[…] several times – from the small Mormon farming community, to Salt Lake society, to high-level business, to national politics. Was it really inconceivable that he could acquire an international viewpoint? “Almost he persuadeth me. […]
[…] decade probably best described as tumultuous, confrontational, bewildering, but also uniquely exalting. During the period a long-standing national culture appeared to crumble, and conflict on a myriad of levels became common. At virtually every […]
[…] Maurine Whipple, Richard Scowcroft, Vardis Fisher, Virginia Sorensen, and Orson Scott Card have succeeded with their intended national audience but have been chastised—sometimes devoured—by their Mormon audience, an audience which feels either cheated or […]
[…] Book of Mormon while on a mission in Germany. He wrote an article about it in 1969 and has been its foremost champion since then. LDS scholars have acclaimed chiasmus as strong internal evidence […]
[…] one or another movie or television version of the Frankenstein story. The first was made in 1910 and there have been many since. The Boris Karloff version of the Frankenstein monster has become iconic. […]
[…] the Documentary Hypothesis is a fascinating chapter in intellectual history from the pre-critical observations of certain rabbis and philosophers concerning anomalies in the text to the rigorous studies of modern Bible scholars over the […]
[…] between labor and management to take place on a more equal playing field. The protection of existing national parks, the creation of new parks, and the preservation of our environment were also burning issues. […]
[…] literature, and the elimination of disease. Many of the great museums in the country, such as the National Gallery in Washington and others, were largely made possible through donations by individuals, corporations, and foundations […]
[…] orthodoxy. This means that for me the meaning of life is centered in our Redemption by Christ and what I see in the world I see in its relation to that. I don’t think […]
[…] were increasingly pressured to vote Republican in support of Reed Smoot and his Federal Bunch and for national approval by Protestants who had so long opposed the Church. Among Federal Bunch Republicans, however, the […]