of new romances on the shelves at Deseret Book, and Mormon authors frequently find commercial and critical success writing science …

Still, The Small Voice: Narrative, Personal Revelation, And The Mormon Folk Tradition, Tom Mould, Jacqueline S. Thursby

BYU Studies Quarterly

Tom Mould is an associate professor of anthropology and folklore at Elon University in Greensboro, North Carolina. He is the author of two books on Choctaw narrative: Choctaw Prophecy: A Legacy of the Future (2003) and Choctaw Tales (2004). He has published articles on varied aspects of generic boundaries and constructed identities and has produced video documentaries for public television on folk art and culture in Indiana, Kentucky, and North Carolina. Mould is particularly focused on the study of oral narrative, and his interest in prophecy and sacred narratives led him to his work with the Latter-day Saints. His book …

Early Mormon Missionary Activities In Japan, 1901–1924, Reid L. Neilson, R. Lanier Britsch

BYU Studies Quarterly

Reid L. Neilson, PhD, the managing director of the Church History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is well known among LDS Asian and Pacific scholars as a gifted and productive editor and bibliographer. His research and writing on the history of the Church in Japan is informative, enlightening, and enriching. Although the topic of missionary work in Japan has been written about by other authors, Neilson's book adds much to what has already been written.

In Early Mormon Missionary Activities in Japan, 1901-1924, Neilson has created one of the few LDS books dealing with Mormon …

The Heresy Of Orthodoxy: How Contemporary Culture's Fascination With Diversity Has Reshaped Our Understanding Of Early Christianity, Andreas J. Köstenberger, Michael J. Kruger, Noel B. Reynolds

BYU Studies Quarterly

Readers interested in the ongoing debate over the reliability of the New Testament texts will find this new book to be an excellent contribution to the defense of those texts. Authors Kostenberger and Kruger are both allied personally and professionally with the contemporary movement that defends the inerrancy of scripture. Andreas J. Kostenberger is Professor of New Testament and Greek and director of PhD and ThM studies at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina. He is the editor of the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society and is the author of books and articles on biblical texts …

Barack Obama: The Story (Book Review), James C. Schaap

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Reviewed Title: Maraniss, David. Barack Obama: The Story. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2012. 672 pp. ISBN 10:1439160406 or 13:978-143916404.

Mission-Directed Governance: Leading The Christian School With Vision, Unity, And Accountability (Book Review), Ryan G. Zonnefeld

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Reviewed Title: Stob, Leonard. Mission-Directed Governance: Leading the Christian School with Vision, Unity, and Accountability. Grand Rapids: Calvin Press, 2011. 203 pages. ISBN-978-1937555-01-6.

Branding Obamessiah: The Rise Of An American Idol (Book Review), Charles Veenstra

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Reviewed Title: Taylor, Mark Edward. Branding Obamessiah: The Rise of an American Idol. Grand Rapids: Edenridge Press, 2011. 373 pages. ISBN 9781937532918.

John Owen, Richard Baxter And The Formation Of Nonconformity (Book Review), Keith C. Sewell

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Reviewed Title: Cooper, Tim. John Owen, Richard Baxter and the Formation of Nonconformity. Farnham, England: Ashgate, 2011. 343 pages. ISBN: 9780754663614.

Teaching And Christian Practices: Reshaping Faith And Learning (Book Review), Patricia C. Kornelis

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Reviewed Title: Smith, David. A., and James K. A. Smith, eds. Teaching and Christian Practices: Reshaping Faith and Learning. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2011. 223 pages. ISBN: 978-0-8028-6685-1.

Between Heaven And Earth: Christian Perspectives On Environmental Protection (Book Review), Jeff Ploegstra

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Reviewed Title: Van Dyke, Fred. Between Heaven and Earth: Christian Perspectives on Environmental Protection. Santa Barbara: Praeger, 2010. 237 pages. ISBN 978-0-313-37536-1.

Mathematics Through The Eyes Of Faith (Book Review), Calvin Jongsma

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Reviewed Title: Bradley, James, & Russell Howell. Mathematics through the Eyes of Faith. New York: HarperOne, 2011. viii + 280 pages. ISBN: 978-0-06-202447-3.

Review Of "What’S Wrong With Sin? Sin In Individual And Social Perspective From Schleiermacher To Theologies Of Liberation", Brent A. R. Hege

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A review of "What’s Wrong with Sin? Sin in Individual and Social Perspective from Schleiermacher to Theologies of Liberation" by Derek R. Nelson.

Mathematics And Religion: Our Languages Of Sign And Symbol (Book Review), Calvin Jongsma

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Reviewed Title: Mathematics and Religion: Our Languages of Sign and Symbol by Javier Leach. West Conshohocken, PA: Templeton Press, 2010, 188 pages. ISBN 9781599471495.

Where Mortals Dwell: A Christian View Of Place For Today (Book Review), Mark Tazelaar

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Reviewed Title: Bartholomew, Craig G. Where Mortals Dwell: A Christian View of Place for Today. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2011. 372 pages. ISBN: 9780801036378.

Review Of The Conversation Of Faith And Reason: Modern Catholic Thought From Hermes To Benedict Xvi, Jon Nilson

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The article reviews the book "The Conversation of Faith and Reason: Modern Catholic Thought From Hermes to Benedict XVI," by Aidan Nichols.

