[…] recent Mormon historians. After suggesting some characteristically if not uniquely Mormon approaches to the history of the world and the Church that could be particularly illuminating for all humankind, he ended with a brisk […]
[…] hand, kisses it in courtly fashion and repeats, without deviation, “How’s the sweetest little girl in the world?” I’ll also miss the nurses who care for my husband. Dedicated servants of the ill and […]
The conflict between creationism and evolution in the past few years has prob ably brought mixed feelings to many Latter day Saints. Although some excellent scholarship has demonstrated that we have little or […]
[…] alt=”unnamed” width=”216″ height=”216″ />Dialogue: a Journal of Mormon Thought turns 50 this year. So do I, and the similarities don’t end there. Both of us were both polite and orthodox in our youth and […]
[…] better at critical analysis than historical research. In fact, Brooks sometimes relies on sources such as recent newspaper articles more than archival research and as a result occasionally makes unsupported claims or factual errors. […]
[…] I could not see. Even now, years later, I do not know how to explain what my world looks like. I see colors, objects, sizes, and everything around me, but my eyes skid off […]
Dialogue 50.2 (Summer 2017): 209–213
“I was excommunicated from the Church in 1986. I am a gay man in a twenty-five-year-long relationship with my husband Göran Gustav-Wrathall. We were legally married in July 2008. […]
[…] another consequence: They reinforce a sense of distinction and separation between the Christian community and the secular world. This attitude, however, leads to a retreat from the world, from political engagement, and from democratic […]
[…] them. (Alma 33:20) Now flash forward to March 29, 2020. President Nelson asked the Church, and the world, to join in a worldwide fast for relief from the COVID-19 pandemic. He included, “As a […]
[…] a really generative way of thinking about Christ—just as language aids me in mediating between myself the world, Christ is a point of mediation, a fulcrum for a relationship between my local, sinful experience […]