I recently read a volume by Casey Paul
Griffiths, Susan Easton Black, and Mary Jane Woodger,
What You Don't Know About the 100 Most Important Events in Church History
(Deseret Book, 2016)
While I was initially unsure about investing
the money and time into the book as I thought it would be more focused on
"faith-promoting" material at the expense of sound historical
methodologies, Neal Rappleye "plugged" the book in a post entitled The
15 “Best Books” to Read BEFORE Having a Faith Crisis, so I decided to pick
it up. I was pleasantly surprised as it deals with many issues of importance
for those involved in LDS apologetics (e.g., different accounts of the First
Vision; debate about the dating of the restoration of the Melchizedek
Priesthood; Mountain Meadows Massacre) as well as having a good bibliography
for those wishing to delve deeper into such topics.
One can order the book on the
Deseret Book Website in both paperback and ebook format.
