Winter 1972
The Winter 1972 issue begins with Marden J. Clark exploring the deep Mormon commitment to education, while Harold T. Christensen addresses the stress points within Mormon family culture. Wayne K. Hinton examines the relationship between Mahonri Young, a prominent artist, and the Church, shedding light on the intersection of Mormonism and art. William E. Phipps presents a provocative essay arguing for the case of a married Jesus. The poetry section, titled The Jimson Hill Branch, includes testimonies from various fictional characters like Sophia Fingren, Sylvan Hanks, and missionary Elder John Williamson, with a notable piece on The Miracle of the Wasps. These testimonies explore spiritual experiences and the essence of faith within a community. In the "From the Pulpit" section, James S. Olson shares his personal journey through graduate school, reflecting on the challenges and personal growth that came with his academic experience. Together, these works offer a diverse exploration of spiritual, cultural, and personal themes within the Mormon context.
In one of the more imaginative chapters of that remarkably imaginative trilogy Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien describes an Entmoot, a conference of giant tree-like creatures called Ents. Sam and Merry, two…
There is much that is commendable about the Latter-day Saint family system: its attention to lasting values and eternal life; its embeddedness and centrality within the religious culture; organized efforts to stimulate and strengthen the…
So much of Utah’s early history has religious significance that the artist attempting to preserve its heritage has often found himself interpreting people and events of some concern to the Mormon Church. To the truly creative artist, dealing with a vested interest group such as a church in interpreting history and life through art can be frustrating. Mutual cooperation can lead to great artistic achievements which otherwise would go uncreated for lack of interest and funding.
Appreciation is overdue for a Mormon who had the insight and courage to revive a Hebraic viewpoint toward Jesus’ relationships with women. Orson Hyde, the President of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles, in a sermon…
Dear Dr. Cline:
Your reply to Ms. D. of Washington D.C. left me feeling less than comfortable. While agreeing that women should be freed from those things promoting loss of self esteem, doubt, fear, etc., there are a few points I would like to discuss.
Dear sirs:
In the Letters to the Editor exchange between Owen Clark and Victor Cline (Spring, 1972), an important issue was raised but not confronted. Mr. Clark was responding to Dr. Cline’s warning (Spring, 1971) about the dangers of transference and countertransference leading to infidelity both with professional and Church counselors.
For more than a quarter century Fawn Brodie’s No Man Knows My History has been recognized by most professional American historians as the standard work on the life of Joseph Smith and perhaps the most…
Rodney Turner, a BYU professor of Church history and doctrine and a scholar widely revered as the conservatives’ conservative, here attempts to answer some of the burning contemporary questions about which the scriptures are so…
Listen-up bird-lovers, Hindus, Eddy Rickenbacker, Father Schillebeechx, and Unitarians everywhere: Jonathan Livingston Seagull has arrived! Somewhat sooner and with greater flurry than many of us would have wished, perhaps, but, then, that’s his style, and…
Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote. —Edward Young, Love of Fame It has been this writer’s practice in the past to single out a sample of theses…
Approaching the end of my career as a graduate student, I find myself in quite a different situation from that of my “gentile” colleagues. A quiet despair pervades most graduate student circles today, but unlike…
