From the Mormon History Association: The Mormon History Association will give its yearly awards for the best books, articles, dissertation, thesis, and student papers published or written on Mormon history during 2011 at its […]
[…] rooted in the same unknowing “racial innocence,” the concept that holds white people immune from taking responsibility for practicing racism. Brooks associates this with the continued unconscious actions of white supremacy within the institutional […]
[…] who lived before these terms had any meaning. Yale historian John Boswell freely used the term “gay” for medieval and ancient subjects who expressed a preference for same-sex romantic and sexual relationships, while recognizing […]
[…] about law and order, I think it wise to get perspective on our objectivity. Thusly, I offer for consideration this statement: “The streets of our country are in turmoil. The universities are with students […]
[…] truth than poetry in that statement. How ever, there are some—not too many—who deserve to be remembered for their sterling qualities of heart and mind and character, and B. H. Roberts is without a […]
[…] responsibility. Indeed, if man were wholly a creation of God then He, not man, would be responsible for men’s actions. Mr. Mangum, who states “Man is a creation of God…,” is not alone in […]
December 13: Joseph Spencer Joseph M. Spencer is a philosopher and assistant professor of ancient scripture at Brigham Young University. He’s the author or editor of eight books, most recently of 1st Nephi: A Brief…
[…] the Moon and the Field, effectively highlighting two threads that run throughout it: the impetus of desire for human connection and for joining two seemingly disparate worlds. In this aforementioned image, she places God […]
A movement called “scriptural theology” has been part of academic theology for some time now, since the 1980s or earlier. In spite of that, with some exceptions I will note, it has had little impact […]
[…] out that as fiction the subject was strictly a zero. Who would believe it? Mr. Taylor settled for what he does best: historical fiction—a fortuitous blend of the historian’s facts and the raconteur’s insight and […]