The “words of Isaiah” constitute a body of some of the greatest religious literature in existence, both in an aesthetic and a spiritual sense. As Monte S. Nyman correctly points out in his introductory chapter,…
[…] “Roadshows Stress Involvement.” Ogden Standard-Examiner. 28 January 1978. Roberts, Paul. “Youngreen Portrays Joseph Smith as Man With Human Emotions.” Provo Herald. 22 March 1978. Roderick, Lee. “Newest Portrait of Brigham Young Unveiled in Washington […]
[…] what I know I cannot do but for this cocksure witness to what I know some other human being can: The summoning of summer to a song the color of plum to a […]
[…] resting family has a portrait etched in stone set in the cross above each sleeper. So much human feeling is concentrated Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree’s shade Where heaves the turf in many […]
As every author knows, the blurb on the dust cover of a book is of vital importance, because many reviewers read nothing else. I found the blurb of Thy Kingdom Come invaluable after reading every…
One of the strongest virtues of this volume is the modesty of its project. It does not claim to be the story of Mormon pioneering in Mexico, but simply a story of the same. It…
[…] Matters.” This column looks at “official doctrine” in some controversial areas. Among the subjects discussed: sex education, human sexuality, the Adam-God doctrine, evolution and eternal progression. Two of Bergera’s columns are reprinted below. Does […]
[…] eliminate the last thirty pages and market the book nationally as a poignant short story of a human relationship. The last third of the book, a report of Carrie’s conversion and her subsequent genealogical […]
We consider the conductor of a religious periodical under as much stronger obligations to seek after and publish the truth, as eternity is longer than any portion of time of which we have any connection,…
A few years back fifty LDS academics were asked to list the most eminent intellectuals in Mormon history. B. H. Roberts and Orson Pratt were most frequently nominated. James E. Talmage and John A. Widtsoe…