Think about what you know about the Restoration. Maybe dates or names of people come to mind. Maybe you think about miracles or remember particular stories. Or maybe difficult topics come up—questions of faith and history. Now think about how you know what you know. Can you think of specific sources you’ve learned from? What assumptions have you made about what you’ve learned? In Wrestling with the Restoration , acclaimed historian Steven C. Harper asks us to slow down and ponder our own knowledge of the Restoration. How do we know what we know, and what does the Restoration do for us? Through short, accessible chapters each focused on a different lesson taught by the Restoration, this book frankly addresses hard questions and concerns and will help you understand what the Restoration teaches us about God and grow a deeper testimony of why it matters. Steven C. Harper is married to Jennifer Sebring. He is a professor of Church history and doctrine at Brigham Young University, where his primary work is to teach the restored gospel of Jesus Christ in ways that help students develop resilient faith in and become lifelong disciples of the Savior. He is also the editor in chief of BYU Studies and executive editor of The Wilford Woodruff Papers. From 2012 to 2018, he was the managing historian and a general editor of Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days. From 2002 to 2012, he was a volume editor of The Joseph Smith Papers. He has written several books, including Let’s Talk about the Law of Consecration, Making Sense of the Doctrine and Covenants , and First Vision: Memory and Mormon Origins .