The Book with the Unintentionally Self-Referential Title

by Brant A. Gardner

Overview

Earl M. Wunderli has written a book that works through the reasons he fell out of belief in the Book of Mormon. These are combined with issues that he has added to his original reasons. His presentation is clearly intended to suggest that what he found compelling will also be compelling to other readers. Should it? This review looks at how his arguments are constructed: his methodology, the logic of the analysis, and the way he uses his sources. Although he argues that it is the Book of Mormon that is the imperfect book, his construction of the arguments makes that designation ironic.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940150566088
Publisher:	Interpreter Foundation
Publication date:	08/29/2014
Series:	Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture , #12
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	123 KB

About the Author

Brant A. Gardner (M.A. State University of New York Albany) is the author of Second Witness: Analytical and Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon and The Gift and Power: Translating the Book of Mormon, both published through Greg Kofford Books. He has contributed articles to Estudios de Cultura Nahuatl and Symbol and Meaning Beyond the Closed Community. He has presented papers at the FairMormon conference as well as at Sunstone.