20 must-read religion books like Stretching the Heavens: The Life of Eugene England and the Crisis of Modern Mormonism by Terryl L. Givens

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Stretching the Heavens: The Life of Eugene England and the Crisis of Modern Mormonism

By: Terryl L. Givens

4.50

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

Eugene England (1933-2001)—one of the most influential and controversial intellectuals in modern Mo…

If you liked the religion plot in Stretching the Heavens: The Life of Eugene England and the Crisis of Modern Mormonism by Terryl L. Givens , here is a list of 20 books like this:

1. David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism

By: Gregory A. Prince , None

3.83

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

Ordained as an apostle in 1906, David O. McKay served as president of the Church of Jesus Christ of… read more

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2. American Zion: A New History of Mormonism

By: Benjamin E. Park

4.21

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The first major history of Mormonism in a decade, drawing on newly available sources to reveal a pr… read more

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3. Romney: A Reckoning

By: McKay Coppins

4.36

Format: 416 pages, ebook

A remarkably illuminating biography of the political maverick, filled with revelations and written … read more

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  • nonfiction
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4. Both Things Are True

By: Kate Holbrook

4.47

Format: 152 pages, Kindle Edition

Joseph Smith’s observation that “by proving contraries, truth is made manifest” has become a belove… read more

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5. Original Grace

By: Adam S. Miller

4.57

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

In Original Grace, Adam S. Miller proposes an experiment in Restoration thinking: What if instead o… read more

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6. The Law Of Love

By: Steve Young

4.41

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Paperback starts shipping April 26, 2022 "Even if we understand the idea that we should love p… read more

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7. Jacob: A Brief Theological Introduction (The Book of Mormon: Brief Theological Introductions, #3)

By: Deidre Nicole Green

4.25

Format: 161 pages, Kindle Edition

"What could I have done more for my vineyard?" In one of the Book of Mormon’s most magisterial pass… read more

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8. Enos, Jarom, Omni: A Brief Theological Introduction (The Book of Mormon: Brief Theological Introductions, #4)

By: Sharon J. Harris

4.44

Format: 145 pages, Kindle Edition

"And I did cry unto God that he would preserve the records." Less than a generation after Sariah an… read more

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9. Mosiah: A Brief Theological Introduction (The Book of Mormon: Brief Theological Introductions, #5)

By: James E. Faulconer

4.19

Format: 146 pages, Paperback

"Whosoever should believe that Christ should come . . . might receive remission of their sins, and … read more

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10. Sacred Struggle: Seeking Christ on the Path of Most Resistance

By: Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye

4.60

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

We are part of a complex Church community―full of people who think differently than we do, behave i… read more

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11. Vengeance Is Mine: The Mountain Meadows Massacre and Its Aftermath

By: Richard E. Turley

4.39

Format: 520 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited follow-up to the groundbreaking Massacre at Mountain Meadows Published in 2008, M… read more

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12. At-One-Ment

By: Thomas Wirthlin McConkie

4.61

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

At the heart of the gospel is a radical message of we are capable of unlimited development, of bec… read more

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13. All Things New: Rethinking Sin, Salvation, and Everything in Between

By: Fiona Givens

4.59

Format: 156 pages, Kindle Edition

Robert MacFarlane has written that "language does not just register experience, it produces it." Ou… read more

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14. Stretching the Heavens: The Life of Eugene England and the Crisis of Modern Mormonism

By: Terryl L. Givens

4.50

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

Eugene England (1933-2001)—one of the most influential and controversial intellectuals in modern Mo… read more

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  • biography
  • theology
  • faith
  • mormonism
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  • biography memoir
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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15. Alma 30–63: A Brief Theological Introduction (The Book of Mormon: Brief Theological Introductions, #7)

By: Mark A. Wrathall

4.45

Format: 164 pages, Paperback

"Now is the time and the day of your salvation . . ." Alma the Younger is forever changed by an … read more

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16. Alma 1–29: a brief theological introduction (The Book of Mormon: Brief Theological Introductions, #6)

By: Kylie Nielson Turley

4.56

Format: 164 pages, Paperback

". . . that there might not be more sorrow upon all the face of the earth." Alma is an idolatrou… read more

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17. Joseph Smith's Gold Plates: A Cultural History

By: Richard L. Bushman

3.97

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

Renowned historian Richard Lyman Bushman presents a vibrant history of the objects that gave birth … read more

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18. 1st Nephi: A Brief Theological Introduction (The Book of Mormon: Brief Theological Introductions, #1)

By: Joseph M. Spencer

4.44

Format: 146 pages, Paperback

"I, Nephi, having been born of goodly parents. . ." So begins the first book in the Book of Mormon,… read more

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  • theology
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19. Every Needful Thing

By: Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye

4.37

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

A collection of essays from accomplished academics and professionals who speak about discipleship n… read more

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20. Helaman: a brief theological introduction (The Book of Mormon: Brief Theological Introductions, #8)

By: Kimberly Matheson Berkey

4.48

Format: 132 pages, Paperback

"Now is the time and the day of your salvation . . ." Alma the Younger is forever changed by an… read more

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  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • theology
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21. Is God Disappointed in Me?: Removing Shame from a Gospel of Grace

By: Kurt Francom

4.61

Format: 180 pages, Kindle Edition

As early as Primary, you may have absorbed this confusing "God loves us....but He's so disappointe… read more

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7 best-selling history books like Stretching the Heavens: The Life of Eugene England and the Crisis of Modern Mormonism by Terryl L. Givens

Transform Your Habits

American Zion: A New History of Mormonism

Benjamin E. Park

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Romney: A Reckoning

McKay Coppins

4.36

Transform Your Habits

Vengeance Is Mine: The Mountain Meadows Massacre and Its Aftermath

Richard E. Turley

4.39

Transform Your Habits

All Things New: Rethinking Sin, Salvation, and Everything in Between

Fiona Givens

4.59

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7 Top history books like Joseph Smith's Gold Plates: A Cultural History by Richard L. Bushman

Transform Your Habits

American Zion: A New History of Mormonism

Benjamin E. Park

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Romney: A Reckoning

McKay Coppins

4.36

Transform Your Habits

The September Six and the Struggle for the Soul of Mormonism

Sara M. Patterson

4.39

Transform Your Habits

Stretching the Heavens: The Life of Eugene England and the Crisis of Modern Mormonism

Terryl L. Givens

4.50

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