Terryl L. Givens is Jabez A. Bostwick Professor of English at the University of Richmond. He is the author of Wrestling the Angel: The Foundations of Mormon Thought: Cosmos, God, Humanity. Philip L. Barlow is the Associate Director of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at Brigham Young University. He is the author of Mormons and the Bible: The Place of the Latter-day Saints in American Religion.

[T]his book reflects what it claims to reflect: the seemingly ever-accelerating shift away from the New Mormon History toward a far more diverse and eclectic study of the Mormon tradition. It presents the best of more traditional scholarship, and gestures toward the new, and even most of those essays that are more traditional in focus and scope, like Matthew J. Grow's 'The Modern Mormon Church,' point at their conclusion toward areas of future study and scholarship. It would serve as an invaluable resource for scholars interested in getting a handle on the state of the field, and will serve those more experience.

• Introduction: Terryl Givens and Philip Barlow I. History of Mormonism1. An Interpretive Framework for Studying the History of Mormonism - Jan Shipps 2. Emergent Mormonism in Context - Daniel Walker Howe3. The Mormon Church in Utah - W. Paul Reeve 4 The Modern Mormon Church - Matthew J. Grow 5. Women in Mormonism - Claudia L. Bushman 6. Understanding Multiple Mormonisms - William D. Russell 7. Mormon Studies as an Academic Discipline- David J. Whittaker II. Revelation and Scripture 8. Joseph Smith and His Visions - Richard L. Bushman 9. Mormons and the Bible - Laurie Maffly-Kipp 10. The Book of Mormon - Grant Hardy 11. Revelation and the Open Canon in Mormonism - David F. Holland III. Ecclesiastical Structure and Praxis12. Mormon Priesthood and Organization - Gregory A. Prince 13. Mormon Mission Work - Reid L. Neilson 14. The Mormon Temple and Mormon Ritual - James E. Falconer 15. Lived Religion among Mormons - Tona J. Hangen IV. Mormon Thought 16. Mind and Spirit in Mormon Thought - Philip L. Barlow 17. The Nature of God in Mormon Thought - David L. Paulsen & Hal R. Boyd 18. Christ, Atonement, and Human Possibilities in Mormon Thought - Terryl L. Givens19. The Problem of Evil in Mormon Thought - James M. McLaughlan 20. Embodiment and Sexuality in Mormon Thought - Samuel Morris Brown & Kate Holbrook V. Mormon Society 21. The Social Composition of Mormonism - Tim B. Heaton & Cardell K. Jacobson 22. Celestial Marriage (Eternal and Plural) - Kathryn M. Daynes 23. Mormon Doctrine on Gender - Valerie M. Hudson 24. Mormons and Race - Margaret Blair Young & Darius Aidan Gray 25. Authority and Dissent in Mormonism - Armand L. Mauss 26. Mormonism and Media - John Durham Peters VI Mormon Culture 27. Geography and Mormon Identity - Richard V. Francaviglia 28. Mormon Popular Culture - Jana Riess 29. Mormon Folk Culture - Eric A. Eliason 30. Mormon Visual Arts - Paul L. Anderson 31. Mormon Letters - Michael Austin 32. Music and Heaven in Mormon Thought - Michael D. Hicks VII. The International Church33. Mormons in Latin America - Mark L. Grover 34. Mormons in The Pacific - R. Lanier Britsch 35. Mormons in Europe - Wilfried Decoo 36. Mormons in Asia - Van C. Gessel VIII Mormonism in the World Community37. Communitarianism and Consecration in Mormonism - J. Spencer Fluhman 38. Mormons and the Law - Sarah Barringer Gordon 39. Mormonism in the American Political Domain - Noah R. Feldman 40. Mormons and Interfaith Relations - Richard J. Mouw 41. Mormons and Muslims- Daniel Peterson Index

Terryl L. Givens is Jabez A. Bostwick Professor of English at the University of Richmond. He is the author of Wrestling the Angel: The Foundations of Mormon Thought: Cosmos, God, Humanity. Philip L. Barlow is the Associate Director of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at Brigham Young University. He is the author of Mormons and the Bible: The Place of the Latter-day Saints in American Religion.

[T]his book reflects what it claims to reflect: the seemingly ever-accelerating shift away from the New Mormon History toward a far more diverse and eclectic study of the Mormon tradition. It presents the best of more traditional scholarship, and gestures toward the new, and even most of those essays that are more traditional in focus and scope, like Matthew J. Grow's 'The Modern Mormon Church,' point at their conclusion toward areas of future study and scholarship. It would serve as an invaluable resource for scholars interested in getting a handle on the state of the field, and will serve those more experience.

• Introduction: Terryl Givens and Philip Barlow I. History of Mormonism1. An Interpretive Framework for Studying the History of Mormonism - Jan Shipps 2. Emergent Mormonism in Context - Daniel Walker Howe3. The Mormon Church in Utah - W. Paul Reeve 4 The Modern Mormon Church - Matthew J. Grow 5. Women in Mormonism - Claudia L. Bushman 6. Understanding Multiple Mormonisms - William D. Russell 7. Mormon Studies as an Academic Discipline- David J. Whittaker II. Revelation and Scripture 8. Joseph Smith and His Visions - Richard L. Bushman 9. Mormons and the Bible - Laurie Maffly-Kipp 10. The Book of Mormon - Grant Hardy 11. Revelation and the Open Canon in Mormonism - David F. Holland III. Ecclesiastical Structure and Praxis12. Mormon Priesthood and Organization - Gregory A. Prince 13. Mormon Mission Work - Reid L. Neilson 14. The Mormon Temple and Mormon Ritual - James E. Falconer 15. Lived Religion among Mormons - Tona J. Hangen IV. Mormon Thought 16. Mind and Spirit in Mormon Thought - Philip L. Barlow 17. The Nature of God in Mormon Thought - David L. Paulsen & Hal R. Boyd 18. Christ, Atonement, and Human Possibilities in Mormon Thought - Terryl L. Givens19. The Problem of Evil in Mormon Thought - James M. McLaughlan 20. Embodiment and Sexuality in Mormon Thought - Samuel Morris Brown & Kate Holbrook V. Mormon Society 21. The Social Composition of Mormonism - Tim B. Heaton & Cardell K. Jacobson 22. Celestial Marriage (Eternal and Plural) - Kathryn M. Daynes 23. Mormon Doctrine on Gender - Valerie M. Hudson 24. Mormons and Race - Margaret Blair Young & Darius Aidan Gray 25. Authority and Dissent in Mormonism - Armand L. Mauss 26. Mormonism and Media - John Durham Peters VI Mormon Culture 27. Geography and Mormon Identity - Richard V. Francaviglia 28. Mormon Popular Culture - Jana Riess 29. Mormon Folk Culture - Eric A. Eliason 30. Mormon Visual Arts - Paul L. Anderson 31. Mormon Letters - Michael Austin 32. Music and Heaven in Mormon Thought - Michael D. Hicks VII. The International Church33. Mormons in Latin America - Mark L. Grover 34. Mormons in The Pacific - R. Lanier Britsch 35. Mormons in Europe - Wilfried Decoo 36. Mormons in Asia - Van C. Gessel VIII Mormonism in the World Community37. Communitarianism and Consecration in Mormonism - J. Spencer Fluhman 38. Mormons and the Law - Sarah Barringer Gordon 39. Mormonism in the American Political Domain - Noah R. Feldman 40. Mormons and Interfaith Relations - Richard J. Mouw 41. Mormons and Muslims- Daniel Peterson Index