Parley P. Pratt: The Apostle Paul Of Mormonism And Parley P. Pratt And The Making Of Mormonism, Matthew J. Grow, Gregory K. Armstrong, Dennis J. Siler, Edward A. Geary, Terryl L. Givens

BYU Studies Quarterly

Parley Parker Pratt (1807-1857) was among the most talented and influential figures in the formative period of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Apostle, missionary, theologian, poet, polemicist, pris!oner, explorer, polygamist, and finally, in the view of many, martyr. Pratt was born in central New York State to Jared Pratt--a weaver thrown out of employment in his trade by the Industrial Revolution--and his wife, Charity. Like the Prophet Joseph Smith, who was two years his senior, Parley P. Pratt grew up in a family on the margins of the rural economy. Jared Pratt moved from place to place …

The Mormon Menace: Violence And Anti-Mormonism In The Postbellum South, Patrick Q. Mason, Heather M. Seferovich

BYU Studies Quarterly

Relatively few stories in late nineteenth-century Mormon history are more riveting than those from missionaries serving in the American South. A handful of legendary Mormon personalities served there, such as J. Golden Kimball, B. H. Roberts, and John Morgan. There are countless inflammatory threats of violence, hundreds of instances of physical assault, and even a few murders. Although tragic on many levels, such violent elements are often the foundation of successful films, plays, and books.

Scribal Culture And The Making Of The Hebrew Bible, Karel Van Der Toorn, Robert L. Maxwell

BYU Studies Quarterly

Karel van der Toorn, president of the University of Amsterdam and author of numerous books dealing with aspects of the Bible and ancient Israel, claims to have been writing an introduction to the Bible when he discovered that he was writing an altogether different book--an exploration of scribal culture in the Near East as a means to better understand the making of the Hebrew Bible. The developments he studies will be particularly interesting to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, since he explores the generations surrounding the Babylonian exile, including the time of the migration of …

The Lonely Polygamist, Brady Udall, Angela Hallstrom

BYU Studies Quarterly

Brady Udall's The Lonely Polygamist, published in 2010, arrived amid a wave of pop-culture interest in the polygamist lifestyle: HBO's Big Love was gearing up for its finale; TLC's reality show Sister Wives had just hit the airwaves; and real-life stories of Warren Jeffs, child brides, and FLDS compounds were common tabloid fare. Although Udall had been at work on his novel for many years before polygamy became a hot cultural topic, some skeptical readers--Mormon and non-Mormon alike--wondered if the novel's intentions were more sensational than literary. Once reviews began rolling in, however, it became clear that The Lonely Polygamist …

Who Chose The Gospels? Probing The Great Gospel Conspiracy, Lincoln H. Blumell, C. E. Hill

BYU Studies Quarterly

In Who Chose the Gospels? Probing the Great Gospel Conspiracy, C. E. Hill, professor of New Testament at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, challenges the seemingly pervasive view in scholarship that it was not until the fourth century, when Christian "orthodoxy" began to be firmly entrenched, that the four canonical Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John were selected by the church and raised to a status above all other competing Gospels. Hill argues that while this paradigm has become increasingly widespread in scholarship and is often propagated by the media or in popular culture (as in Dan Brown's The …

Joseph Smith Papers. Manuscript Revelation Books, Facsimile Edition, Robin S. Jensen, James B. Allen, Robert J. Woodford, Steven C. Harper

BYU Studies Quarterly

In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, our most precious founding documents are the handwritten manuscripts of the revelations that constitute the scriptures. However, like so many old manuscripts, those that are still extant are not available for public scrutiny, as constant handling could damage and perhaps even destroy them. The next best thing would be a near-perfect, full-size, full-color facsimile that could be examined at will by anyone. That is what the Church Historian's Press has provided with the publication of two manuscript revelation books dating from 1828 to 1834; these books were the basis for the …

Bible Made Impossible: Why Biblicism Is Not A Truly Evangelical Reading Of Scripture (Book Review), Laurence C. Sibley

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Reviewed Title: Smith, Christian. The Bible Made Impossible: Why Biblicism Is Not a Truly Evangelical Reading of Scripture. Grand Rapids: Brazos, 2011. 220pps. ISBN 978-1-58743-303-0.

Recent Books By Palestinian Christians (Book Reviews), Charles Veenstra

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Reviewed Titles: Awad, Alex. Palestinian Memories: The Story of a Palestinian Mother and Her People. Jerusalem: Bethlehem Bible College, 2008. 387pp. ISBN 978-0978-783907. Munayer, Salim J., ed. Journey Through the Storm: Musalaha and the Reconciliation Process. Jerusalem: Musalaha Ministry of Reconciliation, 2011. 275 pp. ISBN 978-965-555-549-3. McRay, Jonathan. You Have Heard It Said: Events of Reconciliation. Eugene, Oregon: Resource Publications, 2011. xi+106 pp. ISBN 978-1-61097-054-9. Ateek, Naim Stifan. A Palestinian Christian’s Cry for Reconciliation. New York: Orbis Books, 2008. xvi+224 pp. ISBN 978-1570-757846. Saada, Tass Abu, with Dean Merrill. Once an Arafat Man: The True Story …

Not Sure (Book Review), James C. Schaap

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Reviewed Title: Suk, John. Not Sure. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2011. 207 pp. ISBN 978-0-8028-6650-9.

Review Of "An Introduction To Christian Theology", Brent A. R. Hege

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A review of "An Introduction to Christian Theology" by Richard J. Plantinga, Thomas R. Thompson, and Matthew D. Lundberg.