{"642105":{"#nid":"642105","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Emeritus Professor Publishes Work in Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELarry Foster, Emeritus Professor of History in the School of History and Sociology at Georgia Tech, recently published\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;Why the Prophet is a Puzzle: The Challenge of using Psychological Perspectives to Understand the Character and Motivation of Joseph Smith, Jr.,\u0026rdquo; in\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EDialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought\u003C\/em\u003E, vol. 53, no.2 (Summer 2020): 1-35.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe article may be of interest to a larger audience because Joseph Smith\u0026rsquo;s life was used by Max Weber in developing his influential theories about the nature and pitfalls of charismatic leadership. Foster\u0026nbsp;argues that Joseph Smith\u0026rsquo;s narcissistic personality helps explain many of the most puzzling aspects of his career, including his grandiosity, his\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003Esub rosa\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;introduction of the\u0026nbsp;practice of a form of polygamy among his top leadership cadre in Illinois and his eventual murder.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/10.5406\/dialjmormthou.53.2.0001#metadata_info_tab_contents\u0022\u003ERead the article here\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Dr. Larry Foster\u0027s work focuses on the life of Joseph Smith."}],"uid":"27332","created_gmt":"2020-12-14 16:05:06","changed_gmt":"2020-12-14 16:07:34","author":"Amy D\u0027Unger","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-12-14T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2020-12-14T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"642106":{"id":"642106","type":"image","title":"Larry Foster","body":null,"created":"1607962015","gmt_created":"2020-12-14 16:06:55","changed":"1607962015","gmt_changed":"2020-12-14 16:06:55","alt":"Larry Foster, Emeritus Professor of History in the School of History and Sociology","file":{"fid":"243939","name":"download-1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/download-1_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/download-1_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":8900,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/download-1_1.jpg?itok=D3fF2nZk"}}},"media_ids":["642106"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1288","name":"School of History and Sociology"},{"id":"473211","name":"_OLD: School of History and Sociology Student Blog"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"166851","name":"HSOC research"},{"id":"37661","name":"larry foster"},{"id":"186442","name":"Joseph Smith"},{"id":"186443","name":"Mormon history"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}