Peter Crawley
PETER CRAWLEY teaches mathematics at Brigham Young University and is a serious collector of Mormon Americana. This paper, that of David Whittaker's, and the response of E. Robert Paul which follow were delivered in a session on early Mormon intellectuals at the Mormon History Association, Ogden, Utah, 8 May 1982
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Mormon Americana at the Huntington Library
One of the most magnificent collections of books and manuscripts pertaining to English and American history and literature is housed in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, a privately endowed institution in San…
Read moreA Comment on Joseph Smith’s Account of His First Vision and the 1820 Revival
Dialogue 6.1 (Spring 1971): 106–107
Ever since people first heard of the First Vision, the events surrounding it has been clouded by controversy. Crawley comments with historical references that help to clarify this controversy.
The Passage of Mormon Primitivism
Some of Mormonism’s most important ideas appear to lie at the point of a paradox. The president of the Church, for example, is considered to be the divinely appointed mouthpiece of God, a prophet who…
Read moreParley P. Pratt: Father of Mormon Pamphleteering
A few years back fifty LDS academics were asked to list the most eminent intellectuals in Mormon history. B. H. Roberts and Orson Pratt were most frequently nominated. James E. Talmage and John A. Widtsoe…
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