Richard L. Bushman
Author of Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling
About the Author
Richard Lyman Bushman is Gouverneur Morris Professor of History, Emeritus, at Columbia University.
Image credit: Jeanne Daniels
Series
Works by Richard L. Bushman
From Puritan to Yankee: Character and the Social Order in Connecticut, 1690-1765 (1967) — Author — 179 copies
The Great Awakening: Documents on the Revival of Religion, 1740-1745 (Institute of Early American History & Culture) (1970) 82 copies
King and People in Provincial Massachusetts (Institute of Early American History & Culture) (1985) 29 copies
The Mormon History Association's Tanner Lectures: The First Twenty Years (2006) — Contributor — 8 copies
Parallels and Convergences: Mormon Thought and Engineering Vision (2012) — Foreword; Editor — 6 copies
Associated Works
Book of Mormon Authorship Revisited: The Evidence for Ancient Origins (1997) — Contributor — 59 copies
The Transformation of Early American History: Society, Authority, and Ideology: How the Writings and Influence of… (1991) — Contributor — 36 copies, 2 reviews
Joseph Smith And the Doctrinal Restoration: The 34th Annual Sidney B Sperry Symposium (2005) — Contributor — 34 copies
The Worlds of Joseph Smith: A Bicentennial Conference at the Library of Congress (2006) — Contributor — 31 copies
Joseph Smith: The prophet, the man (Religious Studies Center monograph series) (1993) — Contributor — 27 copies
Nearly Everything Imaginable: The Everyday Life of Utah's Mormon Pioneers (Studies in Latter-Day Saint History) (1999) — Contributor — 22 copies
A Reason for Faith: Navigating LDS Doctrine and Church History (2016) — Contributor — 22 copies, 1 review
The Development of a Revolutionary Mentality: Papers Presented at the First Library of Congress Symposium on the… (1972) — Contributor — 22 copies
The Council of Fifty: What the Records Reveal about Mormon History (2017) — Contributor — 21 copies, 1 review
From Darkness Unto Light: Joseph Smith's Translation and Publication of the Book of Mormon (2015) — Foreword — 20 copies
By Study and Also by Faith: Essays in Honor of Hugh W. Nibley, Vol. 2 (1990) — Contributor — 19 copies
Faithful History: Essays on Writing Mormon History (Essays on Mormonism Series) (1992) — Contributor — 17 copies
New Views of Mormon History: A Collection of Essays in Honor of Leonard J. Arrington (1987) — Contributor — 14 copies
A Firm Foundation: The History of Church Organization and Administration (BYU Church History Symposium) (2011) — Contributor — 13 copies
Producing Ancient Scripture: Joseph Smith's Translation Projects in the Development of Mormon Christianity (2020) — Contributor — 12 copies
Approaching Antiquity: Joseph Smith and the Ancient World (2015) — Contributor — 11 copies, 1 review
To Be Learned is Good: Essays on Faith and Scholarship in Honor of Richard Lyman Bushman (2018) — Contributor — 9 copies
The Prophet Puzzle: Interpretive Essays on Joseph Smith (Essays on Mormonism Series) (1999) — Contributor — 9 copies
From the Outside Looking In: Essays on Mormon History, Theology, and Culture (2015) — Introduction — 8 copies
Charting a New Millennium: The Latter-Day Saints in the Coming Century (1998) — Contributor — 7 copies
Shifting Borders and a Tattered Passport: Intellectual Journeys of a Mormon Academic (2012) — Foreword — 6 copies
Joseph Smith and His First Vision: Context, Place, and Meaning, 2020 Church History Symposium (2021) — Contributor — 6 copies
New Perspectives in Mormon Studies: Creating and Crossing Boundaries (2013) — Contributor — 6 copies
A New Light Breaks Forth. Essays in Mormon History. Edited By Lyndon W. Cook & Donald Q. Cannon. (1980) — Contributor — 5 copies
To All the World: The Book of Mormon Articles from the Encyclopedia of Mormonism (2000) — Contributor — 5 copies
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 35, Number 3 (Fall 2002) (2002) — Contributor — 3 copies
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Volume 4, Number 4, (Winter 1969) (1969) — Contributor — 2 copies
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Volume 5, Number 1, (Spring 1970) (1970) — Contributor — 2 copies
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 14, Number 1 (Spring 1981) (1981) — Contributor — 1 copy
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 21, Number 2 (Summer 1988) (1988) — Contributor — 1 copy
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 37, Number 4 (Winter 2004) (2004) — Contributor — 1 copy
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 4, Number 1 (Spring 1969) (1969) — Contributor — 1 copy
Latter-day Saint Essentials: Readings from the Encyclopedia of Mormonism (2002) — Contributor — 1 copy
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 45, Number 3 (Fall 2012) (2012) — Contributor — 1 copy
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 1, Number 3 (Autumn 1966) (1966) — Contributor — 1 copy
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 13, Number 3 (Fall 1980) (1980) — Contributor — 1 copy
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 44, Number 3 (Fall 2011) (2011) — Contributor — 1 copy
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 1, Number 2 (Summer 1966) (1966) — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Bushman, Richard Lyman
- Birthdate
- 1931-06-20
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- Places of residence
- New York City, New York, USA
Portland, Oregon, USA - Education
- Harvard University (AB, AM, and PhD)
- Occupations
- historian
university professor - Relationships
- Bushman, Claudia Lauper (spouse)
- Organizations
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (patriarch)
Harvard University
Brigham Young University
Boston University
University of Delaware
Claremont Graduate University (show all 10)
Columbia University
Mormon History Association
Mormon Scholars Foundation (founder)
Center for Latter-day Saint Arts (co-director) - Awards and honors
- Phi Alpha Theta prize
Evans Biography Award (Mountain West Center for Regional Studies)
H. Rodney Sharp Professor of History, University of Delaware
Howard W. Hunter Chair of Mormon Studies, Claremont Graduate University
Gouverneur Morris Professor of History, Columbia University
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Statistics
- Works
- 21
- Also by
- 86
- Members
- 1,817
- Popularity
- #14,151
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 25
- ISBNs
- 55
- Languages
- 2
- Favorited
- 1