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Author Bushman, Richard L.

Title Joseph Smith and the beginnings of Mormonism / Richard L. Bushman
Published Urbana ; Chicago : University of Illinois Press, [1984]
©1984

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Description 262 pages ; 24 cm
regular print
Contents The Joseph Smith family -- The first visions -- Translation -- The Book of Mormon -- The Church of Christ -- The restoration of all things
Summary The core of Mormon belief was a conviction about actual events. The test of faith was not adherence to a certain confession of faith but belief that Christ was resurrected, that Joseph Smith saw God, that the Book of Mormon was true history and not philosophy, and that Peter, James, and John restored the apostleships
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 189-247
Subject Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- History.
Mormon Church -- History -- 19th century.
Mormons -- United States -- History.
Religion.
LC no. 84000245
ISBN 0252011430
0252060121 (paperback: alk.paper)
9780252011436 (alkaline paper)