Joseph Fielding Smith: A Mormon Theologian

by Matthew Bowman

Book Overview

In the early and mid-twentieth century, Joseph Fielding Smith's (1876-1972) life as a public historian and theologian shaped the religious worldview of generations of Latter-day Saints. Matthew Bowman examines Smith's ideas and his place in American religious history. Smith achieved position and influence at a young age, while his theories about the age of the earth and the falseness of evolutionary theory brought fame and controversy. As Bowman shows,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252088050
• ISBN13: 9780252088056
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"