Milton V. Backman

Milton Vaughn Backman, Jr. (born 1927) is a historian of American religions with particular emphasis on the early history of the Latter Day Saint movement.

Biography

Backman was a professor of Church History at Brigham Young University.

Backman is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and has served in various positions in the church, often related to teaching and welfare. He has served as a member of a bishopric and on a stake high council.

As a young man, Backman served as a Mormon missionary in South Africa.

Writings

Among his many works are The Heavens Resound: A History of the Latter-day Saints in Ohio, 1830-1838, American Religions and the Rise of Mormonism, Joseph Smith's First Vision: The First Vision in its Historical Context and Christian Churches of American: Origins and Beliefs. Backman also compiled the work entitled Eyewitness Accounts of the Restoration. Backman also edited Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint History: New York with Larry C. Porter and Susan Easton Black.^[1] Backman has also compiled a collection of diaries and biographies of people who knew Joseph Smith with the assistance of Keith W. Perkins.^[2]

Notes

1. ^ Susan Easton Black's vita
2. ^ "Mormon Studies Resources". Harold B. Lee Library. Brigham Young University. http://lib.byu.edu/sites/mormonstudies/mormon-studies-resources/. Retrieved 2009-05-11. 

References

• http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Milton%20V.%20Backman&page=1
• Ensign, January 1989, p. 16

External links

• Works by or about Milton V. Backman in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

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