[…] tool of sexist church leaders. It was too much. I felt a fierce desire to show the world Mormon women as I know them: liberal, conservative, confident, fearful, happy, depressed, sometimes all of the […]
<i>Dialogue 20.4 (Winter 1987): 158–166</i><br> Despite what researchers have said over the years regarding for why men married plural wives, Embry argues that a significant portion of husbands married plural wives because of their […]
[…] his neighbors’ conviction that deflecting demons and communicating with angels was essential to their well-being in this world and their salvation in the next. By employing magical techniques to communicate with angels and to […]
By adopting the above-cited definition of mysticism, the compilers of the “Topical Guide” (LDS Edition 1979) distance Mormonism from a religious heritage which is perhaps as old as any other of record. The most […]
[…] to divulge my name. “Mr. Huelett,” who published only one poem under that name in a Nauvoo news paper, is presumably Sylvester Huelett, an associate of Eliza’s during her stay with her sister Leonora […]
<i>Dialogue 23.2 (Summer 1990): 99–105</i><br>Underwood discusses why two religions who share the same exact upbringing have different opinions about the temple rituals.
[…] advertised “over fifty authentic Swedish dishes.” The event was held in the local high school cafeteria, where Mutual girls served as waitresses in starched organdy aprons and passed out crumb pie and fruit soup. […]
[…] to them as their small congregation drifted away into the winter chill. In mid-February, however, he received news which lifted his sag ging spirits. He noted in a 15 February diary entry that he […]
[…] Luke had dreamed that he and his wife Dolly would soon be taking a trip around the world. En route they would stop over in Indonesia for a three-week visit with us. Marie and […]
[…] personal confirmation of its truthfulness. These were frightening and liberating standards for a pilgrimage. I let the world be my sanctuary and let my responses be my compass. I hoped I would find truth […]