[…] to grow. Eliza R. Snow Smith, Biography and Family Record of Lorenzo Snow (Salt Lake City: Deseret News Co., 1884). A comprehensive history of the Italian mission has not been written. For a short […]
<i>Dialogue 29.4 (Winter 1998):59–83</i><br> THE BOOK OF MORMON HAS OCCASIONALLY been portrayed as a deficient first novel. Its characters appear flat and stereotypical; the plots and characters seem to lack moral subtlety; and so […]
[…] to be scholars or national leaders; that was simply not a prominent issue in the rigidly defined world of Israelite society. But in Henry’s own era, women were beginning to envision a different world […]
[…] the Hebrews sums up his Christian faith with the memorable cry (13:8): “Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today, and forever!” The “yesterday” and “today” of this cry express well both the strong point and […]
[…] mile stone in Mormon letters. Although Tathea’s appearance was heralded by The Salt Lake Tribune and the Deseret News, LDS-centered journal editors, either standing all amazed at this imaginative theological thunderbolt or overwhelmed by the […]
[…] the word precedes that of any other literary redemptive mission: “If cannot do justice to the visible world and make of it fictions which are believable, cannot be trusted to bear witness to the […]
[…] to mind: “Soon afterwards he went on through cities and villages, pro claiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him, as well as some women who […]
[…] Latter-day Saints (usually called Mormon or LDS church) is having enormous success in most parts of the world. Growth is particularly impressive in Latin America. In 1971 there were only 217,500 LDS members on […]
[…] out, “he Quaker peace testimony the most remarked-on feature of the Religious Society of Friends. When the world‘s people think of Friends, they think of our of war, and when Quakers want to distinguish […]
[…] Bush-Kerry election. One could say our families formed a microcosm of the cultural divide that dominated current headlines: “religious conservatives” versus “skeptical seekers,” “down-to-earth folk” versus “educated elite,” et cetera. But there were other […]