Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling: A Cultural Biography of Mormonism’s Founder

901 Pages·2007·8.14 MB·English

by  Richard Lyman Bushman

Table of Contents

Title Page
Dedication
Epigraph
Praise
MAPS
JOSEPH SMITH CHRONOLOGY
FOUR GENERATIONS OF JOSEPH SMITH’S FAMILY
PROLOGUE
PREFACE
ONE - THE JOSEPH SMITH FAMILY
SOLOMON AND LYDIA MACK
ASAEL AND MARY SMITH
JOSEPH AND LUCY SMITH
MIGRATION
TWO - THE FIRST VISIONS
SETTLEMENT
REVELATIONS
MORONI
MONEY
TREASURE
MARRIAGE
FAMILY RELIGION
THREE - TRANSLATION
THE PLATES
MARTIN HARRIS
OLIVER COWDERY
WITNESSES
PUBLICATION
FOUR - A NEW BIBLE
CRITICISM
INDIANS
LAMANITES
THE BIBLE
AMERICA AND ISRAEL
A REVELATION OF JOSEPH SMITH
FIVE - THE CHURCH OF CHRIST
CONVERSIONS
TRIALS
DISSENSION
GATHERING
SIX - JOSEPH, MOSES, AND ENOCH
REVELATION
TRANSLATION
MOSES
ENOCH
REVISION
SEVEN - THE KIRTLAND VISIONARIES
VISIONARIES
THE LAW
AN ENDOWMENT OF POWER
EIGHT - ZION
NEW JERUSALEM
OBJECTIONS
BOOK OF COMMANDMENTS
NINE - THE BURDEN OF ZION
TAR AND FEATHERS
TROUBLE IN ZION
EVENING AND MORNING STAR
SADNESS
IRRITATIONS
NEW YORK
BRIGHAM YOUNG
SOUTH CAROLINA
REPRISE
TEN - EXALTATION
“THE VISION”
PRIESTHOOD
LIGHT AND TRUTH
THE SCHOOL OF THE PROPHETS
ELEVEN - CITIES OF ZION
TEMPLE
CITY PLANS
PERSECUTION
REDRESS
TWELVE - THE CHARACTER OF A PROPHET
ZION’S CAMP
CHARGES
THIRTEEN - PRIESTHOOD AND CHURCH GOVERNMENT
LAYERS
PRIESTHOOD
FAMILY
CHURCH ORGANIZATION CHART, 1835
POLITICAL THEORY
FOURTEEN - VISITORS
MATTHIAS
FIFTEEN - TEXTS
DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS
ABRAHAM
TRANSLATING
SIXTEEN - STRIFE
NEXT YEAR IN ZION
SEVENTEEN - THE ORDER OF HEAVEN
LIFE IN KIRTLAND
ENDOWMENT
PENTECOST
DEDICATION
AFTERMATH
EIGHTEEN - REVERSES
FANNY ALGER
CLAY COUNTY
FINANCES
WILFORD WOODRUFF’S KIRTLAND
APOSTASY
ZION
NINETEEN - TRIALS
A NEW ZION
DISSENT
DANITES
TWENTY - WAR
GALLATIN
SURRENDER
CAPTIVES
REPRISE
TWENTY-ONE - IMPRISONMENT
PRISON LETTERS
RETURN
THE TWELVE
HISTORY
TWENTY-TWO - WASHINGTON
PETITIONS
IN PUBLIC
THE PUBLIC DEBATE
TWENTY-THREE - BEAUTIFUL PLACE
WORLD CITY
THE CHARTER
TWENTY-FOUR - TEMPORALITIES AND SPIRITUALITIES
DOCTRINE
TEMPLE
LAW AND POLITICS
THOMAS SHARP
LAND AND DEBT
TWENTY-FIVE - STORIES OF ETERNITY
MARRIAGE
THE RELIEF SOCIETY
ENDOWMENT
ABRAHAM
A TRANSLATION
TWENTY-SIX - PERILS
DISSENSION
IN HIDING
STRATEGY
REFLECTIONS
TRIALS
TWENTY-SEVEN - THICKETS
MYSTERIES
EMMA AND JOSEPH
TWENTY-EIGHT - CITY AND KINGDOM
CAPITALISM
EXTRADITION
POLITICS
ALARMS
TACTICS
THE KINGDOM
TWENTY-NINE - CONFRONTATIONS
DISSENT
ENEMIES
KING FOLLETT SERMON
REFORM
About the Author
ALSO BY RICHARD LYMAN BUSHMAN
EPILOGUE
NOTES
SOURCES CITED
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
Copyright Page
Acclaim for Richard Lyman Bushman’s
JOSEPH SMITH

ROUGH STONE ROLLING

“Captivating. . . . A stunning accomplishment.” — The New York Sun
“A sympathetic but perceptive appraisal in this important new study. Readers
of this sensitive and comprehensive account will find a new and deeper
understanding of Smith, the religion he founded, and the popular culture of the
United States during the thirty-nine years of his short but eventful life.”
—Foreign Affairs
“Illuminating. . . . A landmark biography.” —Booklist (starred review)
“An astonishing achievement that is meticulously researched, wonderfully
grounded and rich in cultural context.” —Tucson Citizen
“A fine entry into the study of the development of Mormon doctrine through
an examination of the life of its founder, Joseph Smith.”
—The Decatur Daily
“[Bushman’s] exhaustive biography carefully treads a path between
reverence and objectivity.” —The New Yorker
“A painstakingly researched historical document.” — The Miami Herald
“A splendid cultural biography. . . . No one has come close to re-creating a
full and satisfying portrait until Bushman. It is unlikely that another book about
Joseph Smith will supercede this one for many years to come.”
—Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
“A remarkable book, wonderfully readable and supported by exhaustive
research. For anyone interested in the Mormon experience, it will be required
reading for years to come.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)