In this ethnography of a Mormon splinter group, Hans Baer postulates that Mormonism’s capacity to produce schisms is a two-fold reflection of itself. As Mor monism entered the mainstream in this century, it abandoned its…
Why, you may ask, review a book on teaching for Dialogue! The reasons are several and compelling.
In the first place, author Wayne C. Booth, surely one of the most significant critics now writing in English and perhaps in any language, unashamedly traces his roots to Mormonism.
The association of man and woman In daunsinge, signifying matrimonie— A dignified and commodious sacrament. Two by two, necessarye coniunction, T. S. Eliot Amos enjoyed her company, but he felt lost. Despite the many times they had walked…
Yep, it was me who done it. Me and the kid with the telescope. We were the cause of the historic theatre’s demolition. Let me tell you how it happened. I was living in Salt…
If you want to learn how to have a successful interfaith marriage, I have to start by telling you as a social psychologist that I don’t recommend marrying outside your faith. Although I have been…
I like the exotic ring to saying, “I married a Lutheran minister.” Heads turn. Conversations start. I like to think I rebelled against narrow parochial views, made a statement about cultural pluralism. I like to…
My marriage in 1968 to a man who was not a member of the Church has been instrumental to my growth and development not only as a person but also as a Latter-day Saint. In…
Five years ago I would never have imagined that I would marry outside of the Church, let alone that I would discuss the experience in public. The number of people who will read this does not…
I’ve heard them called both dry Mormons and dry-land Mormons. They are people who live intimately among the Mormons without becoming members of the Church. They are a puzzling lot because they often behave so…
In any religion that stresses the importance of marriages between its members, choosing to marry someone of another faith is not a casual act. In fact, marrying outside the home faith is likely to incur…