[…] discussion? In my 1986 Dialogue essay “Historiography and the New Mormon History: A Historian’s Perspective” (19, no. 3 : 25–49) to which Duffy alludes and which he apparently does not understand, I argued that […]
EmilyW. Jensen {[email protected]} writes, edits, and mothers five children, often simultaneously. For five years, Emily covered the online world of Mormonism for the Deseret News and currently webedits Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. […]
[…] the pressure to conform, meaning that they are unwilling to act differently from their peers; and ( 3) They dehumanize potential (and actual) victims. Interrogating the evidence with this model in mind allows the […]
[…] held at the Salt Lake Public Library on September 5, 2008, sponsored by the Charles Redd Center for Western History at Brigham Young University, the Mormon History Association, the Tanner Humanities Center at the […]
[…] the U.S. Army and most historians surely do not. It seems to me that this shorthand label for the war trivializes, personalizes, and localizes it, much as the term “Seward’s Folly” was used to […]
[…] and readers alike,” Soper explains in the introduction. The Mother in Me shares Segullah’s ethos and purpose ( 6). The scope of the book is narrower: the essays and poems focus on early motherhood: pregnancy, […]
[…] enough to trigger fatigue in even the most prolific of scholars. As founding director of the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (FARMS), Welch introduced a new generation of Mormon readers to the […]
[…] “Hamlet thought it was real, and that’s all that matters.” Matt sat down behind Tregan and spoke over his shoulder. “Dude,” he said, “what’s your deal? I messaged you like five times last night […]
[…] give a blessing. “Great. Why don’t you throw on a shirt and tie, and I’ll be right over to pick you up.” Samuel had difficulty choosing a tie. He wasn’t sure whether to tailor […]
[…] current notions about dissent in the Church—whether it is good or bad—are inadequate because the language available for talking about dissent is insufficient. Both dissenters and their critics oversimplify and improperly conflate categories, which […]