Reddit reviews Inside the Mind of Joseph Smith: Psychobiography and the Book of Mormon
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I find that many of his motivations can be explained by a diagnosis of narcissistic personality disorder as discussed in http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Mind-Joseph-Smith-Psychobiography/dp/1560851252.
Take a look at this book: https://www.amazon.com/Inside-Mind-Joseph-Smith-Psychobiography/dp/1560851252/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?keywords=joseph+smith+psychology&qid=1567980764&s=gateway&sr=8-3
Tom, you might not have a cool name, but you write good book reviews.
>I'm not sure how r/exmormon will take me defending a book about the BoM by a TBM, but I don't care: the book was awesome.
Isn't it all about the quest to know, and not about "taking sides"?
>he's willing to acknowledge the problems for BoM historicity.
Probly why it was published by Oxford Press.
>His book asks us all, TBM and NoMo, to set historicity aside and study the book simply as a book.
Many people study the Bible this way, the approach allows for more critical thinking and objective insight, not just indoctrination, imo. I'm not aware of any other book that has done this on a serious scholarly level with the BoM though; the text was too sacrosanct to prod. Your review made me wonder how Hardy's book would cross-reference to this book (which I have not read).
https://www.amazon.com/Inside-Mind-Joseph-Smith-Psychobiography/dp/1560851252
http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Mind-Joseph-Smith-Psychobiography/dp/1560851252
Check out this book. The author is Robert D. Anderson, M.D., (a nevermo) is a semi-retired psychiatrist in private practice whose studies at the Psychoanalytic Institute stimulated his interest in applied psychoanalysis. This is a great book.
I found out 3 years ago that my mom was a narcissist. I started reading all the self-help books about narcissism. Then one day, I re-heard about how Joseph Smith had run for President and crowned himself King of Nauvoo. My heart sunk as the good ol HG whispered "Joseph was a narcissist." A Google search produced tons of results, including this book, which I highly recommend: https://www.amazon.com/Inside-Mind-Joseph-Smith-Psychobiography/dp/1560851252 Anderson diagnoses Smith as a narcissist and sociopath.