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A Bibliography of Mormon Philosophy

Compiled by Aaron Shafovaloff
Updated October 31, 2024

Pratt, Orson. Absurdities of Immaterialism, Or, A Reply to T. W. P. Taylder’s Pamphlet, Entitled, “The Materialism of the Mormons Or Latter-Day Saints, Examined and Exposed.” Liverpool, England: R. James, Printer, 1849. Link.

Pratt, Orson. A Series of Pamphlets. Liverpool: R. James, Printer, 1851. Link.

Pratt, Parley P. Key to the Science of Theology. Liverpool: F. D. Richards, 1855. Link.

Penrose, Charles William. “Mormon” Doctrine, Plain and Simple: Or Leaves from the Tree of Life. Juvenile Instructor Office, 1882. Link.

Roberts, B. H. A New Witness for God. Vol. 1. 3 vols. Salt Lake City, Utah: George Q. Cannon & Sons, 1895. Link.

Roberts, B. H. The Seventy’s Course in Theology, First Year: Outline History of the Seventy and A Survey of the Books of Holy Scripture, 1907. Link.

Roberts, B. H. The Seventy’s Course in Theology, Second Year: Outline History of the Dispensations of the Gospel, 1908. Link.

Roberts, B. H. The Seventy’s Course in Theology, Third Year: The Doctrine of Deity, 1910. Link.

Roberts, B. H. The Seventy’s Course in Theology, Fourth Year: The Atonement, 1911. Link.

Roberts, B. H. The Seventy’s Course in Theology, Fifth Year: Divine Immanence and the Holy Ghost, 1912. Link.

Talmage, James E. The Story of “Mormonism” and The Philosophy of “Mormonism.” Salt Lake City, Utah: The Deseret News, 1914. Link.

Widtsoe, John A. Rational Theology as Taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. General Priesthood Committee, 1915.

Talmage, James E. The Vitality of Mormonism: Brief Essays on Distinctive Doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. R.G. Badger, 1919.

Whitney, Orson F. Saturday Night Thoughts: A Series of Dissertations on Spiritual, Historical, and Philosophic Themes. Salt Lake City, Utah: The Deseret News, 1921. Link.

Wilson, Lycurgus A. Outlines of Mormon Philosophy: Or, The Answers Given by the Gospel, as Revealed Through the Prophet Joseph Smith, to the Questions of Life. Salt Lake City, Utah: The Deseret News, 1905. Link.

Widtsoe, John A. Evidences and Reconciliations: Aids to Faith in a Modern Day. General Priesthood Committee, 1943. Link.

Skousen, W. Cleon. The First 2,000 Years: From Adam to Abraham. Deseret Book Company, 1953. Link.

McMurrin, Sterling M. The Philosophical Foundations of Mormon Theology. Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah Press, 1959. Link.

McMurrin, Sterling M. The Theological Foundations of the Mormon Religion. Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah Press, 1965.

Madsen, Truman G. Eternal Man. Deseret Book Company, 1966.

Cummings III, B. F. The Eternal Individual Self, 1968.

Smith, Joseph Fielding. The Progress of Man. Salt Lake City, Utah: The Genealogical Society of Utah, 1936. Link.

Orme, Gilbert Charles. The Four Estates of Man. First Edition. Salt Lake City, Utah: Bookcraft, 1948.

Brough, R. Clayton. Our First Estate: The Doctrine of Man’s Pre-Mortal Existence. Bountiful, Utah: Horizon Publishers, 1979.

White, O. Kendall. Mormon Neo-Orthodoxy: A Crisis Theology. Signature Books, 1987.

Ostler, Blake T. Exploring Mormon Thought: Volume 1, The Attributes of God. Greg Kofford Books, 2001.

Ostler, Blake T. Exploring Mormon Thought: Volume 2, The Problems of Theism and the Love of God. Greg Kofford Books, 2006.

McLachlan, James M., and Loyd Isao Ericson. Discourses in Mormon Theology: Philosophical and Theological Possibilities. Greg Kofford Books, 2007.

Ostler, Blake T. Exploring Mormon Thought: Volume 3, Of God and Gods. Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books Inc, 2008.

Ostler, Blake T. Fire on the Horizon: A Meditation on the Endowment and Love of Atonement. Greg Kofford Books, Incorporated, 2013.

Givens, Terryl. Wrestling the Angel: The Foundations of Mormon Thought : Cosmos, God, Humanity. Oxford University Press, 2015.

Givens, Terryl. Feeding the Flock: The Foundations of Mormon Thought : Church and Praxis. Oxford University Press, 2017.

Paulsen, David L., and Hal R. Boyd. Are Christians Mormon? Taylor & Francis, 2017.

Paulsen, David L. The Collected Writings of David L. Paulsen, Volume 1: Theology. BYU Studies, 2018.

Paulsen, David L. The Collected Writings of David L. Paulsen, Volume 2: The Nature of God. BYU Studies, 2018.

Paulsen, David L. The Collected Writings of David L. Paulsen, Volume 3: Relations, Reviews, and Responses. BYU Studies, 2018.

Ostler, Blake T. Exploring Mormon Thought: Volume 4, God’s Plan to Heal Evil. Greg Kofford Books, 2020.

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