[…] spent a professional lifetime reading, teaching, and writing about literary texts. Much of my interest in and approach to the Book of Mormon lies with the text—though not just as a field for scholarly exploration.
[…] politics has been the subject of extensive investigation without leading to clear and generally agreed upon criteria for assessing and accounting for such achievement. Religious genius, especially the prophetic objectivity. Adherents to new faiths […]
[…] more responsible — and even more Christian — to take care of hungry babes on earth be fore worrying about those in heaven. It’s not that simple, however, it being much easier to get […]
[…] to discuss the church’s cooperative work with the Red Cross. The church had agreed to assume responsibility for looking after the welfare of LDS servicemen and their families soon after the onset of World […]
[…] denomination will periodically outgrow the hymnal it has been using. Hymns that no longer fill a need for members of the church, or that no longer reflect the church’s attitudes and goals, must make […]
[…] third week of January, 1966, millions of Americans united in prayer, beseeching God’s assistance in their quest for Christian unity. One of the leading advocates of this ecumenical movement is Horton Davies, Putnam Professor […]
[…] have “earned” their awards. And I don’t want to enter into the problems of simple, lowly, unin formed members and their rights, duties and/or responsibilities to discuss current problems with their (our) leaders, although […]
[…] sponged into bread, other times shot glasses twinkling with cheap tequila and broken glowsticks. But we never forget the stories our mothers taught us; their scriptures follow us like shadows. “Why did God want […]
[…] cheap movie Saturday night? Dutch, of course.” What could he say but yes? He couldn’t fault her for asking. Being forthright, taking the lead, went with feminism. But he assured himself this Saturday night […]
[…] over. Ladyfriends, he called them. When I stayed home sick from school, I saw the ladyfriends leave for work. “How cute. Is this yours?” they said, pointing at me on the couch, a blanket […]