https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_E._Bush_Jr.
I am not a scholar, I am not a historian, but I can appreciate the work they do. Lester Bush will always have a place in my heart for his contributions to Mormon history.
I can't find a definitive source, but it seems to be floating around confidently with people who would know. Someone has updated wikipedia, but not with a source.
Lester Bush has passed
Re: Lester Bush has passed
Yep! Sad news. He passed away. He was one of the more important figures in Mormon Studies. A generation is passing on before our eyes.
“If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about the answers.”~Thomas Pynchon, Gravity’s Rainbow
Re: Lester Bush has passed
Definitely saddening. If it wasn't for the work of people like Bush, I would probably not have converted to Mormonism.
Timothy A. Griffy
http://tagriffy.blogspot.com
Be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.
American conservatives are a paradox (if you want to be polite) or soulless expedient cynics (if you want to be accurate).--TheCriticalMind
http://tagriffy.blogspot.com
Be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.
American conservatives are a paradox (if you want to be polite) or soulless expedient cynics (if you want to be accurate).--TheCriticalMind
Re: Lester Bush has passed
Lester's seminal paper "Mormonism’s Negro Doctrine: a historical Overview," was my first foray into reading that would ultimately lead me out of Mormonism. It's ironic the two different trajectories you and I share over the same work.
Give me truth and clarity, not fluff and charity'Re: Lester Bush has passed
Actually I read Bush's explanation after joining the Church. It helped deepen my thoughts by putting it into persepctive.
Timothy A. Griffy
http://tagriffy.blogspot.com
Be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.
American conservatives are a paradox (if you want to be polite) or soulless expedient cynics (if you want to be accurate).--TheCriticalMind
http://tagriffy.blogspot.com
Be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.
American conservatives are a paradox (if you want to be polite) or soulless expedient cynics (if you want to be accurate).--TheCriticalMind
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