[…] passion for honesty. They are scrutinizing centuries-old suppositions and re-examining current attitudes and goals. In the Protestant world, the writings of Bultmann, Bonhoeffer, Tillich, and of the Bishop of Woolwich are evidence of this […]
I am twenty-one years old. I lie in the golden light of a Korean September afternoon. I have curled myself up on the musty, avocado-skinned sofa that occupies a large corner of the living […]
[…] the search after new silver and gold mines. It is perhaps the most disadvantageous lottery in the world, or the one in which the gain of those who draw the prizes bears the least […]
[…] author and her book. I vividly recall one occasion during which Mortensen became quite emotional, in fact breaking down in tears, in referring both to Brodie’s courage as an author and her willingness to […]
[…] lethal. The penultimate line, the cliche “be good to your kids, there’s nothing like ’em in the world, believe me” has never sounded so sinister. The middle playlet, A Gaggle of Saints, involves John […]
[…] this insistent evolutionary activity, Joan will clash inevitably with those, “not malevolent by nature contribute to the world’s disasters through want of imagination and social and political consequences of the way they think.” Still—and […]
[…] acclamations of the Lord’s kingship such as Psalms 47, 93, 95-100 and for celebrations of the Lord’s world-establishing victory such as Psalms 29, 46, 48, 76, 93, 95-99, and 104. Not all the psalms […]
[…] hugged him. “Oh, Son, Son. I’m afraid there’s a lot of unhappiness and misery in this old world.” When Bob helped Jim weed the vegetable and flower gardens or mow the lawn, Jim’s dad […]
[…] who, living ten miles from the booming canal town of Palmyra, would in 1830 present to the world in the Book of Mormon an alternative vision of how rural America should be. Some might […]
[…] to Dialogue. Whoever these next Mormon intellectuals are, they are connected to digital networks, computer screens, and online discussion groups. One finds them woven into the fabric of online “threads,” moving through cyberspace with […]