[…] to Mormonism in the early six ties. Reared in a country still recovering from the ravages of World War II, where city streets are battlefields for terrorists, I learned both to fear war and […]
[…] were leaving, Mother told me she hoped that Shigeru was now a guardian warrior in the spirit world.” He watched her, waiting. “So?” A stubborn pause. “What did you tell her?” “I didn’t answer, […]
[…] deplorable condition of Latin American Saints. For some three decades, I lived off and on in Third World poverty-stricken societies. I have witnessed worlds of Dante-like horrors. Poor people stink with acrid odors of […]
[…] 60 Strong Draw and bulldoze through the defense and break out into the open for a tie- breaking touchdown and clutch come-from-behind victory at homecoming; first again, we want to be married, fall in […]
[…] of historical interpretation that overwhelmingly emphasized God’s word as defined by the Mormon prophets, spreading throughout the world in a never-ending advancement of the Church. Most LOS historians have accepted this interpretation because, as […]
[…] it was my turn to be in shock. I felt as if I had moved into a world where everything was not what I had always assumed it was. White was gray and red […]
[…] kitchen counter. Ada took the bowl. “And I brought those tickets I promised. I don’t want anybody breaking the bank or anything.” “Oh, we won’t be needing them.” “Really? Well, good, you got your […]
[…] positivism absurd. That accusation made sense to critics only because they (the critics) held a stark, fundamentalistic world view that dismissed everything to the left of their own brand of orthodoxy as irreligion. Given […]
[…] and lived the higher law.” There followed a tangent about the importance of not being of the world and the principle of the harvest and the danger of spiritual plateaus, and then suddenly he […]
[…] Hickman speaks on his essay “The Book of Mormon as Amerindian Apocalypse,” which was published in <em> American Literature</em>, a literary journal published by Duke University Press. <img class=” wp-image-7562 alignright” src=”https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Hickman-Jared.jpg” alt=”Hickman-Jared” width=”373″ height=”248″ […]