[…] turns of phrase. Petersen alternates his chapters between chronological biography (childhood, mission to Germany, military service in World War II, and so on) and topical themes in Nibley’s life (social criticism, faith, scholarship, Book […]
[…] out together. As I watched him do the writing for me and tell his roommates the “good” news, I knew I was in deep trouble. Suddenly I, the biggest, most willing sisterhater in the […]
[…] initiated in a revelation to the church, Section 156 of the Doctrine and Covenants, presented to the World Conference by Dr. Wallace B. Smith, President and Prophet, and overwhelmingly approved by the delegates assembled […]
[…] had last spoken to her. I secretly envied those with real grief. I was jealous of that world-worn, gray-lined look. The crying, pale face showed up grieving in my mirror when my Grandfather Nielson […]
[…] citizens, especially the poor, a sense of self-worth and a sense of belonging. In a constantly changing world, one in which the future seemed so uncertain, his followers found an identity in a community […]
[…] the problems associated with claiming to be a new prophet and revealing new scripture in a prophetless world with a closed canon as Price claims, why was Joseph Smith making independent new prophecies originating […]
[…] the Magazine was abolished, the Relief Society that LDS women now know. The same issue that carried news of the new names for the Relief Society courses of study celebrated the expansion of the […]
[…] unified whole. After all, the structure of such volumes invites readers to pick and choose and, if read linearly, present multiple repetitions and a narrative that is often, at best, digressive and tangential. Nevertheless, […]
[…] perspectives. For the Bible, problems in ethics (e.g., the advocacy of slavery; capital punishment for adultery, Sabbath breaking, or child rebellion; Jacob’s use of deceit to obtain a blessing; etc.) do not impair judgments […]
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