Snow Posted May 23, 2010 Report Share Posted May 23, 2010 I love some of the Signature Books stuff. Two of my Signature favorites: New Mormon History (edited by Michael Quinn) Articles of Faith by James Talmage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttribe Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 I love some of the Signature Books stuff. Two of my Signature favorites:New Mormon History (edited by Michael Quinn)Articles of Faith by James TalmageIt's been a WHILE since signature published anything like Articles of Faith. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snow Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 It's been a WHILE since signature published anything like Articles of Faith.2003.It's a photostatic reproduction of the original Articles of Faith, unchanged, which the Church no longer publishes, and contains a substantive scholarly introduction on the writing of the book by Elder Talmage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volgadon Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 There is an older volume published by Signature, entitled Saints Without Halos. This is a collection of biographies written by Leonard Arrington which show the human face of LDS history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemidakota Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 Agreed. Read this set on my mission. However, be warned, it is LONG (7 large volumes) and it reads like a diary. It's not an easy thing to get through in that sense.Agreed but much can be gained. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiJolly Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 The books that I have that I can recommend are:The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power and The Mormon Hierarchy: Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn I was really disappointed by this book. Excellent research, very poor interpretation. In Sacred Lonliness: The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith by Todd Compton I liked the book. Todd was very straightforward in mentioning his opinions. Excellent research. Easy to see his opinion vs. the data, where Quinn conflates the two unconscionably, IMO. HiJolly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volgadon Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 I was really disappointed by this book. Excellent research, very poor interpretation.Standard Quinn fare. Good data, poor conclusions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttribe Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 Agreed but much can be gained.Agreed. I've found my reading of that set to be very useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttribe Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 Standard Quinn fare. Good data, poor conclusions.Yep, which is why his stuff fits in well at Signature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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