The Founder of Mormonism: A Psychological Study of Joseph Smith, Jr.
1902 study of Joseph Smith by I. Woodbridge Riley, a doctoral thesis presented at Yale University, with an introductory preface by George Trumbull Ladd. Ten chapters on Smith's ancestry, visions, the Book of Mormon, and later activities, with four appendices and a bibliography.
Isaac Woodbridge RileyNew York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1902
Contents 18 sections
- Title Page
- Introductory Preface
- Author's Preface
- IAncestry and Dreamspp. 3 to 37
- IIEnvironment and Visionspp. 39 to 77
- IIIThe Book of Mormon: The Documentspp. 79 to 105
- IVThe Book of Mormon: The Sourcespp. 107 to 139
- VThe Author's Mentalitypp. 141 to 175
- VIProphet, Seer and Revelatorpp. 177 to 209
- VIIJoseph the Occultistpp. 211 to 245
- VIIIJoseph the Exorcistpp. 247 to 283
- IXJoseph the Faith Healerpp. 285 to 305
- XFinal Activitiespp. 307 to 331
- Appendix I. Contents of the Book of Mormonpp. 333 to 343
- Appendix II. Epilepsy and the Visionspp. 345 to 367
- Appendix III. The Spaulding-Rigdon Theory of the Book of Mormonpp. 369 to 397
- Appendix IV. Polygamy and Hypnotismpp. 399 to 426
- Bibliographypp. 429 to 446