Belief and Belonging in an Age of Doubt by Patrick Mason is part of the Living Faith series by the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at Brigham Young University. Announcing the series, the Maxwell Institute wrote: "Each [book] will contain the voice of a scholar who has cultivated a believing heart while engaging in the disciplines of the Academy." 1 Other titles in the series have included Letters to a Young Mormon by Adam S. Miller, First Principles and Ordinances by Samuel

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... . Brown, and Evolving Faith by Steven L. Peck. 2 Among these titles, Mason's Planted earned the distinction of being published jointly with Deseret Book, making it a natural follow-up to the critically-praised The Crucible of Doubt by Terryl and Fiona Givens. 3 Planted adds to a growing body of Mormon literature that directly engages topics of faith, doubt, and reason. A historian respected for his scholarship on anti-Mormon