[…] unsabbatical and unsavory appearance, he invited us to view the interior of the Coalville Tabernacle. We hesitated, but he assured us we would offend neither saint nor sanctuary. We did not disturb the meeting […]
[…] music?” only twenty-eight per cent answered “Yes.” Sample responses: “No. There are Mormon texts set to music, but no peculiar Mormon music as such would be comparable to Gregorian chant or Lutheran Chorale.” “I […]
Dialogue: What would you say is the future of poetry in the church? Larson: All is not well in Zion. Thus Clinton Larson in an interview published in Dialogue for Autumn 1969. Dr. Larson, whom […]
One of the most magnificent collections of books and manuscripts pertaining to English and American history and literature is housed in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, a privately endowed institution in San…
[…] which forbade Congress to infringe upon religious freedom. Legally, plural marriage wasn’t a crime malum en se —bad of itself because of in jury to others, such as arson, murder, or robbery—but was malum […]
[…] Division promises to rival the industry and output of H. H. Bancroft’s famous history workshop, with Leonard Arrington, Church Historian, and Davis Bitton, Assistant, setting the pace, not only writing books themselves but each […]
Just over ten years ago I was approached by four young Mormons who were affiliated with Stanford University in one capacity or another. They wanted to know if there was a library market for a…
[…] merit, although the media are by no means all-powerful. They have become indispensable in “setting the agenda” —deciding what topics society will discuss (with the pulpit often taking its cue from media reports). Information […]
[…] Zion’s Mercantile winked at him, beckoning him with its self-assured commingling of matter and spirit to write a novel about the Promised Land, Halldor Laxness had already received the Nobel Prize for Literature. The […]
[…] title of ‘Doctor.’ It will not make me a hair the better, but as times go no man can be counted learned unless he is styled ‘Doctor.’ If the world is to believe in […]