[…] the scriptures say on the matter,” interjected Sister Conway, mechanically, in a last ditch attempt to restore order to the classroom. “That is where the answers lie.” Deaf to her suggestion, Arthur didn’t turn […]
Dialogue 31.4 (Winter 1999):190–199 It is noteworthy because, instead of laying out the original historical meaning of Isaiah, it reapplies the text to the time of Joseph Smith and to the course of Jewish […]
[…] were especially intrigued by the plan of salvation. They changed their habits, according to Peacock’s recollections, in order to join the Mormon church. Ella quit cigarettes “cold,” and Bill gave up the drinking “he’d […]
[…] arrival, not merely for a better perspective of the territory, but to thank God in the true order and to endow one of their number who had missed the opportunity in the Nauvoo temple. […]
[…] a ski lift. Of course, my typifying the stories this way—as tragic situations—is a distortion, exactly the order of condescension Clyde avoids. The magic, or I might say Christianity, of her fiction is that […]
[…] of My soul” (522). The Question of Style: Conclusion Ipresent these lengthy citations from The Book in order to address the question of style in Tathea, which is at once off-putting for readers accustomed […]
[…] Abinadi and even the character’s possible namesake, Stephen in the New Testament—Stevie will sacrifice his life in order to identify the greatest evil in the novel. His ultimate sacrifice leads to the containment of […]
[…] laying out his view of the minimal set of beliefs that one had to receive or have in order to be a believing Mormon. Those who want to limit what is said in testimony meeting […]
[…] a rhetorical question, “Now, if a man murdereth, be hold will our law, which is just, take the life of his brother?”(Alma 34:11). Obviously the answer is no, and Amulek says as much. We […]
[…] demographics have characterized patterns of parenthood and sexual partnerships in America. As age at marriage has increased, the age at initiation of sexual inter course has decreased so that adolescents and young adults are […]