Richard P. Howard

RICHARD P. HOWARD is historian emeritus for the Community of Christ, formerly known as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and resides in Independence, Missouri. He is the author of The Church Through the Years, Rids Beginning, to 1860.

The Joseph Smith Egyptian Papyri: Translations and Interpretations: A Tentative Approach to the Book of Abraham

Articles/Essays – Volume 3, No. 2

Dialogue 3.2 (Summer 1968):89 – 92
It appears that in time the mystery of the Book of Abraham will be unveiled. Meanwhile, it is significant for the Reorganized Church that undue haste and overzealous faith did not move it in the nineteenth century to canonize this work of Joseph Smith, Jr., primarily on the basis that it was accomplished by Joseph Smith, Jr.

The Reorganized Church in Illinois, 1852-82: Search for Identity

Articles/Essays – Volume 5, No. 1

Scripture Reviewed: The Doctrine and Covenants (1981)

Articles/Essays – Volume 16, No. 2

The Document Diggers and Their Discoveries: A Panel

Articles/Essays – Volume 19, No. 4

Why Were Scholars Misled? What Can We Learn From This?

Articles/Essays – Volume 21, No. 2

Mormonism Becomes a Mainline Religion: The Challenges: A Reorganized Church Perspective

Articles/Essays – Volume 24, No. 4

A Tentative Approach to the Book of Abraham

Articles/Essays – Volume 34, No. 1