[…] ever admit that somebody from ‘the rez’ has a different life experience than somebody who is just writing about the rez?” By assuming the first-person voice of Apache boy Edgar Mint, Udall, however sympathetic […]
[…] resisted was Smith’s first wife Emma. The actual text of the document cited above was committed to writing in a vain attempt to convince Emma that the doctrine was of God. Smith’s clerk noted […]
[…] clergy, no seminarians, no professional theologians, no theological seminars. Still, in compiling this anthology of Mormon feminist writing, I have been deeply impressed by the significant theological work Mormon feminists have accomplished over the […]
[…] was “unfair . . . straining for the lurid.” Sales in Utah were hampered by such reactions. Maurine’s subsequent writing career included a few notable highlights, but ultimately she could not surmount the negative criticism from […]
[…] speaker. Maureen had recently joined Leonard Arrington, the new Church Historian, as part of his research and writing team known as the History Division within the newly organized Church Historical Department, which replaced the […]
[…] connect three literary occurrences that stretch from the late 1600s to the early 1800s, namely, (1) the writing and publication of a few influential British commentaries, (2) Paine’s theological works, and (3) responses to […]
[…] ageism, ableism, fatphobia, misogyny, etc. are unacceptable and more insidious than submitters sometimes realize. Take extreme care writing outside your identity. Simultaneous submissions are permitted as long as this is noted at submission and […]
In the year 1838 Joseph Smith began writing his formal History of the Church. The history commenced with the now famous account of what has been termed the “first vision,” in which he told […]
[…] John, a celebrated author and traveller, Percy accompanied his father on some of his travels and began writing boy’s adventure stories when he was quite young. Appearing first as a anonymous serial in the […]
[…] Massachusetts: Ancestral Home of the Prophet Joseph Smith,” BYU Studies, 14 (Autumn 1973). Chessman, Paul R. “Ancient Writing in the Americas,” BYU Studies, 13 (Autumn 1972). Christiansen, Alfred. “The Swiss Mormons in America,” Ciba-Ceigy […]