[…] the circle of home, neighbors, and ward rather than reaching out to the wider community or the world. But one decade was different, infused by an unusual degree of organized activism against poverty and […]
[…] The Twelve Apostles and Counselors to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in all the World,” Woman’s Exponent 6 (1 Oct. 1877) : 65. The movement is described in detail by William […]
[…] Turner, they are to be handed over to the father for education and guidance “pertaining to the world beyond the hearth.” Current research indicates that a man who is “clumsy” with his young children, […]
The captivity narrative is one of the oldest literary genres of the New World: some 1,000 examples survive from the sixteenth century. It is also one of the earliest forms of popular literature in […]
[…] themselves—which they could easily do either through marking their own skin or by intermarrying with darker New World people around them. There is no need for a genetically inherited curse from God to explain […]
[…] language itself requires us to speak of God in the present tense and in our commonly shared world. This dualism concerning God creates a special problem for the prophet. It calls her to walk […]
[…] had helped with a symposium as part of stake conference on “Youth and Religion in the Present World Crisis.” I wrote: “Our approach was analytic, which seemed to conflict somewhat with the dogmatic approach […]
[…] often wish that more of our sisters could have the opportunity of doing missionary work in the world but I suppose their work, which is great, is nearer home. I am called to leave […]
[…] provokes a mental observation on experiences that have taught him “his first terror of the simple elemental world.” He remembers the difficulty of thawing a frozen water line and thinks of his grandparents “lasting […]
[…] time, pah-haps,” she said. She wiggled away, like a movie queen, turned and laughed, her whole face breaking pixie-like into squeezed-up lines of wrinkle. Her tribute to wantonness—even in sport—brought flickers of embarrassment into […]