Volume 24, No. 3
Fall 1991
The Fall 1991 Issue explores the cultural, historical, and personal dimensions of Mormonism, with a particular focus on international and introspective perspectives. Marjorie Newton examines the Americanization of Australian Mormon converts, while E. Leo Lyman and B. Carmon Hardy delve into the political and personal ramifications of the Woodruff Manifesto. Lowell Bennion shares a reflective view on life within a Mormon context, and Harold T. Christensen recounts his experiences as a mission president in New Zealand during the Great Depression. In "Personal Voices," Levi S. Peterson reflects on his mother’s home, G. Kevin Jones recounts personal trials through a “Liberty Jail” metaphor, and Dana Haight Cattani discusses independent faith. Stan Andersen presents a family history fragment, "Why Ane Wept," while Anita Tanner reflects on the costs of commitment. Kevin Christensen’s commentary touches on the evolving nature of scriptural scholarship.
Contents
Articles/Essays
The Political Background of the Woodruff Manifesto
Edward Leo LymanDialogue 24.3 (Fall 1991): 21–39
Lyman discusses the political pressures from the United Government which led to the church issuing the First Manifesto.
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Self-Blame and the Manifesto
B. Carmon HardyDialogue 24.3 (Fall 1991): 43–57
Before the Manifesto was first read in conference, members and church leaders fully believed in plural marriage as being a commandment from God. Once the Manifesto was read, over time members started wondering if it was because of their own actions that polygamy was no longer a commandment.
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Fiction
Bird of Paradise
Phyllis BarberA drum was beating that night as my family and I entered the elementary school gymnasium. Animal skins were stretched across a portion of hollowed-out tree, two flat brown hands pounding on their surface. Instantly…
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Notes
Personal Voices
Poetry
The Dark Gray Morning
Tom Riley
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