Excavating Mormon Pasts: The New Historiography of the Last Half Century

Edited by Newell C. Bringhurst and Lavina Fielding Anderson Winner of the Special Book Award from the John Whitmer Historical Association “A valuable tool in the ongoing quest for clarity, for truth, for certainty.” — Association for Mormon Letters  Available in ebook for Kindle, Nook, Google Play, and Kobo. Also available through Amazon. Book Description: Excavating Mormon Pasts assembles sixteen knowledgeable scholars from both LDS and the Community of Christ traditions who have long participated skillfully in this dialogue. It presents their insightful and sometimes incisive surveys of where the New Mormon History has come from and which fields remain unexplored. It is both a vital reference work and a stimulating picture of the New Mormon History in the early twenty-first century. Comprehensive Table of Contents: Show/Hide . Introduction 1. Mormon History and the Conundrum of Culture: American and Beyond Postscript 2. The Search for Cultural Origins of Mormon Doctrines T