Beyond Literalism
April 17, 2018Mormonism has, in my view, a serious theological problem with its understanding of scripture. The problem lies in the tendency to read the scriptures uncritically, and it exists in both the LDS and RLDS traditions.…
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Living with Alzheimer’s Disease: A Wife’s Perspective
April 17, 2018“Frank, please sit up here,” I pleaded, patting the doctor’s examination table and urging my husband forward. I was trying to be patient. By nature I move fast, and holding myself back to accommodate his slowness…
Utah’s Ethnic Legacy
April 17, 2018As I look at you graduates, I recognize in your faces, full-blown in some, slight in others, the ethnic people of your past. Among you sit men and women whose sorrowing ancestors were summarily sent to…
Rebaptism: A Manual
April 17, 2018When the first letter comes,
a quiet verdict,
water sheds its sense:
coastlines stiffen,
An Echo from the Foothills: To Marshal the Forces of Reason
April 17, 2018I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. —Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Benjamin Rush, 1800 I offer here a personal response to the increasingly stern demands…
In loco parentis — Alive and Well in Provo | Gary James Bergera and Ronald Priddis, Brigham Young University: A House of Faith
April 17, 2018David Riesman, in his landmark study of American higher education entitled The Academic Revolution (1969), was fascinated by BYU and insightfully observes: “Despite academic upgrading, Brigham Young has not lost its sectarian character nor even…
For the Bishop’s Wife
April 17, 2018Some of us stood together
on your star-gray lawn,
sang you Christmas carols
in the warm California air.
Miguel Aju
April 17, 2018Dust-whitened sandals kicked dirt into Miguel Aju’s mouth as he lay by the side of the road. He spat it out and groped for his bottle. Clutching it to him, he closed his eyes and…
Depression in Mormon Women
April 17, 2018Depression is a common problem in Western societies; various studies have reported that between 3.2 and 9.3 percent of the population suffers from clinical depression. Women seem to be at least two times more likely…
The United Order of Joseph Smith’s Times
April 17, 2018Section 82 of the Doctrine and Covenants, dated 26 April 1832, guided the formation of a united order in the Joseph Smith era. Until recently, code names were shown for the nine participants: Ahashdah (Newel…