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University Standing at Time of Publication

Full Professor

Description

1986 Edition

Many individuals who are not Latter-day Saints have discovered that they admire Mormon ways; but, because of their reflective natures or their education, they have thus far been unable to take the Church itself seriously. Perhaps the essays will suggest to these people that there are others, also reflective and educated, to whom the gospel has proved a blessing. The essays should be equally instructive to those who misunderstand all questioning as apostasy, as well as those who think that the acceptance of any traditional view is intellectual compromise. Finally, I hope the book may serve to remind both intellectuals and those suspicious of the intellect that, though they may often remain in tension, the Spirit and the informed mind need not be perpetually at war.

Table of Contents

Preface

  1. Richard D. Poll "What the Church Means to People Like Me"
  2. Richard L. Bushman "My Belief
  3. John T. Kesler "Facing Spiritual Reality"
  4. Kenneth W. Godfrey "From Farm Boy to Believer"
  5. Thomas G. Alexander "The Faith of an Urban Mormon"
  6. Eugene England "On Finding Truth and God: From Hope to Knowledge to Skepticism to Faith"
  7. Carlfred B. Broderick "The Core of My Belief"
  8. Francine Bennion "A Large and Reasonable Context"
  9. E. Gary Smith "Faith and Knowledge: Products of an Open Mind"
  10. Robert C. Fletcher "One Scientist's Spiritual Autobiography"
  11. Emma Lou Thayne "The Landing"
  12. Victor B. Cline "The Faith of a Psychologist: A Personal Document"
  13. Allen R. Barlow "A Personal Revelation"
  14. Mary L. Bradford "Pillows of My Faith"
  15. William Clayton Kimball "The Habits of Belief"
  16. Laurel Thatcher Ulrich "Lusterware"
  17. Noel B. Reynolds "Reason and Revelation"
  18. Leonard J. Arrington "Why I am a Believer"
  19. Philip L. Barlow "The Uniquely True Church"
  20. Bruce W. Young "The Miracle of Faith, the Miracle of Love: Some Personal Reflections"
  21. Richard L. Anderson "A Tested Testimony"
  22. Richard H. Cracroft

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Keywords

Mormon studies, essays, religious writing, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Christianity

Language

English

ISBN

0939651009

Publication Date

1986

Rights

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A Thoughtful Faith: Essays on Belief by Mormon Scholars

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