Essay for June 9, 1998
March 31, 2018[…] manifest to me that they pertained to the new name that is given the saints that the world knows not of. To the descendant of slaves, a “new name” would have great significance. Jane […]
[…] manifest to me that they pertained to the new name that is given the saints that the world knows not of. To the descendant of slaves, a “new name” would have great significance. Jane […]
[…] this focused and detailed history of Northern Utah is, it lacks context, particularly in the history of American Indian tribal nations in the west. For example, the author states that the Bear River massacre […]
[…] the nineteenth century. For this reason, Mormon America could not have arrived at a better time. Though breaking no new scholarly ground, the authors have proffered a responsible, accessible, and engaging account of the […]
[…] of the Church are his children. He has known them and they have known Him in the world before this one. At a missionary conference in England, President Hinckley made the following observation regarding […]
[…] of Mormon Thought.” For many of us old enough to have watched it, that launch was a world-turning event, more adventurous even than Apollo. The tumult and euphoria in the early letters is palpable, […]
[…] aware of the need within Mormonism to be separate from other forms of Christianity—a theme central to her 1985 path- breaking work, Mormonism: The Story of A New Religious Tradition. The difficulty is that it is unclear how […]
[…] in Manti from age five to thirteen, when as a curious youngster she had created a “ world in a closet,” a space under the staircase at home to which she brought her books […]
[…] re ally perfectly natural. The point is that the Magic Theory asserts that baptism affects the natural world directly and thereby attains its effectiveness. This is different than the Psychological Theory that asserts that […]
[…] rush towards it and curl and roll and crash and then pull together again. Endless motion. Endless breaking. Endless knitting back together. The ocean. The waves. Endless cycling. The turn of a wheel. Chapter […]
<i>Dialogue 36.3 (2003): 53-80</i><br> Compton considers priesthood as portrayed in Old Testament texts and how women are underrepresented in today’s discourse.