Try a search at www.deseretbook.com -- that should work. Stacy Smith wrote:
> I would like a listing of Steven E. Robinson's books so I might buy > them. This one sounds interesting. > > Stacy. > > At 09:45 PM 11/07/2002 +0000, you wrote: > > >This discussion by Stephen Robinson applies with equal validity to > >questions about the historical accuracy of the Bible... > > > >Naturalistic explanations are often useful in evaluating empirical data, > >but when the question asked involves non-empirical categories, such as > >"Is the Book of Mormon what it purports to be?", it begs the question to > >adopt a method whose first assumption is that the Book cannot be what it > >claims to be. This points out a crucial logical difficulty in using this > >method in either attacking or defending the Church. When those with a > >naturalistic bias apply their "scholarship" to LDS literature and > >history, we usually assume that it is to test the prophetic claims of > >the Church. In fact there is never a test at all. There cannot be, for > >the naturalistically based assumptions of the method have determined > >before we even begin that divine claims cannot be accepted, and the > >critical scholar will already be looking for naturalistic explanations > >for his data. Or in the words of W. Wink: > > > >In this case the carrying over of methods from the natural sciences has > >led to a situation where we no longer ask what we would like to know . . > >. Rather, we attempt to deal only with those complexes of facts which > >are amenable to historical method. We ask only those questions which the > >method can answer (9). > > > >It seems to me that few LDS scholars really understand this. While they > >think they are engaged in "pure" scholarship, many are really > >methodological half-breeds, using the naturalistic method when it suits > >them and drawing upon their theology when it suits them, without ever > >stating where and how they draw the line. Opponents and proponents alike > >can use the fruits of empirical research in a selective way to defend > >the faith, but the authority of the historical-critical method is lost > >in so doing, and the final product lacks any real force, being merely > >opinion (mingled with scripture). Pure critical scholarship on the other > >hand is agnostic by definition, and its rules are by design stacked > >against theistic conclusions. It would be incredibly naive to believe > >that biblical criticism brings us closer to the Christ of faith. After > >200 years of refining its methods, biblical scholarship has despaired of > >knowing the real Jesus, except for a few crumbs, and has declared the > >Christ pictured in scripture to be a creation of the early Church (see > >the excellent summary in Perrin 207-48). > > > > > >The Expanded Book of Mormon, Stephen Robinson essay; in Monte S. Nyman > >and Charles D. Tate, Jr., eds., Second Nephi: The Doctrinal Structure > >[Provo: BYU Religious Studies Center, 1989], 395.) > > > >--- > >Mij Ebaboc > > > >///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > >/// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > >/// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > >///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > > > > > > > > > > > >--- > >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > >Version: 6.0.399 / Virus Database: 226 - Release Date: 10/09/2002 > > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > -- Marc A. Schindler Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland �Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on� � Winston Churchill Note: This communication represents the informal personal views of the author solely; its contents do not necessarily reflect those of the author�s employer, nor those of any organization with which the author may be associated. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ==^^=============================================================== This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^^===============================================================
