Description
During the 20th century, an organized objective to rewrite Latter-day Saint history from within, unbeknownst to the general Church membership, went head to head behind the scenes with traditional leaders of the Church. Meet the main players of this conflict: Leonard Arrington—progressive “Father of New Mormon History,” Ezra Taft Benson—traditionalist defender, and many other advocates of traditionalist and progressive Latter-day Saint history.
As traditionalists and progressives sparred during the 1970s-1980s, a covert cold war commenced in Salt Lake City, Utah, with the progressives spying on the traditionalists, and the traditionalists spying on the progressives. Secret informants, leaked documents, falsified reports, and even employed pseudonyms—all were part of this struggle to dominate Latter-day Saint history. But how did, and does, this secret conflict affect you? Progressives, working in the Church History Department and at Brigham Young University, claimed 40 years ago that it would take a generation to re-educate the Church. Where are we now in that re-education?
Richard Hasler –
Again Vol 2 is also Mind blowing! This is another fantastic book! Like I mentioned in my other review for Vol 1: As you begin reading you will soon find the books to be filled with scholarship; everything is sourced on each page with references. I was never aware of this progressive effort to re-write Mormon History until reading this volume; and alarmed at the great divide in our church. It is full of facts, evidence, doctrine, and authenticity that make it palatable for everyone to see clearly and decide, for themselves, which side of our history they will be on. As for me and my house we stand on the traditional side believing in the literal teachings and happenings as recorded in the scriptures and spoken by our prophets.