Belonging
March 26, 2018[…] let crazies be bishops? Would this strain our relationship even more? Fortunately, I underestimated my mother. The news of the bishop’s suicide struck a deep chord of compassion in her. We had the first […]
[…] let crazies be bishops? Would this strain our relationship even more? Fortunately, I underestimated my mother. The news of the bishop’s suicide struck a deep chord of compassion in her. We had the first […]
[…] on the spot, and the treasure had been under his charge ever since. (Italics added.) Treasure-Guardian Spirits A stock character in the theater and lore of money-digging is the treasure guardian spirit. The spirit might […]
[…] of belief; it is the tale of a free spirit butting heads with a tightly disciplined institution; and it is the record of a family spiritual legacy, one noticeably different in beliefs and loyalties […]
[…] We went to the University of Utah to listen to Harold Bloom preview his forthcoming book, The American Religion. Bloom said Joseph Smith’s “religious genius” enabled him to cut through Christianity and on back […]
[…] from the Book of Mormon immediately following its publication. Thus there is a need for a reassessment of the relation between early nineteenth-century Universalism and the teachings of the Book of Mormon and subsequent revelations.
[…] to reflect on several lessons we learned from our first (but not our last) encounter with practical politics. Lesson 1. Our commitment to be “anxiously engaged in a good cause” is not without its […]
<i>Dialogue 53.3 (Fall 2020): 41–106</i><br> Regarding the discussions in Mormon studies and other literary sub-fields related to contemporaries of Smith, the availability of ideas about 1 Enoch and some of the actual content were […]
[…] South won the Civil War. Now, for some specific points. First, polygamy was not the main issue, politics was. Church and state were merged, with the church dominant. This was unpalatable to nonmembers in […]
[…] this tribute would give Ruth the credit she deserves for this successful family. Would a young man today, planning an extensive training period toward a doctorate and a modest income as a professor, a […]
[…] true liberals among the Latter-day Saints, who are founded in the spiritual heritage that gave birth to American freedom and who have accepted the additional spiritual powers that the restored Gospel of Jesus Christ […]