Cheryll May, Author at Dialogue Journal

The Mormon Woman and Priesthood Authority: The Other Voice

While engaged in some research the other day I ran across a commentary on the Lutheran doctrine of “justification by faith” that lies at the heart of the Protestant Reformation. The doctrine was described as…

Two Venturesome Women | Juanita Brooks, ed., Not By Bread Alone: The Journal of Martha Spence Heywood, 1850–56

Articles/Essays – Volume 12, No. 1

The study of early Utah history has been notably enriched by the recent publication of two contemporary accounts from the 1850s. The Journal of Martha Spence Hey wood, 1850 to 1856 includes Martha’s accounts of…

The Document Diggers and Their Discoveries: A Panel

Articles/Essays – Volume 19, No. 4

Mormon history has always been a hot topic. From the earliest days of Church history over a century and a half ago, vastly divergent accounts of the origins and development of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have been penned and published. In many cases, controversies about LDS historical topics have spilled over into the national press. In the last generation, for example, disputes about the accuracy of Fawn Brodie’s No Man Knows My History and Juanita Brooks’s Mountain Meadows Massacre have been avidly covered in national newspapers and magazines.

A Diminished Thing?: Women of Covenant: The Story of Relief Society

Articles/Essays – Volume 27, No. 2