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Ok, my book club dissolved recently; Fetherina mentioned Book Club in another forum, and I thought the idea of a book club was a great idea. For anyone interested, here’s a few books that are on my “to read” list. Perhaps we can get a consensus on the order–I have no particular order here. Most of these are Mormon books, but not all. Left to Tell – Immaculee Ilibagiza
Scattering of the Saints – John Hamer and Newell Bringhurst
David O McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism – Greg Prince
Blacks & the Mormon Priesthood – Marcus Martins
Have a Little Faith – Mitch Albom
An ancient American setting for the Book of Mormon – John L Sorenson
Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible & Why – Bart Ehrmann
Massacre at Mountain Meadows – Richard Turley and a few others
Infidel – Ayaan Hirsi Ali
If anyone has any books they want to add to this list, feel free to add your comments. We can decide as a group which books we want to read in what order. Some of these books are really long and academic, while others are shorter and easier to follow.
If there are no objections, I’d like to start off with
Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust. My wife asked me to read this book, so, since I already started reading this book (I’m in chapter 2, and it is due back at the library soon.) So far, it seems to be a quick read, and I think most people can pick it up at the library and read it fairly quickly. If it’s ok with everyone, I’ll create a topic here at the beginning of July and we can discuss impressions of the book. If you come along later and want to add comments, feel free. I know the David O McKay book already has a topic here, so when we get to that book, we can just add to that conversation.
mormonheretic wrote:If there are no objections, I’d like to start off with Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust.
I second this choice and highly recommend it. I read this book when it first came out several years ago. I was pregnant at the time with my fifth and final child. After finishing the book I was so in awe with the author that I was determined to name my baby Immaculee if she was a girl. Turned out to be a boy. Anyhow, such a powerful book and I would love to read it again.
Thanks Flowerdrops. I was beginning to think this was a bad choice…. I like the choice too. Hey, great idea. I will see if I can get that book and hopefully can stay on task and participate. What about reading a Michael Quinn book? I haven’t read any of his yet, but think I could benefit by having others point out some of the sources or things in the book that may be questionable (as I’ve heard people warn against). That would be beneficial to get others’ views besides just reading it solo.
Sounds good Heber. I’ve read Origins of Power, and I would like to read Extensions of Power next. Is that what you had in mind, or is there another book? I’m up to chapter 6 on
Left to Tell. It’s a much easier read than all these scholarly books that I’ve read, but I must say it is getting disturbing. I guess I didn’t realize so many of these Tutsis and Hutus were Christians. While it is not a religious war, but rather an ethnic war, I hadn’t realized that Rwanda was so Christian. I saw Hotel Rwanda last year, and it was really jarring. I thought it was every bit as good as Schindler’s List. mormonheretic wrote:Sounds good Heber. I’ve read Origins of Power, and I would like to read Extensions of Power next. Is that what you had in mind, or is there another book?
Either one…Extensions of Power would be good if you’ve already ready the Origins book.
I think this is a great idea. I just posted the first discussion on Left to Tell. See http://forum.staylds.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1644 Our next book is Scattering of the Saints by John Hamer and Newell Bringhurst. (I’ve already started on it.) Do you think a month is long enough for this book, or should we give more time?
I just finished Infidel a week ago. I loved the book and would love to discuss it. So many books not enough time. mormonheretic wrote:I just posted the first discussion on
Left to Tell. See http://forum.staylds.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1644 Our next book is Scattering of the Saints by John Hamer and Newell Bringhurst. (I’ve already started on it.) Do you think a month is long enough for this book, or should we give more time?
I like the monthly schedule. I wasn’t able to read Left to Tell, but want to start reading with this new book. Thanks MH.I just got my book, Scattering. How far along are you? I need to play catchup!!!
:geek: I read in bursts. I read the first 2 (excellent) chapters quickly, but have been a bit busy and I am still working through chapter 3. sorry boys, but i will not be able to follow during the summer – traveling and away from home too much. I will catch up later this summer/fall when school starts. Looking forward to it. mormonheretic wrote:I read in bursts. I read the first 2 (excellent) chapters quickly, but have been a bit busy and I am still working through chapter 3.
I’ve been working my way through it…and I find it really fascinating. I knew the 3 witnesses left the church but never denied their testimony…but I always pictured it as they got prideful or lost their way,and the fact they never denied their testimony was evidence they could not deny it.However, you get into the details and it is interesting how they were all trying to follow their conscience and what they thought was true to their experiences. As the church began changing from what it was in the early 1830s to the late 1830s with things like polygamy and new revelations, it wasn’t that they left the church but they felt the church left them.
It is also interesting how many of them profess to have spiritual experiences similar to Joseph’s. The succession crisis really must have been an incredibly fascinating time to live through and see how Mormonism evolved and how many different splinter groups there were.
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