[…] moved back into the area where the writer, Ross Macdonald, renewed his encouragement and guidance. I began writing a weekly newspaper column, and more and more I found myself turning to my childhood experiences […]
[…] President David O. McKay not only for my own personal satisfaction but on behalf of thousands of college students who are entitled to correct information. My letter to President McKay need not be reproduced. […]
The following interview is with a man tried by the state of Utah as a “quack.” His practice is based on massage, herbs, health foods and in reading the iris of the eyes. The trial […]
[…] reduce, its graphics, it would rate a more positive review. Suggestive of its potential is Francaviglia’s fine essay on “The Passing Mormon Village” in Land’ scape (Spring 1978) which summarizes the book, updates it somewhat, […]
[…] the normal members. They took up the minis tership only as a job because they could not get any other job. At this stage in April 1954,1 was on the verge of leaving Christianity […]
[…] along with men in the baptismal convenants, in the reception of the Holy Ghost, in the communion service and even in voting. If they did not preside, they nevertheless played a central role. The […]
[…] While few would consciously deny that the purposes of religious activity are individual lives of integrity and service, in the LDS Church we are especially prone to make strict judgments about the means and […]
[…] The article is a tongue-in-cheek guide for would-be Mormon writers. He called it “Little Did She Realize— Writing for the Mormon Market.” And he gave a prototype example of a “little did she realize” […]
[…] a polygamous wife. Davidson is unquestionably a skilled journalist, approaching her various tasks with frank curiosity and writing in an informal, inviting style. Her choice of subjects plays into our natural curiosity— who among […]
[…] by Mormon scholars from a variety of academic backgrounds, makes significant steps towards such clarification. In his essay, Virtue and the Constitution, historian Richard L. Bushman assesses the importance of the American Constitution to […]