[…] Luther made the same points, he said, “I got to break.” He said, “No, Luther, I’m not breaking with you.” James Buchanan, another great figure, held on as long as he could, and then […]
[…] the word of. Although a small and common preposition, of has a knack for introducing ambiguity into English prose. As linguist Dallin D. Oaks has observed: “Many prepositions can in fact represent a variety […]
[…] a new country and expend the energy necessary to establish themselves socially, economically, spiritually, and linguistically. Upon breaking many of the barriers necessary for such establishments, they are then able to facilitate the arrival […]
[…] gendered belief systems, that spun out phrases like “girls can’t” and “women should.” I hit a breakthrough— breaking point?—a few years ago when I visited my parents in Florida, where they served an eighteen-month […]
[…] that this was a necessary starting point for a theological redescription. I recall feeling that I was breaking some new ground, though I was building on decades of previous work. While I think “Toward […]
[…] to recognize that nationality, ethnicity, race, spirituality, ideology, and economic orientation would likely be entangled in this search, and that while they are significant parts of the story, indigeneity is still something discrete. My […]
[…] the church, and if it is worthy to be the rock that will sweep through the world breaking down all other kingdoms before it and bringing man’s will back into line with that of […]
[…] Doctrine: Selections from the Sermons and Writings of Joseph F. Smith, 5th ed. (Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1919), 136. Alan K. Parrish, “Keys of the Priesthood,” in Encyclopedia of Mormonism, edited by […]
[…] and knocked on his door, his wife would silently lead you into the foyer and in serviceable English politely tell you to wait while she retrieved her husband. The small woman was young and […]
[…] its doom” exhibit familiar alliterative patterns that have always been one of the marks of the best English prose. In 1826, Pratt was seeking a homestead in the Ohio wilderness when the weather caught […]