[…] to acknowledge. Levi S. Peterson. Losing a Bit of Eden: Recent Stories. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2021. 256 pp. Paper: $14.95. ISBN: 978-1-56085-292-6. Note: The Dialogue Foundation provides the web format of this […]
[…] Meditations of the Heart (Boston: Beacon Press, 1953), 15. Carl McColman, “Howard Thurman,” Anamchara (blog), June 23, 2021. Thurman, Meditations of the Heart, 15. 2 Nephi 2:27. Bruce R. McConkie, “Agency or Inspiration—Which?” devotional […]
Introduction In one sense it is curious that there is such a thing as Mormon fundamentalism —only 168 years have passed since the religiously “burned-over district” of New York state gave birth to the […]
“Let’s see what sort of surprises await us in Jennifer’s story,” Jean-Paul said wearily and shuffled the story pages on his desk, as though by doing so he would impose order on narrative chaos. […]
[…] pointing out the kids, our wedding pictures, our marriage certificate. Gosh, I even show him the mail —”Mr. and Mrs. Robert Franklin,” right there on the envelopes. Doesn’t do any good. He just looks […]
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[…] whether I want to say Amen at this point in my life so I just mutter something —not Amen, but not silence either. The dinner is a Mormon casserole with cornflakes on top of […]
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Elsewhere in this issue Robert Flanders speaks of the New Mormon History as having begun in 1945 with the publication of Fawn Brodie’s No Man Knows My History. While Brodie’s book is certainly pivotal, […]