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Adventures of a church historian

Author:	Leonard J Arrington
Publisher:	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©1998.
Edition/Format:	eBook : Document : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	Adventures of a Church Historian details how Leonard J. Arrington opened up archival resources and presided, for a time, over an unprecedented era of enlightenment as he and those working under his aegis produced path-breaking works of Mormon scholarship. Arrington was the first professional historian and the first noncentral authority to serve as church historian of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a position he held from 1972 to 1982. Read more...
Subjects	Arrington, Leonard J. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- History. Mormons -- Biography. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Biography Autobiographies Biographies History
Named Person:	Leonard J Arrington; Leonard J Arrington; Leonard J Arrington
Material Type:	Biography, Document, Internet resource
Document Type:	Internet Resource, Computer File
All Authors / Contributors:	Leonard J Arrington Find more information about:
OCLC Number:	1244210399
Description:	1 online resource (249 pages : illustrations)
Contents:	Introduction -- Standing at the gate -- How I got into Mormon history -- Counselor in Utah State University stake -- The fraternity of Mormon scholars -- Fhe founding of the LDS Church Historical Department -- Conferences with new leaders -- Our first publication: Brigham Young's letters to his sons -- Other early studies and publications -- Story of the Latter-Day Saints and building the city of God -- A new pharaoh and new directions -- The long-promised day -- The Mormon experience -- Brigham Young: American Moses -- Our move to BYU -- The ongoing process of writing Mormon and western history -- Writing Latter-Day Saint history: philosophy and testimony -- Sources -- Index.
Responsibility:	Leonard J. Arrington.

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Adventures of a Church Historian details how Leonard J. Arrington opened up archival resources and presided, for a time, over an unprecedented era of enlightenment as he and those working under his aegis produced path-breaking works of Mormon scholarship. Arrington was the first professional historian and the first noncentral authority to serve as church historian of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a position he held from 1972 to 1982.

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