[…] he writes that the power of theology “derives from its freedom to pose hypothetical questions: if such and such were the case, then what meaningful pattern would the text produce in response?” In what […]
[…] <br> Desiring to better understand how people are navigating these complex identity negotiations, I interviewed seven trans and/or gender nonconforming Mormons between eighteen and forty-four years old living in various regions of the United […]
[…] 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 […]
[…] the controversy see Ralph V. Chamberlin, Life and Philosophy of W. H. Chamberlin (Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1925), 137–60; Ernest L. Wilkinson, ed., Brigham Young University: The First One Hundred Years, vol. […]
[…] and 1990s, the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies innovated new apologetic scholarship, which lives on today in the form of Book of Mormon Central. There is a Journal of Book of Mormon […]
Dialogue departs from its usual review format in the following exchange of points of view on W. Cleon Skousen’s latest book, The Naked Capitalist
[…] Relief Society, Primary and YWMIA General Boards of the Church. The following explanation accompanied the questionnaire: I am researching and writing a profile of women in L.D.S. leadership positions, largely General Board members, and […]
[…] the robes of a penitent criminal before his Inquisitors, pleading for mercy on the grounds of age and infirmity— we have come full circle, to William Jennings Bryan in the dock at the Scopes […]
[…] are added to the fold. Over seventy percent are converts, recruited by a veritable army of full- and part-time missionaries. As of 1979, the Church numbered over 4.2 million. At a 6.4 percent annual […]
[…] from one brother to the other. “Well, brethren,” he would say, “I didn’t see you at meeting today.” Each time there was a pause while Ralph Meeker shifted his weight on the tilted chair. […]