Sidney Rigdon: A Portrait of Religious Excess

Sidney Rigdon: A Portrait of Religious Excess
Author Richard S. Van Wagoner
Country United States
Language English
Publisher Signature Books
Publication date
 December 1994
Pages 640
ISBN 978-1-56085-030-4

Sidney Rigdon: A Portrait of Religious Excess is a 1994 biography of the early Latter Day Saint leader Sidney Rigdon written by Richard S. Van Wagoner. It is published by Signature Books.

The biography was recognized in reviews as the most comprehensive biography of Rigdon produced.[1][2] The book won awards from the Mormon History Association and the John Whitmer Historical Association[3][4] but was criticized by Mormon apologists as "defective"[1] and one that "still leaves more to be desired".[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 David P. Harper, Howard K. Harper, and Steven C. Harper, "Van Wagoner's Sidney Rigdon: A Portrait of Biographical Excess", FARMS Review 14(1):261–274 (2002).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 John W. Welch, "Book Review: Sidney Rigdon: A Portrait of Religious Excess", Church History 66: 150–152 (1997).
  3. ↑ "Utah, LDS historian won acclaim", Salt Lake Tribune, 2010-10-12.
  4. ↑ Michael DeGroote, "Richard Van Wagoner, historian, dies at 64", Deseret News, 2010-10-12.