[…] from the graces of Church leadership is described in various essays appearing in Faithful History: Essays on Writing Mormon History, edited by George D. Smith (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1992). Wikipedia, s.v. “Ancestry.com,” […]
[…] Visiting Teaching messages are designed to be inspirational as well as educational. As far as the compassionate service function is concerned, there is still quite a need for help, even among our “affluent membership,” […]
[…] elements in my book, but I can hardly apologize for them. Remembering the final year of work, writing the book was surely the most intensely personal, and even spiritual experience of my life. I […]
[…] choose to write for Mormon audiences don’t always feels lucky. In addition to the usual challenges of writing, they face culturally specific challenges such as handling exceptionally delicate audience sensibilities and finding their niche […]
[…] Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Vol 52 No. 2 (2019): 37–58. Ryan Thomas highlights the different metal writing cultures from around the same time as the Book of Mormon periods to see if it […]
[…] instead were seated in a row behind the deacons when the sacrament was passed during the church service. Local authorities thought this would make the boys feel they were part of the service, even […]
[…] entitled “George Romney’s Bizarre Religious Beliefs.” Avant-Garde calls itself the “voice of the Turned-On Generation.” *** Book reviews are not often gristy enough to warrant commentary in a bibliographical essay of this nature, but […]
[…] works. Thus a man like Jefferson, who made an inestimable contribution to American life and character by writing—as a writer, if you will, a man of letters—but who eschewed belles-lettres, is usually considered only […]
[…] two pages of copies in “Valuable Discovery.” As we shall see, there were many columns of hieratic writing, all once the property of the same Egyptian lady. Their intermittent character suggests that many columns […]
[…] are playing in American history. In his thoughtful article “The Mormons as a Theme in Western Historical Writing,” Rodman W. Paul explores this role and the oft-expressed complaint that courses in western history devote […]