[…] the Book of Mormon to his friend, Sidney Rigdon. It was to be a most opportune meeting for both Rigdon and the representatives of the infant Mormon movement. The Book of Mormon gave Rigdon […]
[…] invite comparison with the “Father of Us All,” Promised Valley, written by Arnold Sundgard (lyrics) and Craw ford Gates (music). Promised Valley is the most successful musical in the history of the church in […]
[…] as “books debunking Joseph Smith typically begin by downgrading his immediate ancestors,” a careful study of Joseph’s forebearers is long overdue. This volume contains eight chapters divided into a prologue, an epilogue, and six […]
Dialogue 8.3 (Winter 1973): 11 – 72 The subject of Pythagoreanism is so controversial and loaded with uncertainties that what follows should be considered as speculation and suggestion for future research.
[…] Nevertheless, or perhaps even because of that, we did develop a mutual respect and, I believe, fondness for each other. After coming to the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1965 to become Chairman […]
[…] letters and to promote fellowship among scholars and writers of Mormon literature. They named it the Association for Mormon Letters. The Association for Mormon Letters was not the first serious attempt to call scholarly […]
The Latter-day Saints have been a source of sensationalistic subject matter for popular novelists almost since the beginning of the Church. But the Mormon novel as a treatment of Mormon materials from a Mormon […]
For several decades Bingham, Utah was a turbulent mining town. Built on the edge of the “greatest hole on earth,” its inhabitants slaved for gold and then for copper. One day Bingham disappeared, […]
(Marriage Song for DJ. and N.J.) I. Before Sunrise Artemis, too faint for shadows, wanes over the western sands.
[…] possible that the two women might have met during one of the frequent gatherings Mrs. Cumming held for members of the local gentry. Both the journal and the letters are written by intelligent and […]