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Window of Faith

Latter-day Saint Perspectives on World History

Roy A. Prete
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Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Contributors
  • God in History
    Alexander B. Morrison
  • Part 1
  • A Marvelous Work and a Wonder
    Roy A. Prete
  • Early Mormonism and Early Christianity
    Some Providential Similarities
    John W. Welch
  • The Restoration in the Lord’s Plan
    Richard O. Cowan
  • “A World in Darkness”: Early Latter-day Saint Understanding of the Apostasy, 1830–34
    Richard E. Bennett and Amber J. Seidel
  • “A Place Prepared”: Joseph, Brigham, and the Quest for Promised Refuge in the West
    Ronald K. Esplin
  • The Scattering and Gathering of Israel
    God’s Covenant with Abraham Remembered through the Ages
    Victor L. Ludlow
  • Part 2
  • Philosophical and Theological Underpinnings
    Roy A. Prete
  • Merging the Secular and the Spiritual
    Roy A. Prete
  • Providential History: The Need for Continuing Revelation
    Brian Q. Cannon
  • Agency and Freedom in the Divine Plan
    Byron R. Merrill
  • How Has God Intervened in History?
    Roy A. Prete
  • Earthquakes, Wars, Holocausts, Disease, and Inhumanity: Why Doesn’t God Intervene?
    Craig James Ostler
  • Why Study World Religions?
    Roger R. Keller
  • The Discovery Process: Spiritual and Secular Parallels
    Sherilyn Farnes and Roy A. Prete
  • Part 3
  • Preparing the Way
    Roy A. Prete
  • Renaissance: The Beginning of Religious Reform
    De Lamar Jensen
  • Christopher Columbus: Man of Destiny
    Arnold K. Garr
  • European Origins of Freedom in America
    Robert R. Newell, Carma T. Prete, and Roy A. Prete
  • The Rise of Freedom in America
    Milton V. Backman
  • Champion of Freedom in the Modern World: Britain
    Louis B. Cardon
  • Champion of Freedom in the Modern World: France
    Louis B. Cardon
  • Preparing the Way: Technological Development in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
    Thomas L. Erekson
  • Part 4
  • To All the World
  • Chastisement of the Nations,1914–15
    Brian Q. Cannon
  • Herbert Butterfield on Tragedies and Providence in the Twentieth-Century Historical Experience: A Reappraisal
    Malcolm R. Thorp
  • Good from Evil in the Twentieth Century: Transcending Totalitarianism, Wars, and the Holocaust
    Douglas F. Tobler
  • Preparing for Preaching the Gospel Worldwide since 1945
    Robert S. Patterson and E. Dale LeBaron
  • "Unto Every Nation": Scenes of Church Growth Worldwide
    Richard O. Cowan
  • Epilogue
    Roy A. Prete

About the Book

Historians rarely discuss God’s hand in history. This collection offers the vantage of faith in viewing the events of the modern world. The book features Elder Alexander B. Morrison’s keynote address on God’s role in history, along with timely articles that delve into the role of divine providence in world events. Topics include the voyage of Columbus to the Americas, the birth of freedom in the Western world, scientific and technical advances, and the rise of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

ISBN 0-8425-2610-2

Published in 2005

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