FARMS Review 20/1 (2008)

[Guest]

I'm pleased to report that I have in my possession, still steaming from the press, FARMS Review 20/1 (2008):

Here is the table of contents:

Editor’s Introduction

George Mitton: "Concern for the Things of Eternity"

Book of Mormon

Don Brugger. "Toward the Ultimate Book of Mormon Timeline," review of Christopher Bigelow’s The Timechart History of Mormonism: From Premortality to the Present

Brant Gardner, "Where Much Is Promised, Less is Given," review of Diane Wirth, Decoding Ancient America

Articles

Terryl Givens, "'Common-Sense’ Meets the Book of Mormon"

Ronan Head, "A Brief Survey of Ancient Near Eastern Beekeeping"

Mormon Studies

Larry Morris, "Elder Ezra Taft Benson’s Incredible Experiences in Postwar Europe," a review of Frederick Babbel, On Wings of Faith

Cherry Silver, "Mormon Culture: A Worldview," review of Terryl Givens, People of Paradox

Sandra Thorne, "The Armor of God: Understanding the Metaphor," review of Kim Clark, Divine Protection in a Darkening World

Article

Richard Williams, "Faith, Reason, Knowledge, and Truth"

Book of Abraham

Article

John Gee, " Some Puzzles from the Joseph Smith Papyri"

Mormonism and Science

James Farmer, "The Clockmaker Returns," review of Frank Salisbury, The Case for Divine Design

Modern Atheism

Gregory Smith, "‘Days of Miracle and Wonder’: The Faith of Sam Harris and the End of Religion," review of Sam Harris, The End of Faith

Miscellaneous

Ara Norwood, "Still Losing the Battle... Still not Knowing It: An Open Letter to Hank Hanegraaff," a review of Hank Hanegraaff, The Mormon Mirage: Seeing through the Illusion of Mainstream Mormonism

Tom Rosson, "Deification: Fullness and Remnant," review of Daniel Keating, Deification and Grace

Article

James Faulconer, "The Myth of the Modern; the Anti-myth of the Postmodern"

Book Notes

Steven Cramer, Chosen: The Path to Divine Acceptance

D. G. Hart, Deconstructing Evangelicalism: Conservative Protestantism in the Age of Billy Graham

Irving Hexham, The Christian Travelers Guide to Great Britain

Peter Charles Hoffer, Past Imperfect: Facts, Fictions, Fraud--American History from Bancroft and Parkman to Ambrose, Bellesiles, Ellis, and Goodwin

Dean May and Reid Neilson, eds., The Mormon History Association’s Tanner Lectures: The First Twenty Years

Shawn McCraney, I Was a Born-Again Mormon: Moving Toward Christian Authenticity.

Jeffrey Meldrum and Trent Stephens, Who Are the Children of Lehi? DNA and the Book of Mormon

Robert Millet and Gregory C. V. Johnson, Bridging the Divide: The Continuing Conversation between a Mormon and an Evangelical

Donald Musser and David Paulsen, eds., Mormonism in Dialogue with Contemporary Christian Theologies

Douglas Sweeney, The American Evangelical Story: A History of the Movement

John Welch and Larry Morris, eds., Oliver Cowdrey: Scribe, Elder, Witness

N. T. Wright. Paul: In Fresh Perspective

About the Contributors

I would imagine that FARMS Review 20/1 will be going out to those who have ordered the hard copy version within the next week or two. (Please don't start calling the Maxwell Institute office immediately, wondering where your copy is. Most copies haven't arrived yet, and it takes a while.) And the contents of the Review should be available on line within a few weeks, as well.



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[_John Larsen]

I just renewed my subscription to Church News and Ensign, I need to get a subscription to the FARMS review too. I just need to figure out how to sneak it past the wife. ;)

[_Jersey Girl]

Are the "Book Notes" actually book reviews?

[_The Dude]

I notice there's something about Jeff Meldrum under "Book Notes" ... what's that about?

Also, what's with the big text, Dr. Peterson? Is the actual table of contents in the Review printed in such eye-popping fashion? Ouch.

[Guest]

On an unrelated note, one of the quotes from Elder Maxwell on the FARMS homepage references the finding of the golden plates. But I love how the word "find" is in quotes.

http://farms.BYU.edu/ (random Neal Maxwell quote appears, so you probably won't see it; it says "The golden plates are history's most stunning 'find' in the field of religion" - Neal A. Maxwell)

[_GoodK]

I notice Sam Harris is being reviewed again. Is this because Michael Jibson's review was embarrasingly lousy? Can you guarantee I won't feel like I've just huffed paint thinner after reading this attempt?

[_ludwigm]

On an unrelated note, one of the quotes from Elder Maxwell on the FARMS homepage references the finding of the golden plates. But I love how the word "find" is in quotes.

http://farms.BYU.edu/ (random Neal Maxwell quote appears, so you probably won't see it; it says "The golden plates are history's most stunning 'find' in the field of religion" - Neal A. Maxwell)

Are they 'found' again?
As far as I know, the last event is that they have disappeared.

[_christopher]

Articles

Terryl Givens, "'Common-Sense’ Meets the Book of Mormon"




I seriously cannot wait to read this article. I wonder who the intended audience could be.

[_Tom]

Ronan Head, "A Brief Survey of Ancient Near Eastern Beekeeping"

Is this the same article that appeared online back in February?

Terryl Givens, "'Common-Sense’ Meets the Book of Mormon"

A reprint of his article that appeared in Revisiting Thomas F. O'Dea's the Mormons?

Larry Morris, "Elder Ezra Taft Benson’s Incredible Experiences in Postwar Europe," a review of Frederick Babbel, On Wings of Faith

A review of the 1972 book? Why?

Richard Williams, "Faith, Reason, Knowledge, and Truth"

A reprint of his 2000 BYU devotional?

[_Mister Scratch]

Ronan Head, "A Brief Survey of Ancient Near Eastern Beekeeping"

Is this the same article that appeared online back in February?

Terryl Givens, "'Common-Sense’ Meets the Book of Mormon"

A reprint of his article that appeared in Revisiting Thomas F. O'Dea's the Mormons?

Larry Morris, "Elder Ezra Taft Benson’s Incredible Experiences in Postwar Europe," a review of Frederick Babbel, On Wings of Faith

A review of the 1972 book? Why?

Richard Williams, "Faith, Reason, Knowledge, and Truth"

A reprint of his 2000 BYU devotional?

ROFL!!!! I guess we'll have to wait and see, but, if FARMS is just recycling old material at this point....Well, what would that mean? Would it count as a "watershed" moment?

Edited to add: It would seem that they are short-staffed at the Maxwell Institute:

There was a notable reorganization of the Maxwell Institute's editorial department, and we lost our long-time production editor to the Collected Works of Hugh Nibley. That put us off our game. But we're working hard to get yet another issue out in fairly short order, and to return to our planned schedule of publication.

With their massive budget, one wonders why this was the case. Perhaps DCP took too large a slice of this pie this fiscal year?