…clear exactly what Apostle Smith had in mind, but if he meant cases in which there were more Caucasian grandparents, for instance, than Negro, he would have been much more…
…of its three installments and the publication of the Book of Mormon, scores of biblical commentators and other defenders of holy writ were replying to Paine. The vast majority of…
…turns up here and there in LDS scripture and thinking—for instance, in God’s command for Nephi to kill Laban and in Joseph Smith’s purported letter to Nancy Rigdon, attempting to…
…internal to Mormon thought. I won’t rehearse the arguments in detail here, but I thank Valerie Hudson Cassler’s work on the atonement as one among many instances that showed how…
…historical context and to admit that they were not universally interpreted as heralding the Mormon faith is just one instance of her sensitivity to Maori culture and belief. She also…
…installments are found here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. I do not list every single book and article from 2016, but I do highlight those I found most…
…Politics of a Usable Past.” This is about vernacular history or popular historical tales, rather than professional histories. It looks at all kinds of fun material from instagram accounts to…
…Changing Mormon Conceptions of Race and Lineage (2003), both published by University of Illinois Press, were each instant field-defining classics . The Angel and the Beehive remains, a quarter century…
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…instance, see how he discloses post-Manifesto polygamy in a very just-the-facts-ma’am, matter of fact way: “After years of attempting to establish their constitutional right to practice polygamy, the Mormons finally…