[…] be a wife. But I was eight years old, and in my mind, if all I really wanted from the future was a husband, then that must mean that I wanted to be a wife.”
<i>Dialogue 49.2 (Summer 2016): 45–50</i><br> “I am the mother of a queer son. I am also an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as well as a professor at […]
[…] simply the profound experience of those who seek God. The man who blots out internal awareness in order to maintain to himself and to others the appearance of absolute certainty, who refuses to examine […]
[…] Missouri, Ohio, and Illinois—a conflict produced by the Mormons’ peculiar religious ceremonies, peculiar marriage institution, distinct economic order, and the unique lay priesthood hagiography; a second stage of conflict with nature, as the pioneers […]
[…] without the “law of stewardship,” which Joseph Smith promulgated in the very early revelation on the “United Order of Enoch” (Doctrine and Covenants, Section 42, Feb. 9, 1831). Indeed, Leonard Arrington’s socio-economic history of […]
[…] sparse liturgy to make use of a panoply of wondrous objects; we can regret that standard, “mail- order” objects of architectural decoration too often substitute for the skilled creations of a master craftsman in […]
[…] men that they may have faith unto repentance.” In other words, the forgiveness must be accepted in order to be efficacious: “For what doth it profit a man if a gift is bestowed upon […]
<i>Dialogue 1.3 (Fall 1966): 29–46</i><br> In this early article, Allen shows that the First Vision was not well known during Joseph Smith’s lifetime. It became well known after the Prophet’s death, which is when […]
[…] Mormons of darkest possible hue passing the sacramental bread and water” (pp. 270-271). Of a far different order is The Mormon Establishment by Wallace Turner. Authored by an Alabama-born New York Times correspondent in […]
[…] that universe. But our very awareness of that disintegration or distortion must prelude the search back toward order—if we have lost it. The vicarious experience of the tragedy of being caught in an amoral […]