David and Bathsheba
April 18, 2018When I slid the damask
from its plastic sleeve
to spread it on the table,
the stain throbbed against crisp white.
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Poetic Borrowing in Early Mormonism
April 18, 2018The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, it seems, has had little ^ use for poetry that cannot be sung. The chief place of verse has always been the hymnal, and not without reason:…
Socialist Saints: Mormons and the Socialist Party in Utah, 1900-20
April 18, 2018In the early years of this century,” observed David A. Shannon, “the Socialist Party of America was a young and virile organization that could not escape notice. Far stronger than any contemporary party on the left,…
The Intellectual in the Service of the Faith?: How and Where is Intellect Needed?
April 18, 2018I’ve found it useful at times to think of Christ as an intellectual in the ser vice of the faith. I find that he assumes and champions the ability of persons to examine and revise…
The Intellectual in the Service of the Faith?: Prometheus Hobbled: The Intellectual in Mormondom
April 18, 2018I assume an intellectual is anyone who is guided more by intellect than by emotions—leastways that’s good enough for a country boy like myself. By Mormon I mean something like “faithful” Mormon, not smarty-pants intellectuals,…
The Intellectual in the Service of the Faith?: The Pursuit of Understanding
April 18, 2018A useful beginning for my comments may be found in a quotation from Richard Hofstadter’s Anti-intellectualism in American Life.
The Intellectual in the Service of the Faith?: Some Propositions to Consider
April 18, 2018There are different ways to look at the world; and faith and reason provide contrasting, sometimes complementary perspectives. Faithful people who equate their spirituality with Church loyalty often find themselves at odds with those who…
LDS Church Authority and New Plural Marriages, 1890-1904
April 18, 2018Dialogue 18.1 (Spring 1985): 9–105
Quinn shares that even with the Manifesto that officially ended plural marriage, plural marriages were still happening in the church between the First and Second Manifestos. Despite church leaders arguring that no plural marriages were happening, there is evidence to support the fact that both church members and church leaders were entering into new plural marriages.
Fathering
April 18, 2018When I first hold our children,
Lately having labored alongside you,
I promised many things — too many —
Like the alcoholic too late repentant,
A Shaded View | Leonard J. Arrington and Susan Arrington Madsen, Sunbonnet Sisters: True Stories of Mormon Women and Frontier Life
April 18, 2018Another “sisters” book—enough for a quartet. Where Mormon Sisters is a topical approach to pioneer women’s history, Sister Saints a compilation of biographical essays, and Women’s Voices a selection of diary excerpts with historical commentary,…