Tuesday, August 12, 2025

New biography of Joseph Smith a worthy effort but lacks passion

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John G. Turner, who wrote an excellent biography of Brigham Young a decade ago, has returned with “Joseph Smith: The Rise and Fall of an Am...
Monday, July 14, 2025

The Blood in Their Veins provides a fascinating history of the Kimballs

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  Review by Doug Gibson I must say, immediately, that if you are one who pursues Mormon history, particularly its first century, " The ...
Sunday, May 11, 2025

Novel puts readers into the shoes of a gay Mormon teen who wants to stay worthy

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  Review by Doug Gibson Note : I reviewed the novel, " No Going Back ," by Jonathan Langford in 2009. It was published only of Sta...
Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Mormon folklore as diverse, tragic and humorous as other religions

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  A friend loaned me a book published in 1956,  "Saints of Sage and Saddle: Folklore Among the Mormons,"  by Austin and Alta Fife,...
Sunday, September 1, 2024

Review: Joseph White Musser: A Mormon Fundamentalist

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  Review by Doug Gibson Polygamy sects in more modern times are full of negative reports. Girls being beaten by parents who want to marry mu...
Wednesday, July 24, 2024

William Marks biography notes a major figure in early Mormonism often ignored

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  Review by Doug Gibson " Come Up Hither to Zion: William Marks and the Mormon Concept of Gathering ," 2024, Greg Kofford Books, (...
Saturday, July 6, 2024

Book explores Mormonism from a Peruvian perspective

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  In 1983, when I was 19, I began my LDS mission in Iquitos, Peru. It's a major city in the Amazon by the river. Early in my tenure ther...