Description

Fifteen essays by various scholars on the historical development of Mormon beliefs.

Table of Contents

1. Speculative Theology: Key to a Dynamic Faith
   Thaddeus E. Shoemaker
2. Defining the Contemporary Mormon Concept of God
   Van Hale
3. The Earliest Mormon Concept of God
   Dan Vogel
4. The Developement of the Mormon Doctrine of God
   Boyd Kirkland
5. The Reconstruction of Mormon Doctrine
   Thomas G. Alexander
6. Omnipotence, Omnipresence, and Omniscience in Mormon Theology
   Kent E. Robson
7. The Concept of a Finite God as an Adequate Object of Worship
   Blake T. Ostler
8. Finitist Theology and the Problem of Evil
   Peter C. Appleby, revised by Gary James Bergera
9. The Developement of the Concept of a Holy Ghost in Mormon Theology
   Vern G. Swanson
10. The Mormon Concept of a Mother in Heaven
    Linda P. Wilcox
11. The Origin of the Human Spirit in Early Mormon Thought
    Van Hale
12. The Idea of Preexistence in Mormon Thought
    Blake T. Ostler
13. The Traditional Mormon Doctrine of Man
    George Boyd
14. Salvation in the Theology of Joseph Smith
    David John Buerger
15. Eternal Progression and the Second Death in the Theology of Brigham Young
    Boyd Kirkland

Epilogue: Continuing Revelation and Mormon Doctrine
Stephen L. Richards