Inspiring man. Inspiring biography.
Neal A. Maxwell served as a member of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles, the governing council of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints from 1981 until his death from cancer in 2004. Compassionate, witty, politically astute, and spiritually authentic, Maxwell was always passionately engaged in life's battles. This instinct for action impelled him into the infantry in World War II where, on Okinawa, shaking and crying in a foxhole full of mud and foul water, he pledged his life to the Lord and was miraculously spared. As a member of the Quorum of Twelve, Elder Maxwell engaged a broader struggle, that between the sacred and the secular, the tension between faith and reason, and finally his greatest cause his spiritual ministry. His eloquent defense of Christianity and his brilliant reconciliation of faith and intellect are a rich legacy. But beyond that, he has shown that with the Savior's help, ordinary people can be better, less competitive, more loving, and receive the soul-transforming gift of charity.
This is an inspiring, sometimes humorous, and moving biography. Bruce C. Hafen has painted an intimate portrait of a unique man, capturing the warm, personal stories that reveal the heart and mind of a true disciple of Christ.
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