12 Best lds books like Joseph Smith's Gold Plates: A Cultural History by Richard L. Bushman

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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 …

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1. Exploring Mormon Thought

By: Blake T. Ostler

3.78

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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2. The Gift and Power: Translating the Book of Mormon

By: Brant A. Gardner

4.67

Format: 523 pages, Hardcover

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3. The Holy Barbarians

By: Lawrence Lipton

3.44

Format: None pages,

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4. By the Hand of Mormon: The American Scripture That Launched a New World Religion

By: Terryl L. Givens

4.01

Format: 0 pages, Paperback

With over 100 million copies in print, the Book of Mormon has spawned a vast religious movement, bu… read more

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5. 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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6. Heart of the Matter: What 100 Years of Living Have Taught Me

By: Russell M. Nelson

4.87

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

“The laws or truths I will share in this book are not merely ideas I have studied and examined; the… read more

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"Jesus Christ frequently expressed gratitude. Before raising Lazarus from the dead, before miraculously multiplying loaves and fishes, and before passing the cup to His disciples at the Last Supper, t…"

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7. 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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8. Prophets See around Corners

By: Sheri Dew

4.74

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Author Sheri Dew has had the unique opportunity to be in the presence of prophets, seers, and revel… read more

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9. 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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10. 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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11. The September Six and the Struggle for the Soul of Mormonism

By: Sara M. Patterson

4.39

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

In the single month of September 1993, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints excommunicat… read more

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12. 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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13. 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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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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15. 2nd Nephi: A Brief Theological Introduction (The Book of Mormon: Brief Theological Introductions, #2)

By: Terryl L. Givens

4.40

Format: 116 pages, Paperback

"I have seen a vision, in which I know that Jerusalem is destroyed . . ." In the wake of epic ca… read more

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16. 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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17. Second-Class Saints: Black Mormons and the Struggle for Racial Equality

By: Matthew L. Harris

4.91

Format: 488 pages, Hardcover

An in-depth account--grounded in new archival discoveries--of the most consequential development in… read more

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18. The Lost 116 Pages: Reconstructing the Book of Mormon's Missing Stories

By: Don Bradley

4.33

Format: 338 pages, Paperback

On a summer day in 1828, Book of Mormon scribe and witness Martin Harris was emptying drawers, upen… read more

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19. Exploring Mormon Thought: Volume 3, Of God and Gods

By: Blake T. Ostler

4.12

Format: 483 pages, Hardcover

Blake Ostler's anticipated third volume of his award-winning Exploring Mormon Thought series. read more

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20. Exploring Mormon Thought: Volume 2, The Problems of Theism and the Love of God

By: Blake T. Ostler

4.10

Format: 503 pages, Hardcover

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21. Lowell L. Bennion: A Mormon Educator (Introductions to Mormon Thought)

By: George B. Handley

4.80

Format: 142 pages, Paperback

The intellectual and ethical achievements of the Latter-day Saint theologian Known in his lifetime … read more

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

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Benjamin E. Park

4.21

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McKay Coppins

4.36

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The September Six and the Struggle for the Soul of Mormonism

Sara M. Patterson

4.39

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Terryl L. Givens

4.50

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Early Mormonism and the Magic World View

D. Michael Quinn

4.12

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An ancient American setting for the Book of Mormon

John L. Sorenson

3.37

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The God Who Weeps: How Mormonism Makes Sense of Life

Terryl L. Givens , Fiona Givens

3.00

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Spencer W. Kimball

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