Learning to Disappear
March 28, 2018They say there is a Buddha
In each grain of sand
We begin huge and rigid. Life grinds
away at us. We grind against one another.
DiaBLOGue
Another Perspective | David Trobish, Mormonen—die Heiligen der letzten Zeit? [Mormons—Saints of the Latter Times?]
March 28, 2018When one reviews a book on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in a language other than English—regardless of the content of the book—the question of the significance of non-English books about Mor…
An Excellent Survey of the Headlines, But Not of the Heart | Richard N. Ostling and Joan K. Ostling, Mormon America: The Power and the Promise
March 28, 2018Mormon America is a comprehensive and instructive overview of Mor monism “for non-Mormons and Mor mons alike” (xi). Its scope, tone and readability reveal the best of Richard and Joan Ostling’s background in journalism. They…
“A Happy, Go-Ahead People” | Richard N. Ostling and Joan K. Ostling, Mormon America: The Power and the Promise
March 28, 2018The general public’s knowledge of Mormonism tends to be thinly mediated through certain stereotypical images: the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, well-scrubbed young missionaries, polygamy, large families, genealogy, sacred underwear, sentimental television commercials, upright (if not prudish)…
Henry William Bigler: Mormon Chronicler of Great Events | M. Guy Bishop, Henry William Bigler: Soldier, Gold Miner, Missionary, Chronicler, 1815–1900
March 28, 2018M. Guy Bishop has moved away from famous Mormon church leaders to delve into the life of a minor member who had a major appointment with American history. Henry William Bigler’s life is one that…
Protocols of the (Other) Elders of Zion | Andrew F. Smith, ed., The History of the Saints, 3d edition, by John C. Bennett
March 28, 2018One may impute two possible rationales to the decision by the University of Illinois Press to reprint an 1842 expose of Joseph Smith and Mor monism. Its re-publication may represent an appreciation for its value…
The Life of an LDS Apostle | Richard D. Poll, Working the Divine Miracle: The Life of Apostle Henry D. Moyle
March 28, 2018Henry Dinwoodey Moyle (1889-1963) lived a full life that has been well recounted by the late historian Richard D. Poll. Professor Poll achieved a solid reputation as a Mormon historian. He taught several years at…
Hebraicisms, Chiasmus and Other Internal Evidence for Ancient Authorship in Green Eggs and Ham
March 28, 2018Dialogue 33.4 (Winter 2001):127–173
Upon an initial and cursory reading, the book appears to be a simple morality play. A zealous purveyor of an unusual gustatory selection hawks his wares to an Everyman, whose initial biases preclude his acceptance of the unfamiliar.
Sensing Spirits
March 28, 2018We had to fly to her brother’s wedding.
But she lay prone on a heating pad,
the room spinning above, and her
weight and blood pressure each
Summer Story
March 28, 2018I was fifteen when I saw that my Mia Maid Advisor was having an affair. I’m afraid to tell you the story now, and afraid to think too hard about what I knew then, and…