[…] Parley, were by far the most expensive and explicit on the matter. But certain aspects of Orson’s writings eventually drew public denouncement from the First Presidency under Brigham Young. Parley’s master work, decades after […]
[…] elements that I have described—the family relationships, the beautiful weekend, the choir music, the setting of the service, the way it was conducted, my past experiences, my understanding of God as present when love […]
[…] vain. Mingling with Gods, he can plan for his brethren; Death cannot conquer the hero again. The writings of Phelps, and other early leaders within the Church after Smith’s martyrdom, constructed and concretized norms […]
[…] in the area and became aware of the existence of this manuscript. During this celebration, a commemorative service was conducted by President H. Lester Petersen of the Cumorah Mission and President H. H. Christensen […]
[…] Professor Lieber wrote in his 1839 Manual of Political Ethics that “if I believe that a certain service is essential to any religion, I have certainly an undoubted right to disobey the law , […]
[…] an altar and standing guard before that altar is the “angel with the flaming sword.” Nothing can get by that angel to be placed upon that altar unless it has the mark of your […]
[…] the Church, we do not seem to have much faith in words as a creative force, in writing as a creative act, in literature as a part of an ongoing creation. For all of […]
In his writing lifetime, David L. Wright, a brilliant young author from southern Idaho, did come to know some measure of fame after the publica tion of his short story “A Summer in the […]
[…] and Charles Tate, in BYU Studies, considered the organization a bit loose (especially in one chapter), the writing style occasionally flawed, the sources not varied enough, and the theme versus-chronology challenge (common to biography) […]
Book Review: A Book of Contradictions: Ink and Ashes by Valynne E. Maetani. Reviewed by Melissa McShane Valyenne E. Maetani. Ink and Ashes. Tu Books, 2015. Valynne E. Maetani’s debut young adult novel is a […]