Description

Contains sixteen essays on how Mormon history should be written; "faith-promoting history" or balanced, unprejudiced history.

Table of Contents

1. Faithful History
   Richard L. Bushman
2. The Irony of Mormon History
   Paul M. Edwards
3. Some Reflections on the New Mormon History
   Robert B. Flanders
4. The Gospel Beyond Time: Thoughts on the Relation of Faith and Historical Knowledge
   Richard Sherlock
5. History and Theology: The Mormon Connection
   Edwin S. Gaustad
6. On Being a Mormon Historian (and Its Aftermath)
   D. Michael Quinn
7. New Perspectives on the Mormon Past: Reflections of a Non-Mormon Historian
   Lawrence Foster
8. History, Faith, and Myth
   C. Robert Mesle
9. Looking for God in History
   Neal W. Kramer
10. Faithful History/Secular Religion
    Melvin T. Smith
11. Objectivity and History
    Kent E. Robson
12. Two Integrities: An Address to the Crisis in Mormon Historiography
    Martin E. Marty
13. The Acids of Modernity and the Crisis in Mormon Historiography
    Lous Midgley
14. Unfounded Claims and Impossible Expectations: A Critique of New Mormon History
    David Earl Bohn
15. Some Reflections on New Mormon History and the Possibilities of a "New" Traditional History
    Malcolm R. Thorp
16. Historiography of the Canon
    Edward H. Ashment

Epilogue: Myth, Symbol, and Truth
Leonard J. Arrington