[…] worked. (He doesn’t say which J. W. translation he used but the one I’m aware of, New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures , is translated from the “original languages, Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek.”) He […]
[…] E. Ericksen Distinguished Professor at the University of Utah. The 7th East Press, then an independent student newspaper at Brigham Young University, published this interview on 11 January, 1983. The concluding comments on ritual […]
[…] action as being needed for a long time. Next day a notice was published in the Deseret News that Thatcher had been “severed from the Council of Twelve Apostles and . . . deprived […]
[…] of Willis’s poetry. She clearly draws from a massive well of historical references, poetic allusions, cinematic touchstones, news items, and other wide-ranging religious imagery from numerous different faith traditions to assemble her poetry. For […]
[…] race, queerness, feminisms, (dis)abilities, spiritualities, and any of the other ways that humans might move through the world. I look forward to those histories including more voices and testimonies. And I look forward to […]
[…] leave them alone!” I took a few ragged breaths. With tears clouding my eyes and my voice breaking, I said, in not quite a whisper to no one in particular but to every Mormon […]
[…] another who cares deeply is there for us, to defend, counsel, encourage, and console us, and to share with us the dark as well as the light places on the mortal journey. For this […]
[…] and Barringer, “Use of Gethsemane,” 60 (quoting “Discourse by Elder John Taylor, Tabernacle, Nov. 13, 1859,” Deseret News–Salt Lake Telegram, April 11, 1860, 1.). “Discourse by Elder John Taylor, Tabernacle, Nov. 13, 1859,” Deseret […]
[…] Native Americans was central to their decision to change their life and accept baptism.” As a white, English-speaking, North American Mormon, Bailey is most likely telling the truth. For him, and those around him, […]
[…] emphasis on the location “in my house” seems to strengthen Amulek’s argument: people who live together, who share meals and sleep under the same roof know one another in an intimate way, and thus […]