I am a child of the sixties. I mean this in a more literal sense than is generally understood: I was a child during the 1960s. One result is that I have a distinctive […]
[…] to a series of questions, including the following: Will you proclaim by word and example the Good News of God in Christ? I will, with God’s help. Will you seek and serve Christ in […]
D. Jeff Burton, Tolerance for “Cultural Mormons” Gerry L. Ensley, Joseph, Peepstones, and Pirates Dan Vogel, Serving Two Masters Gary James Bergera, Civility, Compassion, Honesty Richard L. Bushman, Fair-Minded People Sarah Barringer Gordon, Jana […]
[…] like spice and flowers. Suddenly I remembered being little, standing in a crib. It is dark. I am holding onto the top rail, watching the crack of light under the door, waiting for the […]
[…] majesty of God adequately.” B. H. Roberts, Seventy’s Course in Theology, 5 vols. (Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1907-12), 4:94. Cleon Skousen developed an imaginative variation of the moral-influence theory in which the purpose […]
[…] acceptance of this American-based church by other cultures as a legitimate part of their societies. Both conversion and enculturation require that people get to know something new and accept it as part of their […]
In July 2004, the LDS Church published True to the Faith, a handbook of doctrines and beliefs arranged alphabetically from A (“Aaronic Priesthood”) to Z (“Zion”): 190 pages of what Mormons are supposed to […]
[…] my heart: Why persecute me for telling the truth? I have actually seen a vision; and who am I that I can withstand God, or why does the world think to make me deny […]
[…] of their implications. The six essays collected under the “Importance of Folklore” heading include eloquent pleas for breaking down institutional and disciplinary barriers between folklore and related disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. […]
[…] 1999” (9). From between these two poles erupts a turbulent field of narrative energy, rife with competing stories laying claim to the truth of what happened at Mountain Meadows in September of 1857. Such […]