The Danish Genesis of Virginia Sorensen’s Lotte’s Locket
March 28, 2018[…] The food was prepared as I had seen it from the beginning of my time in the world. The faces of Danish farmers and shopkeepers were like the faces I had known all my […]
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What is the Challenge for LDS Scholars and Artists?
March 26, 2018[…] and value learning, but church leaders have predicted that church members would surpass the rest of the world in their scholarly and artistic accomplishments. President John Taylor exclaimed, You will see the day that […]
Prospects for the Study of the Book of Mormon as a Work of American Literature
May 4, 2018[…] been a book of considerable impact and importance in America, insofar as it has affected the lives of many millions of citizens; yet it has never really been counted in the canon of American literature.
On Mormon Music and Musicians
May 3, 2018[…] became one of the most valuable “properties” in the recording industry. To its credit are two precedent- breaking “golden” records, symbols of over one million albums sold. Though this is common in the pops […]
The Changing Image of Mormonism
May 3, 2018The ultimate fate of American minorities is to become tourist attractions. . . . But the tourist boom means the same thing in Utah that it means in Vermont, the same thing it means […]
The Study of Mormon Folklore: An Uncertain Mirror for Truth
April 14, 2018[…] evening and suggesting some directions for future research. Before trying to draw a picture of the Mormon world that emerges from narratives in the folklore archives, I must make a few statements about the […]
The Fading Curse of Cain: Mormonism in South Africa
April 9, 2018[…] in Johannesburg to the one in Soweto. And those sixty minutes present an open window on the world of difference between “black” South Africa and “white” South Africa. I was in Soweto that Sunday […]
Scripture, History, and Faith: A Round Table Discussion
April 4, 2018[…] Day Saints, Independence, Missouri. Steven Epperson: Assistant Professor of History, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, specializing in American religious history and history of Christian doctrine. Mark D. Thomas: Scriptural Studies Editor, Dialogue: A Journal […]
One Nation Under Whose God? How Religion Was Excluded from the U.S. Political System
April 2, 2018[…] in the educational system, and with religion in science. These contact/conflict points are where the secular cultural world does its business. Religion struggles to be a part of it, to influence and control behavior. […]
The Dilemma of the Mormon Rationalist
April 2, 2018[…] atmosphere of criticism, one might yet find acceptance from God’s leader(s) and congregation through obedience. Bending or breaking away from religion creates conflict, for one not only leaves the continued experience of symbolic parental love, […]