[…] of civilization to far-flung regions of the world and its zealots almost brought Europe within its fold. Today’s Muslims have not forgotten this glorious epoch (Cox 1981, 73-80). Currently, fervent re-Islamization is sweeping the […]
[…] and truth?” Smith asked only somewhat rhetorically on 6 May 1896 in a letter to the Deseret News (Letterbook 6). He frankly admitted to E. L. Kelley, a member of the Reorganized Church’s Presiding […]
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[…] are sent to all stake presidents and bishops. Brief reports are also published in the weekly Church News which is sent to thousands of subscribers worldwide. Finally, video tapes of conference are sent to […]
It’s not easy to motivate two thousand people, about evenly divided among high school students, young parents, and older citizens, to march a mile up a steep hill to listen to speakers on an […]
[…] a Mormon (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1987), 240-41; and William Clayton’s Journal (Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1921), 83, 91,136-137,143,149. Poulsen, The Landscape, 109; Richard H. Jackson, “Righteous and Environmental Change: The Mormons […]
[…] to U.S. involvement in Vietnam. In this climate Wilkinson began to pay as much attention to national politics as to BYU expansion. In the late 1950s he began to consider invitations to run for […]