[…] investigations by Latter-day Saint professionals, professors, and ecclesiastical leaders. These narratives foreground the efforts of educated, white, upper-middle-class professionals and Church-funded institutions based in Salt Lake City and Provo, near the centers of Mormon power.
[…] 2022): 41–83</i><br> Drawing on observations and suggestions from scholars of Tibetan Buddhism and Mormonism, this article compares the production of the Book of Mormon with that of the class of Tibetan Buddhist scripture known […]
“To speak to Moses, God / put a stone in his mouth, put on / a sackcloth of verbs (want, need), / cleared his throat. Cried out” (3). Sunni Brown Wilkinson this way begins her […]
[…] church affairs in terms of sweetness and light, The Mormon Establishment, in the journalistic tradition, find more news value in clash and conflict than in quiet progress and consensus. Turner’s book comes closer to […]
[…] Joseph himself in 1843 employed the same term, “reformation,” in relating his first vision story to a news correspondent. In addition, the Cowdery-Smith account makes it abundantly clear that this reformation activity took place […]
[…] I am probably guilty as charged. However, I think I understand why there exists a gap between today’s young people and the institutionalized values of their country. The second factor contributing to the existence […]
[…] satisfied. We have many publications in our midst, the chief organ of our people being the Deseret News a daily and weekly paper. Would copies of this be of any interest? There is among […]
[…] trying to smile, to laugh; trying to mimic the Pied Piper and convert embarrassment into humor. But breaking down, hollering at them: “Get the hell out! Get the hell out of here! All of […]
[…] step in nuclear strategy, and no one blinks an eye. The line between politics and theater, TV news and soap opera, was crossed long ago. I would submit that the mythologies of nuclear war […]
[…] it is hard to tell just what they will do” (New York Times, 8 Nov. 1890, Deseret News, 7. Nov. 1890). Nevertheless, Miles concluded, “those who have seen the impersonator of the Messiah say […]