{"product_id":"a-barn-full-of-angels-the-spiritual-world-and-pioneer-journey-of-zerah-pulsipher-9781589588332","title":"A Barn Full of Angels: The Spiritual World and Pioneer Journey of Zerah Pulsipher","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Barn Full of Angels: The Spiritual World and Pioneer Journey of Zerah Pulsipher\u003c\/em\u003e explores the extraordinary life of an early Latter-day Saint whose faith was shaped by visions, spiritual encounters, and unwavering conviction. Born into the religious ferment of early nineteenth-century America, Zerah Pulsipher experienced what he believed were visitations from angels, confrontations with unseen powers, and personal revelations that guided his conversion to Mormonism. From a defining vision in his barn that confirmed the Book of Mormon to a lifetime immersed in an \"enchanted\" spiritual world, Pulsipher's story offers a rare window into how ordinary believers understood heaven, hell, angels, and demons as active forces in daily life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the same time, this deeply researched biography situates Pulsipher within the gritty realities of the Latter-day Saint pioneer experience. As a president of the Seventy, missionary, migrant leader, and family patriarch, he helped translate prophetic vision into lived reality-organizing mass migrations, enduring persecution, navigating plural marriage, and building communities across the American frontier. Written with both empathy and critical rigor, \u003cem\u003eA Barn Full of Angels\u003c\/em\u003e presents Pulsipher in all his complexity: faithful yet flawed, visionary yet pragmatic. The result is a compelling \"history from the middle\" that illuminates the spiritual imagination, institutional growth, and human costs of early Mormonism through the life of one remarkable man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chad L. Nielsen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Greg Kofford Books, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781589588332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNielsen, Chad L.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Chad L. Nielsen is an independent historian and writer specializing in Latter-day Saint history, theology, music, and documents. He is the author of Fragments of Revelation: Exploring the Book of Doctrine and Covenants and A Barn Full of Angels: The Spiritual World and Pioneer Journey of Zerah Pulsipher.Nielsen's scholarship has appeared in The Journal of Mormon History, Element: A Journal of Mormon Philosophy and Theology, and Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, as well as on the blogs Times and Seasons and From the Desk. He is a four-time winning contestant in Utah State University's Arrington Writing Award. While his professional career is in biotechnology as a manager at Recursion in Salt Lake City, Utah, Nielsen maintains active passions for history, religious studies, and music.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Chad L. Nielsen \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48483304767645,"sku":"9781589588332","price":47.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_9e986916-5b03-41a7-b225-2815a2fee5fc.jpg?v=1782287150","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/a-barn-full-of-angels-the-spiritual-world-and-pioneer-journey-of-zerah-pulsipher-9781589588332","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}