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    <![CDATA[Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling]]>
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    <![CDATA[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. 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<em>. </em> <br/><br/>An arresting narrative of the birth of the Mormon Church, <em>Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling</em> also brilliantly evaluates the prophet’s bold contributions<em> </em>to Christian theology and his cultural place in the modern world.]]>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a superb book. However, I wouldn't recommend it indiscriminately; the book can shake your testimony if you're not careful. If you do read it, keep these things in mind:<br/><br/>*Don't stop in the middle; read to the very end. Bushman does a great job of showing Joseph's development not on...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33266028">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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