The Mormons and the Ghost Dance
April 17, 2018[…] also touched by the message of this Prophet from Walker Lake in 1870 (Du Bois 1939, 1 -4). As this Ghost Dance spread among the natives of Oregon and California in the early 1870s, […]
[…] also touched by the message of this Prophet from Walker Lake in 1870 (Du Bois 1939, 1 -4). As this Ghost Dance spread among the natives of Oregon and California in the early 1870s, […]
[…] respect for his temper as well as his throwing arm. I also realized that stake presidents are human. Since then, several of my friends and relatives have become stake presidents and General Authorities, men […]
[…] the film, our first speaker will be Sharon Lee Swenson. Sharon is currently director of the Utah Humanities Resource Center and an exhibition coordinator of the Utah Media Center. She also does film reviews […]
[…] from husbands, large families, young children in the home, lack of education, and low income. Many Latter -day Saint women in the United States share at least some of these characteristics, and at least […]
[…] labor given for the benefit of others. A cynic always lurks, eager to point out that all human behavior is motivated by self–interest. In truth, most behavior is multi–motivated and thus very complex. It […]
[…] the inside of a rest home, except for a quick holiday visit, miss an important part of human experience — even a sublime part. Amid physical and mental deterioration, pain and loneliness, the elderly […]
[…] the parallels with becoming spiritual adults is inescapable. From Erik Erikson to Daniel Levinson, psychological models of human develop ment posit that the truly well–integrated and functioning human being is the person who has […]
[…] succession since Brigham Young has been treated in an important study by Durham and Heath (1970, 78 -175). Succession questions, decisions, and innovations by Young’s apostolic successors were considered well into the twentieth century […]
[…] is Kiddush ha Shem, the sanctification of the name of God. One may die to save another human being, an act we understand to sanctify the name of God. Saving a Torah scroll from […]
[…] halls. And keep the talking down!” I am amused and saddened. The women are there to make human connections; learning is icing on the cake. I dislike classes that run for fifty minutes or […]