[…] . . When a man’s honor was impugned, it was imperative that he confront the aggressor in order to save face. . . . In serious cases, violence against the offender was often the […]
Almost two decades have elapsed since I published The Angel and the Beehive: The Mormon Struggle with Assimilation (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1994). My book began by acknowledging and illustrating the “Americanization” thesis […]
Christ was perfect. Christ turned water to wine at the wedding at Cana. Did Christ create the perfect wine?
[…] something you were still unsure of at church? Maybe you found yourself hoping that if you played the role, it would eventually feel real? Or have you ever said you believed something that you […]
[…] ever (252–255). In contrast, Michael’s marriage of convenience to a Swiss woman, for an appropriate fee, in order to obtain permanent residency in Switzerland so he could live with his gay partner, is brushed […]
[…] 2013):138–177 In this paper, I argue that this preoccupation with structural collapse legitimizes a critical consideration of the way that language functions in the book, rendering the Book of Mormon particularly well-suited to a […]
When Edward Tullidge arrived in Utah during the late summer of 1861, one of his first actions was to write Brigham Young and state his “earnest desire” to enter the prophet’s service. “I care […]
[…] kind of question begging; and that propositional claims must be both conceptually justifiable and empirically justified in order to claim legitimacy. Unsurprisingly, he finds that LDS teachings fail on both counts. These criticisms are […]
[…] again, moving and swirling, like thin traces of smoke in the air. “Power upon thee, my friend, over lives and deaths.” “You can’t do anything to me,” Hank said, hoping it was true. “You’re […]
[…] and a love of God and of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have […]