Line Upon Line: Essays on Mormon Doctrine

Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1989. First Edition. 187pp. Octavo [23 cm] Illustrated wrappers. Near fine.

- 'Speculative Theology: Key to a Dynamic Faith' by Thaddeus E. Shoemaker
- 'Defining the Contemporary Mormon Concept of God' by Van Hale
- 'Earlist Mormon Concept of God' by Dan Vogel
- 'The Development of the Mormon Doctrine of God' by Boyd Kirkland
- 'Reconstruction of Mormon Doctrine' by Thomas G. Alexander
- 'Omnipotence, Omnipresence, and Omniscience in Mormon Theology' by Kent E. Robson
- 'The Concept of a Finite God as an Adequate Object of Worship' by Blake T. Ostler
- 'Finitist Theology and the Problem of Evil' by Peter C. Appleby, revised by Gary James Bergera
- 'The Development of the Concept of a Holy Ghost in Mormon Theology' by Vern G. Swanson
- 'The Mormon Concept of a Mother in Heaven' by Linda P. Wilcox
- 'The Origin of the Human Spirit in Early Mormon Thought' by Van Hale
- 'The Idea of Preexistence in Mormon Thought' by Blake T. Ostler
- 'The Traditional Mormon Doctrine of Man' by George Boyd
- 'Salvation in the Theology of Joseph Smith' by David John Buerger
- 'Eternal Progression and the Second Death in the Theology of Brigham Young' by Boyd Kirkland
- 'Epilogue: Continuing Revelation and Mormon Doctrine' by Stephen L. Richards. Part of Signature Books' Essays on Mormonism series. In Line Upon Line, sixteen thoughtful, compelling essays offer reflective historical discussions of the development of Mormon doctrine from the statements of church leaders to the writings of LDS theologians to canonized scripture, rather than on the authors' personal speculations. Noting the relative strengths and weaknesses of various theological or doctrinal teachings due to limited human understanding, the contributors suggest that differences of opinion can indicate the presence of genuine and sincere faith that God's truth is nevertheless present in scriptural metaphor.