[…] would be folly to make it the foundation of a life’s philosophy. Widtsoe was also involved in writing several such articles for the Era. One such article, printed in 1948, was titled “Were There […]
[…] with a slight revision: “As between Vogel and the FARMS review by Andrew and Dawson Hedges, Vogel’s writing is moderate and balanced; the Hedgeses are apologetic and one-sided.” FARMS apparently doesn’t publish replies to […]
[…] than my wife. My long-term affair with Fawn McKay Brodie, literary in nature, involved the research and writing of a book-length biography on this much misunderstood woman, best known among Latter-day Saints for her […]
[…] of the Utah Dixie Mission in the 1860s. The novel, which won the Houghton-Mifflin prize in creative writing, received mixed reviews, but essentially was well received, except in Utah. In a cover story in […]
[…] book, The Power that Worketh in Us, was published when he was over ninety years old. His writing was accessible, well-expressed, and deeply Christian. Edwards did not have a college degree, was largely self-taught, […]
[…] care, produced as they were in the climate of controversy and contention surrounding early Mormon history. The writing of Mormon history seems to be a profession especially unforgiving of emotional and intellectual shortcomings in […]
[…] 50 or higher were achieved in some Utah counties, rates twice the national average. Demographer Warren Thompson, writing a decade later after an extensive study of the 1920 census, concluded that the Mormons were […]
The challenge of writing religious history is an old one. The ancient Hebrews incorporated history into their scriptures, and Luke the physician is but one of the historians whose writings were canonized in the […]
[…] discourse . . . held the vast audience as it were spellbound.” Wilford Woodruff was especially moved, writing in his journal, “I believe that He preach the greatest sermon that was ever delivered to […]
[…] that some would describe it. In 1959 I found a group defending the Church on the right, writing faith-promoting history which affirmed the truth of Mormon historical claims. In the center was a group […]