Chapter 1 previously published in Dialogue (Stanford, Calif.), volume 41, number 1 (Spring 2008).
Contents:
Joseph Smith : lost and found -- The return of the repressed -- The angel, the plates, and the power of Joseph's charms -- La vita nuova -- Joseph Smith couldn't have written the Book of Mormon -- Back to the future -- Past-life digression -- Joseph through the particle accelerator -- Contradiction is not a sign of falsity -- The pure products of America -- Faith and irony -- Except ye be converted, and become as little children -- Sanctified flesh -- A dead prophet, a corpse, and a woman who will die.
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