These are all respectable academic authors and titles.
Might there be a chance of seeing some, given the recent appearance of books from Oxford?
Oxford Press
University of Illinois titles
Eerdman's
IVP
Brazos Press
Random House
Another good book to probably add to this collection would probably be:
Correcting the Cults: Expert Responses to Scripture Twisting by Norman L. Geisler and Ron Rhodes
A good solid Mormon collection that is modern would be nice.
https://www.logos.com/product/16021/mormon-studies-collection is pre-40s, interesting, useless for discussion (arguing), and going nowhere.
But given the cornecopeia of anti-Mormon books in Logos, I have my doubts anything 'by' Mormons will succeed.
Logos is hesitant to even carry resources that discuss the OT/NT manuscripts in depth, so there's somewhat of a parallel fear.
A few years back I drove up to St George to go shopping at the Mormon bookstore. It was quite interesting, reflecting a greater openness than even a decade ago. One $100 volume I liked, I gave away at church, and will likely drive back up there for another.
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I would add a few more titles to a responsible, scholarly Mormon Studies collection. These have all been published since I wrote the original post, and represent a selection from academic, peer-reviewed authors.
UNC Press
Columbia University Press
University of Illinois Press
Maxwell Institute
Kofford Press (a newer small press that does LDS history, biography, and theology; Most of their volumes would fit an academic Mormonism package)
Both BYU Studies and Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought are going free/open next year, and might be open to allowing their backlog to go into Logos for free or cheap. I know people at both. And all of these would benefit from being able to hyperlink to uniquely LDS scripture, if Logos could get permission to input the Book of Mormon, D&C, and Pearl of Great Price. I've heard a rumor Accordance is doing that, but just a rumor.
[Y] While I am not 100% sure I am in the market for all these resources there are many there that would interest me to help me better underwent LDS thought and theological positions.
-dan
While I am not 100% sure I am in the market for all these resources there are many there that would interest me to help me better underwent LDS thought and theological positions. -dan
While I am not 100% sure I am in the market for all these resources there are many there that would interest me to help me better underwent LDS thought and theological positions.
My feelings exactly.
Eerdman's Talking with Mormons: An Invitation to Evangelicals IVP How Wide the Divide?: A Mormon & an Evangelical in Conversation Brazos Press Claiming Christ: A Mormon-Evangelical Debate
Anything between Mormons and Eastern or Oriental Orthodox Christians, or Mormons and Catholics, that you might recommend, Ben?
There is not a lot, alas, even though Mormonism and Catholicism have a lot more in common than Mormonism and Protestantism. I haven't read this, but I liked Stephen Webb (RIP).
https://amzn.to/3d07b4ACan't remember others at the moment.
Thanks!
Ben, would adding a Feedback page for your excellent suggestions would be in order?
Bumping this for Ben (whom I have known for a long time). I'm an evangelical Christian / never-Mormon and a TEDS PhD student, but I attended Brigham Young University for undergrad and have a long-time interest in Mormon history.
This would be another good addition to a hypothetical modern Mormon studies bundle:
Mormonism in Dialogue with Contemporary Christian Theologies -- Mercer University Press
There might have been a Catholic or an Orthodox essay in that volume; I can't remember, it's been a while since I read it.
Agree.
These are all respectable academic authors and titles. Might there be a chance of seeing some, given the recent appearance of books from Oxford? Oxford Press Mormon Christianity: What Other Christians Can Learn From the Latter-day Saints By the Hand of Mormon: The American Scripture that Launched a New World Religion The Book of Mormon: A Very Short Introduction Mormonism: A Very Short Introduction Wrestling the Angel: The Foundations of Mormon Thought: Cosmos, God, Humanity (nice blurb from Mark Knoll on that one) The Viper on the Hearth: Mormons, Myths, and the Construction of Heresy (Religion in America) People of Paradox: A History of Mormon Culture Understanding the Book of Mormon: A Reader's Guide Standing Apart: Mormon Historical Consciousness and the Concept of Apostasy University of Illinois titles Joseph Smith and the Beginnings of Mormonism The Book of Mormon: A Reader's Edition The Mormon Experience: A HISTORY OF THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS Mormons and Mormonism: An Introduction to an American World Religion The Angel and the Beehive: THE MORMON STRUGGLE WITH ASSIMILATION The Millenarian World of Early Mormonism Science, Religion, and Mormon Cosmology Eerdman's Way Below the Angels: The Pretty Clearly Troubled But Not Even Close to Tragic Confessions of a Real Live Mormon Missionary Talking with Mormons: An Invitation to Evangelicals A Different Jesus?: The Christ of the Latter-day Saints IVP How Wide the Divide?: A Mormon & an Evangelical in Conversation Brazos Press Claiming Christ: A Mormon-Evangelical Debate Random House The Mormon People: The Making of an American Faith
