[…] God to write by the spirit of inspiration” (Moses 5:58-59; 6:5-6). God invites us to “reason to gether” with Him, and the scriptures indicate that He is anxious to enter into dialogue with us; […]
[…] from a slightly alienated point of view. There is a kind of centrifugal tendency in most regional writing. It may begin in the peculiarities of Mormon experience, but it reaches out to ward wider […]
[…] Mormon past; in them we saw our Mormon makings. And in Mary Bradford’s look at the personal essay among contemporary Latter-day Saints, there we were: Gene England, Becky Cornwall, Ed Geary, Clif Jolley—we listened […]
Writing a book of short stories/sketches about a group of missionaries in France is picking a hard door to knock on—missionary work is surrounded with ideals, taboos, and nostalgia—but Gladys Clark Farmer makes […]
From at least the seventeenth century and perhaps from as early as the writings of the pre-Socratics, Western thought has been plagued with a radical dualism which has severed one area of activity and […]
[…] experts in the field of pre-Columbian archaeology. Of course, it is clear that Dr. Cheesman is not writing this book for experts in the field, but for the general LDS faithful, who will be […]
General History Allen, Edward J. Second United Order Among the Mormons. New York: AMS Press, 1967. $12.50 Reprint of 1936 edition. Bennett, John C. The History of the Saints: Or an Expose of Joe Smith…
[…] doubt find a net gain in the liveliness and color of the narrative thus offered. The colorful writing style does not obscure the underlying quality of a remarkably comprehensive and reliable survey of almost every […]
[…] this standard both of our review books score well. Dora Flack is credited by the publisher with writing Betenson’s story for her. Thoroughness. Are all the essential bases touched? Or are there unforgivable gaps […]
[…] ideal of the political Kingdom of God. Although the constitution of the state of Deseret paid lip service to the principle of popular sovereignty, the first legislature was apparently handpicked by the Council of […]