[…] was told that under Smith’s direction a dog was sacrificed on the spot in the hope of breaking the charm that held the “pots of money.” According to Austin, the digging occurred before Smith […]
[…] maybe, especially when she was surrounded by the kind of high-powered executives she dealt with. But this news was a shock. After a small silence, Catherine said, “I’ve already got a church. I thought […]
[…] Mormon past with respect and affection and looks with a more critical eye at the contemporary Mormon world. Her memories of childhood, as they appear in her poems, are especially rich. In section 3 […]
[…] may be music played by several instruments, or one instrument playing harmony, see Walter Bauer, A Greek- English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, trans, and adapted by William Arndt […]
[…] understanding” (v. 24). It is reasonable to assume that Joseph Smith’s language was heavily influenced by the English of the King James Version, so we can expect that by speaking “after the manner of […]
[…] his Manchester Mormons: The Journal of William Clayton, 1840-1842 (Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith, 1974). Deseret Evening News, 9 Dec. 1879. See Allen’s testimony in Ehat v. Tanner, Brief of Appellee to 10th Circuit, […]
[…] often considered by Mormons to be a moving account of orthodox (Hasidic to be exact) Jewish boys breaking from their religion and tradition in order to pursue a powerful, inner identity. But these books […]
[…] his driver’s license while the other started questioning him. “Did you speak to José in Spanish or English?” “English.” There wasn’t an officer in the bureau who would admit that the Hispanic he’d picked […]
[…] Christian salvation. A God who puts aside his glory to take upon himself the sins of the world is a very powerful idea to me. It has been the only way out of some […]
[…] extermination for millennia, Jews are understandably suspicious of any attempt to convert them. This should not be news to Mormons, whose notorious missionary zeal raised stringent opposition to the construction of the BYU Jerusalem […]