[…] out in The Great Code to demonstrate, that “polysemous meaning is a feature of all deeply serious writing, and the Bible is the model for serious writing” (1982, 221). He argues that the biblical […]
[…] “younger” poets. One might question the inclusion of hymn verses, despite their link to earlier LDS hymn writing. Nevertheless, the sweet simplicity of Bruce Jorgensen’s “For Bread and Breath of Life” (p. 260) appeals […]
[…] is, rather, a book where the author, in spite of herself, transcends the camp genre of nature writing and, for the most part, moves beyond the distraction of language calling attention to itself. Oh, […]
[…] a host of committees and boards at all levels. Many of us have had the experience of writing checks payable to the Corporation of the President. Symbols also reinforce this corporate image. While the […]
[…] evidence. We must, I believe, specifically stop dealing indirectly, spectrally, with our offenses. We must stop (1) writing to people in authority with our complaints and hurts rather than facing them directly; (2) using […]
[…] good in their lives to God. But, according to one historian, it was “Clear that religion, not writing, was their vocation. But writing was essential to that vocation. Theirs was no mere summary of […]
More than ten years after the original appearance of an essay might be too long to wait to respond to it, but the republication of Eugene En gland’s “Dawning of a Brighter Day: Mormon […]
[…] groups who are now considered “marginals.” The law abolishing plural marriage is no longer relevant to the service of American justice, writes Fox. And, further, because so much of the legislation against polygyny originated […]
[…] them: they called him on a mission to his native land in 1862. His career of daily service to the church was to occupy, in various ways, the next several years. In England, Taylor’s […]
[…] do with Him.” Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Fanny Fern, and of course the Mormon suffragists writing and organizing in Utah used religious doctrines as the foundation for their feminism. As American feminist […]