[…] responsibility for looking after the welfare of LDS servicemen and their families soon after the onset of World War I. The previous fall this had led Lyman and three other Relief Society women representing […]
[…] was told that under Smith’s direction a dog was sacrificed on the spot in the hope of breaking the charm that held the “pots of money.” According to Austin, the digging occurred before Smith […]
[…] it. I had no idea such a thing was possible. “Wow,” I thought, “we live in a world inhabited by animals capable of stepping on their own teats.” I asked Cliff if there was […]
[…] this gospel (where the very hairs of our heads are numbered) versus the nomothetic nature of the world? It appears so huge, and we appear so tiny in it. It reminds me of a […]
[…] less in others, such as Joseph Fielding Smith. Mormons disdain worldliness but seek the adoration of the world. We seek approval, work hard to form and manage the world’s perception of us, and feel […]
[…] the end of the chain, there is the Lager. Here is the product of a conception of the world carried rigorously to its logical conclusion; so long as the conception subsists, the conclusion remains to […]
[…] cadaver testified of human mortality, to the time when we too would rot, our complex organic molecules breaking down to more basic constituents. Through the experience of cutting apart another human being, I concluded […]
[…] of the Salt Lake temple constituted one of the most important events in the history of the world. Due to the sacred nature of temple dedications, the church does not grant access to the […]
[…] Christian salvation. A God who puts aside his glory to take upon himself the sins of the world is a very powerful idea to me. It has been the only way out of some […]
[…] void in the often insular field of Mormon history by illuminating broad connections between early Mormonism and American culture. Givens is far more interested in the portrayal of Mor monism than in traditional Mormon […]