Revelation, Reason, and Faith: Essays in Honor of Truman G. Madsen

by Truman G. Madsen (editor), Donald W. Parry (Editor), Daniel C. Peterson (Editor)

The distinguished career of Truman G. Madsen has earned him wide respect in and outside of LDS circles as an outstanding teacher, scholar, researcher, speaker, university administrator, church leader, and religious ambassador. With the publication of Revelation, Reason, and Essays in Honor of Truman G. Madsen, the Institute pays tribute to this remarkable man whose many accomplishments include helping to advance Book of Mormon scholarship and related interests of the Institute.

Edited by Donald W. Parry, Daniel C. Peterson, and Stephen D. Ricks (each of whom also author a chapter), the 800-plus-page volume contains contributions by 31 scholars, 10 of who are not Latter-day Saints, reflecting the wide appeal of Madsen's academic work and influence.

The non-LDS contributors include the noted biblical scholars
David Noel Freedman, James H. Charlesworth, and Jacob Milgrom.

The book is organized into five Philosophy and Theology, LDS Scripture and Theology, Joseph Smith and LDS Church History, Judaism, and The Temple.

Additional contributors are Davis Bitton, M. Gerald Bradford, S. Kent Brown, Richard L. Bushman, Joseph Dan, James E. Faulconer, Guttorm Fløistad, Rebecca L. Frey, Gary P. Gillum, Ann N. Madsen, Daniel B. McKinlay, Louis Midgley, Blake T. Ostler, David L. Paulsen, David Rosen, David R. Seely, Andrew C. Skinner, John A. Tvedtnes, Seth Ward, David J. Whittaker, and R. J. Zvi Werblowsky.

Genres: Religion

808 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 2002

About the author

Truman Grant Madsen was an American professor of religion and philosophy at Brigham Young University (BYU) and director of the Brigham Young University Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies. He was a prolific author, a recognized authority on Joseph Smith Jr., and a popular lecturer among Latter-day Saints. At one point, Madsen was an instructor at the LDS Institute of Religion in Berkeley, California.

Reviews

[Will]

Got this as a gift. Looks very good.

[Matt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Uneven but at times fascinating. I very much liked the paper on Joseph Smith's answers to the logical and existential problem of evil and Dan Peterson's paper on the weeping God in Jeremiah.