Reading Club: Rough Stone Rolling
December 7, 2005

We've been having a Rough Stone Rolling reading club over at Millennial Star but several other blogs have been commenting on it as well. I wanted to roll all these posts up into a directory that people can go to and see all the discussion. It's a great book and has engendered a lot of discussion at various blogs. I'll try and keep this page reasonably up to date with latest posts. Let me know if I miss you.

Mormon Metaphysics

July 14, 2005: Review by Jeffrey Needle

Millennial Star

October 28, 2005: Discussion of RSR and the "value of inoculation," that is presenting what might be troubling aspects of history so people won't be shocked by them.

November 7, 2005: Preparing to read Rough Stone Rolling and introductory discussion.

November 14, 2005: Questions with Richard Bushman about RSR by his research assistant.

November 28, 2005: Comments on introduction, preface and chapter 1 of RSR.

December 12, 2005: Comments on the First Vision and translation. Chapters 2 - 3.

Times and Seasons

December 5, 2005: Summary of the symposium session at the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion discussing RSR.

December 6, 2005: Interview with Bushman about RSR.

December 7, 2005: Thoughts on RSR by Nate Oman and a response by Richard Bushman.

December 8, 2005: Thoughts on RSR by Russell Fox with a Rousseau like vibe.

December 8, 2005: Links to reviews of Rough Stone Rolling in national magazines and newspapers

December 9, 2005: Very interesting post on RSR by anthropologist Walter van Beek.

By Common Consent

August 3, 2005: Review by John H.

October 16, 2005: Discussion of double standards in the discussion of polygamy between histories of Joseph and Brigham. Incidentally discusses RSR.

Messenger and Advocate

December 8, 2005: Book of Mormon and modern culture

Dave's Mormon Inquiry

October, 2005: Thoughts about a speech by Bushman on LDS history

Guy's Blog

November 7, 2005: Emma's thoughts on Joseph as Prophet.

November 13, 2005: Some more thoughts on RSR and translation.

November 14, 2005: Thoughts about Larry McMurtry’s review of RSR.

PonderIt

October 12, 2005: Thoughts about ancestry


Comments


Posted By: Guy Murray | December 07, 2005 07:00 PM

Clark,

Thanks for posting this page. It is a great way to keep up on the general discussion of RSR through the Bloggernacle.

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