Only rarely does a piece of writing capture the imagination of both novice and professional alike. Even more infrequently does such a work begin as a Ph.D. dissertation or master’s thesis. Certainly the most […]
[…] wards and branches they visited. Sonia trained the children intensively in English, especially in poetry and essay writing. Rick taught them math, and Sonia read to them every morning from the Book of Mormon […]
[…] arts. To prove that this is not so is the purpose of Steven Sondrup’s little collection of essays. Can the spirit and the senses unite to make fine works of art? Can dogma and […]
The “words of Isaiah” constitute a body of some of the greatest religious literature in existence, both in an aesthetic and a spiritual sense. As Monte S. Nyman correctly points out in his introductory chapter,…
The vast majority of the books considered in the accompanying compilation are of a biographical, fictional, doctrinal or inspirational nature. While the biographies and works on local history are generally intended for a rather limited…
[…] the Son appeared to Joseph Smith in 1820.” The Tanners base much of their theorizing about the writing of Mormon history on a conspiratorial theme. When they learned of the discovery of another version […]
It is not only refreshing in itself but also an occasion for rejoicing by all serious students of American religious history that Mario S. De Pillis is recalling our attention to the historical study of…
[…] Persons with desired information (and any and all replies will be greatly valued) can contact me by writing: Thor O. Nilsen 1238 Colorado Street Salt Lake City, Utah 84116 *** Dear Sirs: “Vardis Fisher […]
[…] . .” On the back of the letter, assuring him of her devotion, she put in large writing, “DOUBT me not.” Amasa’s apostasy caused deep divisions among his children as well. Francis Marion Lyman, […]
[…] Q. Cannon, who “had a remarkable intellect and a great capacity for accurate detail in his personal writing” (p. 60). This is the author who, in his biography of Joseph Smith in 1888, admitted […]