[…] to the development of churches and religions including Mormonism. They sometimes ask disquieting questions or bear unhappy news, but they generally play an important role in linking the real and the ideal. At their […]
[…] Academic Affairs and Provost at Snow College in Ephraim, Utah. He received his BA and MA in English from Brigham Young University and his Ph.D from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He […]
I was anxious to review this biography of the founder of eight nineteenth-century newspapers in and near western Illinois (including the Warsaw Message), the author of The History of Hancock County, and, especially, the […]
[…] trek to Utah, and William Clayton. In his biographical introduction, Allen outlines the life of this 1837 English convert to Mormonism and his career as a clerk, scribe, and recordkeeper. Clayton’s contributions to Mormon […]
The News The scene was written In advance, Rehearsed as often As the days of waiting Would allow. The curtains of sedation Would be parted to reveal My husband’s face, The good news broadcast […]
[…] or irrelevant accumulation of doctrine, ritual, and authority. Nearly every reform movement in Christianity has been a search for the simplicity and authenticity of the Christian faith of the New Testament times. John Huss […]
[…] to the “Lamanites”—native peoples of the Americas and Polynesia. We have invited Eugene England, Jr., professor of English at BYU, to document his parents’ efforts, over a period of forty years, to respond to […]
[…] tangentially or symbolically. The recent television series, Battlestar Galactica suggests Mormon elements throughout, as with the ongoing search for the planet Kobol. Yet there is little specifically related to LDS doctrines and teachings in […]
[…] even when functioning within a patriarchal tradition. She has a bachelor’s in history and a master’s in English, both from Brigham Young University. Her work has appeared in Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, […]
It was one of those crisp November days in Hershey, Pennsylvania, when I heard the news. Snuggled under a quilt, I was reading to my two young sons when the telephone interrupted us. It […]