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Tag: Alvin Maker

by Liz Busby
Posted on April 24, 2026

More than Just a Joseph Smith Retelling: Reviewing The Tales of Alvin Maker

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Barlow “Time (Themes in the Doctrine and Covenants)” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
Stark, “The Desert Prophet“ (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
Collings, “Divine Law (Themes in the Doctrine and Covenants)” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
Givens, “Agency (Themes in the Doctrine and Covenants)” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
Swallow, Blythe, Eliason, Rudy “The Three Nephites: Saints, Service, and Supernatural Legend” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
Hanks, “To Be A Friend of Christ: The Life of Marion D. Hanks” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
Stapley, “Holiness to the Lord: Latter-day Saint Temple Liturgy” (Reviewed by Kevin Folkman)
Smith “The Juvenile Instructor Office: The Growth of Specialized Publishing in Utah in the 1880’s, a History and Bibliography” (Reviewed by Andrew Hamilton)
Stark, “The Desert Prophet” (Reviewed by Henrik Sorensen)
Sorensen, “A Thin Black Veil” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
Hoklotubbe and Zacharias, “Reading the Bible on Turtle Island: An Invitation to North American Indigenous Interpretation” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
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Easton, Divine Aid (Themes in the Doctrine and Covenants) (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
Harris, Redeeming the Dead (Themes in the Doctrine and Covenants) (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
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Johnson, “Revelation (Themes in the Doctrine and Covenants)” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
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