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Givens, Terryl L. & Matthew J. Grow. Parley P. Pratt: The Apostle Paul of Mormonism.(Brief article)(Book review)

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| September 15, 2011 | Azzolina, David | (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Givens, Terryl L. & Matthew J. Grow. Parley P. Pratt: The Apostle Paul of Mormonism. Oxford Univ. Oct. 2011. c.592p, illus, index. ISBN 9780195375732. $34.95. REL

Parley P. Pratt (1807-57) was one of the most influential early apostles of the Mormon Church. He baptized several people who would become Mormon Church leaders, and he wrote some of the earliest tracts and books of systematic theology. He also wrote the text for one of the most popular Mormon hymns. Givens (By the Hand of Mormon) and Grow ("Liberty to the Downtrodden": Thomas L. Kane, Romantic Reformer) are believing Mormons whose biography of Pratt is a …

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