Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in, Audio CD, Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged, Switch between reading the Kindle book & listening to the Audible narration with, Get the Audible audiobook for the reduced price of $7.49 after you. “I am like a huge rough stone...and the only polishing I get is when some corner gets rubbed off by coming in contact with something else, striking with accelerated force...thus I will become a smooth and polished shaft in the quiver of the Almightly.” ― Joseph Smith Jr. Play Sample. In the end, though objectiveness was attempted, the author did not quite suceed. 3 stars. Download or stream Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling by Richard Lyman Bushman. [Richard L Bushman; Jed Woodworth] -- [In this book, the author] delivers a ... performance. Prof Richard L Bushman has produced a 'warts and all' biography of the man whose 'visions' resulted in The Book of Mormon and those clean-cut young men who knock on our doors. The book is both troubling and interesting. Get 50% off this audiobook at the AudiobooksNow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. Please try again. Founder of the largest indigenous Christian church in American history, Joseph Smith published the 584-page Book of Mormon when he was 23 and went on to organize a church, found cities, and attract thousands of followers before his violent death at age 38. Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling. Very good book. His mistakes bring out his humanity, and his humility in the face of setbacks as well as his accomplishments in such a short period of time are quite fascinating. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Founder of the largest indigenous Christian church in American history, Joseph Smith published the 584-page Book of Mormon when he was twenty-three and went on to organize a church, found cities, and attract thousands of followers before his violent death at age thirty-eight. Get 50% off this audiobook at the AudiobooksNow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. Price $34.99. Highly informative, well-researched and thought-provoking for those interested in this religion that grew up in the American frontier of the mid-19th century. Richard Bushman, an esteemed cultural historian and a practicing Mormon, moves beyond the popular stereotype of Smith as a colorful fraud to explore his personality, his relationships with others, and how he received revelations. An arresting narrative of the birth of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling also brilliantly evaluates the prophet's bold contributions to Christian theology and his cultural place in the modern world. There was a problem loading your book clubs. Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2016. Give as a Gift. An arresting narrative of the birth of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling also brilliantly evaluates the prophet's bold contributions to Christian theology and his cultural place in the modern world. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. Author aims to be objective on a subject that bitterly divides people. He presents the information without putting forth his own conclusions to the reader (although one can assume his position). It deals with the personality of Smith and his family influences as well as his mysticism and his amazing organizational talent, Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2018. A must-read for any Latter-day Saints or someone interested in Mormon history. This book is not sanitized. by Richard L. Bushman. It is told with little bias and without whitewashing, aggrandizing or vilifying and with no hidden agenda to sway opinion. Please try again. Product Rating . Much appreciated. Richard Bushman, an esteemed cultural historian and a practicing Mormon, moves beyond the popular stereotype of Smith as a colorful fraud to explore his personality, his relationships with others, and how he received revelations. Rough Stone Rolling has deepened my love for him. $14.95 a month after 30 days. Joseph Smith : rough stone rolling. Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2020. I am a believer and Mormon enthusiast and also a history graduate and enthusiast. An honest objective like at a complicated man’s life, Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2017. You will get an email reminder before your trial ends. Unabridged Audiobook Play it Free. Images An illustration of ... Joseph Smith : rough stone rolling by Bushman, Richard L; Woodworth, Jed. It is interesting to note that Joseph Smith, despite accusations from his detractors, never sought personal power or wealth. It deals with the personality of Smith and his family influences as well as his mysticism and his amazing organizational talent. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. While the one was recommending Rough Stone Rolling in order to promote and bolster Joseph Smith's claims, the other was recommending it as evidence that, in his eyes, Joseph was a charlatan. Sold and delivered by Audible, an Amazon company. There's a problem loading this menu right now. I was hesitant to read this book at first, as it seems that most of the literature about Joseph Smith is either scathingly skeptical or blatantly dogmatic.
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