Mormonism, Terryl Givens
Mormonism, Terryl Givens
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Mormonism
What Everyone Needs to Know

Author: Terryl Givens

Narrator: James Anderson Foster

Unabridged: 8 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/10/2020


Synopsis

Mormonism, or the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is America's most successful—and most misunderstood—home grown religion. The church today boasts more than 15 million members worldwide, a remarkable feat in the face of increasing secularity. The growing presence of Mormonism shows no signs of abating, as the makeup of its membership becomes progressively diverse. The heightened contemporary relevance and increasingly global membership of the Church solidifies Mormonism as a religious group much deserving of awareness.

Covering the origins, history, and modern challenges of the church, Mormonism: What Everyone Needs to Know offers listeners a brief, authoritative guide to one of the fastest growing faith groups of the twenty-first century, providing answers to questions such as: What circumstances gave rise to the birth of Mormonism? Why was Utah chosen as a place of refuge? Do you have to believe the Book of Mormon to be a Latter-day Saint? Why do women not hold the priesthood? How wealthy is the church and how much are top leaders paid? Written by a believer and the premier scholar of the Latter-day Saints faith, this remarkably accessible introduction provides a sympathetic but unstinting account of one of the few religious traditions to maintain its vitality and growth in an era of widespread disaffiliation.

About Terryl Givens

Terryl Givens is Neal A. Maxwell Senior Research Fellow at the BYU Maxwell Institute in Provo, Utah.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Derek on February 24, 2024

A positive and well-informed view of all things related to Mormonism. Reads a little like a book in the “for Dummies” series, but the author is a one of the best commentators on the subject of Mormonism writing from within the LDS faith tradition.......more

Goodreads review by Ray on March 08, 2021

I was not the intended audience for this book, nor would an active believing member be. It seemed geared towards people who have little experience with the LDS church, but are wanting to learn about it. It breaks things down into a variety of basic questions people might have about the church and it......more

Goodreads review by Mark on December 28, 2020

Terryl has written this in a question and answer format. And he asks all the questions, the easy ones and the hard ones. He doesn’t pull any punches nor does he shy away from difficult topics. As a fairly knowledgable member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I was neither shocked,......more

Goodreads review by Brad on March 02, 2021

This book seems to be almost a direct response to the CES letter, which has been a source of questions for some LDS church members. Clearly, the scholarly expertise and intellectual rigor in this book are far superior to anything found in the CES letter, so it feels like a different universe. But, th......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on July 23, 2024

I listened to this book from beginning to end, but, with the Q&A format, I think it would be an invaluable resource for anyone who had specific questions about the Mormon/LDS faith but wanted to get more authoritative, unbiased, and scholarly answers than Google would provide. Best used for looking......more