[…] were the three eldest sons of George Q. Cannon, the man viewed by historians as second only to Brigham Young in prominence in late nineteenth-century Mormon Utah. George Q. Cannon was a man of […]
[…] with rhetoric’s long tradition.Regardless of his knowledge of this tradition, it is obvious that Smith knew how to persuade people through speech and writing. In addition, his writings instruct readers about how to persuade […]
[…] Jacob W. Olmstead’s look at how those opposed to the deployment of the MX missile in Utah over the course of two years (1979–81) persuaded the Mormon leadership to join them in their opposition […]
[…] Devils: The Satanic Ritual Abuse Scare in the Mormon Church.” Syzygy: Journal of Alternative Religion and Culture 6, no. 1 (Winter/Spring 1997): 77–119. “The Mormon Transition of 1890 and the Family’s Transition of the […]
[…] sermon after the burial of his friend King Follett, killed by accidental rock-fall while building a well. To an assembled crowd of his followers, Smith proclaimed, “If you have power to seal on earth […]
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[…] details of lived experience, and it takes charity—that pure love of Christ— as the only real justification for its having been written. It is not afraid to guess, it is not afraid to question, […]
[…] of scriptures and the teachings of Joseph Smith and subsequent LDS Church leaders reveal a rich theology pertaining to the origin and purpose of the earth and to our responsibility as stewards over nature’s bounty.
[…] with a novel, reading one story after another until your leg falls asleep or your stomach growls for food or the phone rings? Do you read one story, then close the book to think […]
From its gorgeous dust jacket to its prosaic index, this valuable book provides narrative history, data compilations, and unexploited documents shedding light on one of the most unusual, controversial organizations of antebellum American military […]