[…] less than forty years later, marriage has moved from the margins to the center of gay rights politics and activism. Chauncey suggests two important reasons for this shift, both occurring in the 1980s: the […]
<i>Dialogue 54.4 (Winter 2021): 1–33</i><br> Despite its alleged antiquity, jutting back centuries before the Common Era, and its predominant setting in the Americas, the Book of Mormon contains several Matthean and Lukan additions to […]
[…] would be somewhat surprising if our political and social ideas were anything but part of the general American consensus. I shall be contending here that while such ideas run quite a gamut among modern […]
Thoreau wrote in the beginning of Walden, “I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear the first syllable of valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors.” […]
[…] of the “Zion” of Enoch was that “there was no poor among them” (Moses 7:18-19). The Church today teaches that the Zion of Enoch, or the New Jerusalem, will return with the Lord at […]
[…] the United States. While most Americans ap pear to us to be interested in discussing religion and politics, both topics are considered taboo in Australian society. Those few Australians who discuss religion or who […]
[…] not supposed to exist. That notion, as applied to the church Correlation program, suggests some intriguing possibilities. Today’s centralized church, situated in the American Intermountain West, works fastidiously to assure that the gospel message […]
[…] 1998):59–83</i><br>THE BOOK OF MORMON HAS OCCASIONALLY been portrayed as a deficient first novel. Its characters appear flat and stereotypical; the plots and characters seem to lack moral subtlety; and so on. Should we wonder […]
<i>Dialogue 48.2 (Summer 2015): 1–57</i><br>Although race and gender are connected in 2 Nephi 26:33, the historical origins of the gender ban have not yet been addressed with the same degree of attention in Church discourse.
[…] Sarah’s letter. Addressing Sarah as “My Dear Sister,” Martha expressed her delight at hearing from her, relayed news of their brothers, requested more information about their ancestors, and expressed her desire for their continued […]