[…] one will want to deny that the Book of Mormon has been a book of considerable impact and importance in America, insofar as it has affected the lives of many millions of citizens; yet […]
[…] is tempting, of course, to redress the Book’s limited literary impress by recourse to history, sociology, psychology, and demonology. It is tempting to say that a hundred and forty years in the literary marketplace […]
Discussing religion in America, de Tocqueville once remarked that “religions ought . . . to confine themselves within their own precincts; for in seeking to extend their power beyond religious matters, they incur a […]
[…] biblical materials seems to be in defiance of all canons of interpretation, but occasionally the Prophet bec ame a more careful exegete, dealing with particular words and phrases of scripture. Thus in Section 77:1 […]
[…] I should stop and see what he’s all about? After all, Mona was in a gregarious mood. Today she was free from thinking about what needed to be done next. Without speaking or saying […]
[…] Isa felt déjà vu, time curling on itself. Forty years earlier, Isa had stood in another de livery room and had reached his arm toward his wife in the same motion, fingers extended as […]
He folds his sash, his apron, his robe. Stacks them on the cold l aminate counter. Places the cap on top. Slides the sacred items into the white cotton envelope. The fabric is thin […]
[…] out with you. But they get almost two thousand dollars a month, and we have working f amilies doing fine on that. See if you can help them manage it.” He replaced the binder […]
[…] like this. I don’t think she does. David’s so young he doesn’t notice.” Mama was taking them today for the wrong reason. “I know it will be hard for you,” she said when she […]
[…] had a similar discussion a few weeks earlier. “Don’t be silly,” she had snorted after the evening news. “Dan Rather is not God. You think it ain’t been hot before? People said the dust […]