[…] unwieldy and mysterious narrative. In some ways, this struggle becomes a meta-discourse on how to fit the human into the domineering narrative of the divine; and what I find is that for a lyrical […]
[…] sense of epistemological limitation has come down, and in its place only a postmodern veil separates the human from the divine and this life from the afterlife. This veil is easily parted, allowing for […]
[…] what post-modern thought has focused on as “alterity” and explored as a central element of all our human experience and constructions, including language, one which often leads to anxiety, oppression, even violence, but conscious […]
[…] almost all mortals—by “the arm of flesh.” The Liahona is convinced by logic and experience that no human instrument, even a prophet, is capable of transmitting the word of God so clearly and comprehensively […]
[…] Key Mormon leaders experienced what Michael Walzer has called the “ideology of transition,” where heightened awareness of human needs arises “whenever traditional controls give way and hierarchical status and corporate privileges are called into […]
[…] that defines the Latter-day Saint. For this reason, Light of the World encoded the journey of the human, not as a simple picaresque, but as a plan, or plot, driven on high by the […]
[…] most up-to-date in the world. Nothing now remained but heaps of rubble and a stench of decaying human flesh. —On the Holocaust of Baghdad (1258 C.E.) perpetrated by Hulagu Kahn The complexity of our war […]
[…] poetry in that lyrics were accompanied by music, the art of tone. Instrumentation was not required; the human voice could produce music. Poetry was distinct from prose in that poetry utilized the sound of […]
[…] medium, which is a “broad designation for anyone who acts as a channel of communication between the human and divine realms.” Often the author exhibits paranormal writing skill and knowledge of historical events to […]
[…] than negatively (what peace is not), we begin to see the basic assumption underlying psychology’s approach to human welfare: Psychologists work to improve human conditions and to facilitate growth and development. Although some aspects […]