[…] quasi-official periodical for youth, lead the assault on fiction, equating novel reading with the dangers of alcohol.[ 6] During this same period, however, other LDS leaders realized that despite the church’s position, Mormon youth […]
[…] thought in what her husband was doing while he was away from her” (Van Wagoner 1986, 102— 3). Diaries, letters, and reminiscences of polygynous wives and children reveal that regular down-playing of the romantic […]
[…] several other church members, purchased a cluster of promising mines and claims in Nye County, Nevada. Desperate for funds after a decade-long judicial onslaught by the federal government, which included confiscation and misuse of […]
[…] birth to my first child, and finally my contractions are three minutes apart. My eyes wander vaguely over the smooth checked pattern of the floors as they whiz by and, counter to all birthing […]
[…] someone in the next town to refine my repairs,” C.J. said. After a first day of 47. 3 miles, we finally limped into the tiny burg of Briggsdale. Sam and Charity, two kids on […]
[…] because he feared for his own survival and for that of his family if he did not buy into the propaganda that Mother Russia could only be the Soviet Union—and vice versa—particularly when there […]
[…] checks. But he doesn’t give her more because she might bounce one.” “What if she needs to buy something else?” “Oh, he’ll give her another check if there’s an emergency. And he lets her […]
[…] 1912), it is explained that these two towns (Ikoni and Mroni) were among the island’s most ancient.[ 6] Today Moroni is the capital of the Comoros. But we were talking about Captain Kidd. Early in […]
[…] any anger in the world. [1] Gordon B. Hinckley, “The Times in Which We Live,” Saturday, October 6, 2001, LDS General Conference, retrieved in November 2003 from www.lds.org. [2] Ibid. [3] Gordon B. Hinckley, […]
[…] including Mormon, Methodist, and Presbyterian, to experience some loss of autonomy and control over their benevolent societies.[ 6] This paper similarly attempts to situate historical Relief Society changes within a broader Church context, acknowledging […]