[…] understanding the circumstances informing her later fiction. When Freeman first begins to consider the possibility of a writing life, her family is neither supportive nor obstructionist. Her father simply forbids her to write about […]
[…] witty, profound, charming, moving, playful (even cheeky), and wise. As anyone who has hung around a creative writing classroom knows by now, personal essays are grounded in a carefully curated friendship between reader and […]
[…] to the larger project of examining the King James Bible’s influence on The Book of Mormon, this essay focuses on several aspects of the problem of Isaiah in The Book of Mormon as they […]
[…] number of marginal voices challenging the cessationist notion that the Christian canon had been sealed with the writing of the New Testament. Yet Smith did not only couch his claim in his own words, […]
[…] address the methodological challenges of preserving the past in an electronically obsessed present. The decline of letter writing and the increase of instant communications like email and cell phones have altered the remnants left […]
[…] Freiberg should not be rejected. Further days of fasting strengthened this feeling, which I then shared in writing with the area president Elder Monson did not refer to these developments in his journal, and […]
[…] significant, and Dialogue’s interest in publishing documents of this type can contribute greatly to the study and writing of Mormon history. I hope that the Rigdon narrative will be the first of many historical […]
[…] many other theological seeds found in Joseph Smith’s revelations, this idea lay fallow, and most early Mormon writings retained the traditional Cartesian dualism. Part of Joseph Smith’s religious quest for perfection—his “Zion” project—included a […]
[…] Smith had taken and, with skill and wit, effectively articulated an expanded vision for the Church. His writing and speaking skills were remarkable. Many Church members were highly impressed with McMurray’s messages to the […]
[…] tersely that the actual total earned through Mormon business was a “closely guarded secret.” A Congregational minister writing in the Christian Century in 1965 referred to Mormon business with disgust, declaring that such a […]