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AUTHOR PROFILE
Richard L. Bushman
Richard L. Bushman is described in biographical records as an American historian and academic (born 1931) (born 1931). The selections gathered here touch on apostasy, bible, joseph smith. This profile brings the attributed quotations together with their available source information.
“For all their learning and their eloquence, the clergy could not be trusted with the Bible. They did not understand what the book meant. It was a record of revelations, and the ministry had turned it into a handbook. The Bible had become a text to be interpreted rather than an experience to be lived. In the process, the power of the book was lost. . . . It was the power thereof that Joseph and the other visionaries of his time sought to recover. Not getting it from the ministry, they looked for it themselves.”— Richard L. Bushman
Biography at a glance
- Profile: American historian and academic (born 1931)
- Life: born 1931
- Quotes in this collection: 2
Life and work
Biographical records connect Richard L. Bushman with Harvard University. This collection includes 2 quotations credited to Richard L. Bushman. Each quotation page preserves its own citation, when supplied, so readers can follow the passage back to its stated context.
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