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Lawrence Foster

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The Psychology of Religious Genius: Joseph Smith and the Origins of New Religious Movements

Dialogue A Journal of Mormon Thought December 1, 1993 Lawrence Foster 7 citations

The nature of genius -especially religious genius -is an elusive and controversial topic.Great and recognized creativity in fields such as art, science, or politics has been the subject of extensive investigation without leading to clear and generally agreed upon criteria for assessing and accounting for such achievement.Religious genius, especially the prophetic leadership of founders of new...