[…] presents the premise that Utah started as an agrarian society of Mormons seeking isolation from the larger world among the Indian settlements. But by the turn of the century the inevitable influx of settlers […]
[…] relating my year’s learning to family and friends in the Church. My attitudes were those of another world, and the bottom line, the underlying assumption behind any exchange of views with fellow Mormons, was […]
[…] monumental architecture. This book makes a real contribution to the recent surge of interest in nineteenth century American buildings. The first three chapters concern Mormonism, the role of the temple in Mormon theology, and […]
[…] beginning of time the prophets have taught us how best to live in this wicked and confusing world, and have assured us, as did Lehi of old, that “man is that he might have […]
[…] back to the fall of Mussolini’s Fascist regime before the advancing Allied armies toward the end of World War II. The Italian Communist Party (PCI), its ranks swelling with militant former resistance fighters, made […]
[…] were very dependent on imports from the start (even on salt) and became increasingly tied to other Americans, both regionally and nationally. To determine how this growing interaction helped shape the landscape, we must […]
[…] combines many of the traits so often associated with Mormonism: a handcart pioneer heritage, a Danish, old world charm, a seeking spirit, an observant eye. She adds to these a childlike delight in living, […]
The magpies sang all morning long that May To lovers in the gum leaves where they lie. Half my heart is half a world away.
[…] Nibley on the Joseph Smith Papyri continues his latest efforts to open our minds to the ancient world. Nibley has focused his wide-reaching scholarly interests on an exposition of an aspect of Egyptian religion […]
[…] of twelve years to fifteen I pondered many things in my heart concerning the situation of the world of mankind the contentions and divisions the wickedness and abomina tions . . . my mind […]