[…] this when people ask me questions aimed, however subtly, at how I caused the violence. The good news is that I began to recover and return to my premarriage “norm” almost immediately. Just before […]
[…] a Mormon student is older than the LDS Church. It was probably part of the fundamentally racist English culture brought to this country by pioneers who had had little, if any, real contact with […]
[…] mostly the lower economic class. Finally, the sect conceives of itself as existing over and against the world it is commissioned to convert. Blair notes that as a sect gradually de-emphasizes and ultimately abandons […]
[…] of your marble grave” (p. 46). Thayne touches this woman’s shoulder, speaks to her, and together they share the sorrow and immense loss mothers feel at the death of their children in war. The […]
[…] of “potato” can generate headlines, anything that smacks of suppressing freedom of thought is bound to make news, particularly when individuals with solid professional and church credentials are involved. Illustrative is the media brouhaha […]
[…] Mormon modesty). But upon learning that the parade is on Sunday, she winces over the consequences of breaking the Sabbath. She tries to rationalize that God surely will forgive her one trespass—to be a […]
[…] the Twelve for “violation of the Christian law of Chastity” made headlines across the nation. See Deseret News, 12 Nov. 1943; Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 1943; New York Times, 14 Nov. 1943. Richard […]
[…] correcting “the morals of the community.” The secret oaths and penalties were not entirely effective, however, and news soon leaked out among the church that there was “a secret group of Saints, including women, […]
[…] best-kept secret: its awareness of extraterrestrials and unidentified flying objects. That such a prominent figure in the world of journalism should stoop to such a subject will undoubtedly be wilder respectable people. That Ander […]
[…] wrote fairly often, so these two yellowing pieces of paper are rare. I have thumbed and turned, read and re-read as though by handling them I could extract more meaning and memory. I unfold […]