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Loading... Telling the Story of Mormon History (2004)| 7 | None | 2,379,154 | None | None | In March 2002, the Smith Institute hosted top Latter-day Saint historians at the "Telling the Story of Mormon History" symposium. This symposium was designed to explore the ways in which Mormon history is presented and the range of purposes it serves. Elder Bruce C. Hafen opened the conference with a keynote address explaining some of the challenges he faced when writing his biography of Elder Neal A. Maxwell, The Story of a Disciple's Life. Other speakers covered a range of topics: George Q. Cannon and Emmeline B. Wells as historians; historians' treatment of the history of Nauvoo, the matter of Mormon-Indian relations, and Church history beyond North America; postmodernist influences on history writing; new angles for viewing Mormon Trail history and for telling the history of a ward; and the types of records historians rely on.… (more) |
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▾Book descriptions In March 2002, the Smith Institute hosted top Latter-day Saint historians at the "Telling the Story of Mormon History" symposium. This symposium was designed to explore the ways in which Mormon history is presented and the range of purposes it serves. Elder Bruce C. Hafen opened the conference with a keynote address explaining some of the challenges he faced when writing his biography of Elder Neal A. Maxwell, The Story of a Disciple's Life. Other speakers covered a range of topics: George Q. Cannon and Emmeline B. Wells as historians; historians' treatment of the history of Nauvoo, the matter of Mormon-Indian relations, and Church history beyond North America; postmodernist influences on history writing; new angles for viewing Mormon Trail history and for telling the history of a ward; and the types of records historians rely on. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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Contents:
Introductions
HISTORIANS AND INTERPRETING THE STORY
The Story of a Disciple's Life: Preparing the Biography of Elder Neal A. Maxwell / Bruce C. Hafen
George Q. Cannon and the Faithful Narrative of Mormon History / Davis Bitton
Telling the Untold Story: Emmeline B. Wells as Historian / Carol Cornwall Madsen
Humor on the Trail of Mormon History / Melvin L. Bashore
Writing Ward Histories: Mormon Wards as Communities / Jessie L. Embry
Improving the Telling of Native American and Mormon Contacts in Frontier Utah / Robert H. Briggs
Handling Sensitivities in LDS History: A Panel Discussion / John W. Welch, Richard C. Bennett, Doris R. Dant, Steven Sorensen
HISTORIANS' THEORIES AND METHODS
The Mormon Positvismusstreit: Modern vs. Postmodern Approaches to Telling the Story of Mormonism / Alan Goff
Many Mansions: The Postmodern Critique and a New Faithful History / Stephen C. Taysom
Telling the Story of Mormon History: The James Moyle Oral History Program / Matthew K. Heiss
Education in Pioneer Utah: A Quantitative Approach / Tally S. Payne
SEEKING THE STORY OF THE INTERNATIONAL CHURCH
African Converts Without Baptism: A Unique and Inspiring Chapter in Church History / E. Dale LeBaron
The Historiography of Latter-day Saints in the Pacific / Grant Underwood
Selected Bibliography: Historiography of the church in Eastern Europe / Kahlile B. Mehr
HISTORIC SITES AND PERIOD LIFE STYLES
Historic Sites as Institutional Memory / Steven L. Olsen
Nineteenth-Century Latter-day Saint Immigration: Lewssons from Sea Trek 2001 for Telling the Story Better / William G. Hartley
HISTORY IN THE CLASSROOM
An Extraordinary Influence: Church History in the Classroom Setting / Susan Easton Black
T. Edgar Lyon: Teaching LDS History by Faith and by Fact / Thomas E. Lyon Jr.
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