https://spencergreenhalgh.com/tags/larry-morris/recent posts from spencergreenhalgh.comHugoenTue, 26 May 2026 10:26:44 -0400https://spencergreenhalgh.com/work/2026-05-26-reviewing-reference/Tue, 26 May 2026 10:26:44 -0400https://spencergreenhalgh.com/work/2026-05-26-reviewing-reference/ <p>Reviewing reference works that I largely skimmed always feels silly, but it&rsquo;s my website, and no one can stop me.</p> <p>I&rsquo;m not a historian, but this historical context was really useful for me for a paper I&rsquo;m writing on Ellulian perspectives on &ldquo;media events&rdquo; in early Mormon history. I appreciated having easy access to documents related to events I was writing about, and as I eventually expand the paper, I expect that I will come back to this volume.</p> <p>Morris feels a need to weigh in on apologetic/critic debates in a way that I feel is unnecessary—especially since I feel like he tries to have it both ways in pushing back against critical arguments while also saying that &ldquo;the historian can&rsquo;t know for sure,&rdquo; etc. That&rsquo;s annoying, but the volume is also so helpful for my purposes (and the commentary in mostly good faith) that I can&rsquo;t penalize it too much for that.</p>

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