A Vision of Judas
April 12, 2018The light was too harsh
in the South. All day
I sat beneath that tree
growing darker and darker
until I was all shade.
DiaBLOGue
Comments on the Theological and Philosophical Foundations of Christianity
April 12, 2018Historical Christianity is a remarkable composite of diverse religious cultures, a mixture that even today, after two millennia, is still mixing, blending things that often will not blend and fusing the unfusible. Sometimes severe, chaste,…
On Becoming a Universal Church: Some Historical Perspectives
April 12, 2018Dialogue 25.1 (Spring 1992): 13–36
A historical analysis of the globalization of the Church. Under President David O McKay, the Church was able to reach out to more people beyond North America and Europe, which led to an increase in membership, temples and missionaries.
Two Sisters Visit Dieppe
April 12, 2018We leave the town at noon
For a beach of white pebbles
And small, clean bones. The wind
Whips our sensible skirts, and sun glints
Index to Volume 24
April 12, 2018
Unnatural History | Terry Tempest Williams, Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place
April 12, 2018Sometimes when I go to readings given by Nature writers, that new and popular set exploring their private, half-mystical genre, I think for a moment that I’m listening to LDS general conference talks—the histrionic intoning…
Celebrations | Emma Lou Thayne, Things Happen: Poems of Survival
April 12, 2018The publication of a new book of poetry is an occasion for celebration, particularly when the poetry is by such a generous and great-hearted soul as Emma Lou Thayne. But the title of this volume,…
The Survival of New Religious Movements | Timothy Miller, ed., When Prophets Die: The Post Charismatic Fate of New Religious Movements
April 12, 2018The unifying thesis of the twelve essays contained in When Prophets Die: The Post Charismatic Fate of New Religious Movements is that most new religious movements, though heavily dependent on a single dominant personality, usually…
I Laugh, Therefore I Am | Elouise Bell, Only When I Laugh
April 12, 2018A student of Zen Buddhism meditated daily on koans assigned by the Zen master. None of his insights impressed the master until one day, after years of thought about these puzzles, the student timidly began…
Reappraisal of a Classic | Thomas G. Alexander, ed., Great Basin Kingdom Revisited: Contemporary Perspectives
April 12, 2018In May 1988, the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University and the Mountain West Center for Western Studies at Utah State University jointly sponsored an interdisciplinary symposium to reappraise, on its…