Lowell L. Bennion : A Mormon Educator (Introductions to Mormon Thought)

Handley, George B.

University of Illinois Press（2023/11発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 144 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780252045394
• DDC分類 289.332092

Full Description

The intellectual and ethical achievements of the Latter-day Saint theologian Known in his lifetime for a tireless dedication to humanitarian causes, Lowell L. Bennion was also one of the most important theologians and ethicists to emerge in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the twentieth century.

George B. Handley's intellectual biography delves into Bennion's thought and extraordinary intellectual life. Rejecting the idea that individual LDS practice might be at odds with lived experience, Bennion insisted the gospel favored the growth of individuals acting and living in the present. He also focused on the need for ongoing secular learning alongside religious practice and advocated for an idea of social morality that encouraged Latter-day Saints to seek out meaningful transformations of character and put their ethical commitments into practice. Handley examines Bennion's work against the background of a changing institution that once welcomed his common-sense articulation of LDS ideas and values but became discomfited by how his thought cast doubt on the Church's beliefs about race and other issues.

Contents

Foreword to the Introductions to Mormon Thought Series Matthew Bowman and Joseph Spencer Acknowledgments

The Life of a Mormon Educator
The Abundant Life
A Rational Faith
Social Morality

Bibliographical Essay

Notes

Works Cited

Index