[…] spent a professional lifetime reading, teaching, and writing about literary texts. Much of my interest in and approach to the Book of Mormon lies with the text—though not just as a field for scholarly exploration.
[…] THE WORLD IS RAPIDLY CHANGING as new technologies change the way we think, act, and live. This is particularly true with the many changes biology has wrought in our lives over the last few years.
As in the lives of individuals, certain events in the lives of cities leave such a mark that time is thenceforth measured in terms of before and after. For example, following the Columbian Exposition […]
[…] For the sake of argument, it seemed useful, but in the larger sense, it may be an over-simplification with other consequences. Appleyard would not, I suspect, represent the views of most Mormon scientists themselves. […]
[…] me want to get smart. It made me think I could read books, adjust my posture, and buy the right shoes, be something other than the Jack Fixx I was. I said, “He’s out.” […]
[…] chromosome relations, biochemical changes in the codons that make up the genes. Mutations. Changes in the lineal order of the ordered. Accidents. Surprises. And, my emotional body is more complex then I’d imagined—pride and […]
[…] their assessment almost parenthetical. (Perhaps a bit of true disclosure on their part might also be in order.) Every press has its mission and audience, every press has a broader list than one might […]
[…] and as unnatural as it felt, I had to go di rectly against my bishop’s counsel in order to follow the Spirit because my own best interest and the best interest of my family […]
[…] Relief Society class 20 years after my conversion. The teacher launched into a lesson on the patriarchal order and outlined a doctrine of “God speaks to Man, Man speaks to woman.” Aware that there […]
Like many baby-boomers, philosopher Roger Scruton as a young man accepted the sexual standards of his generation, eschewing marriage in favor of “experiments” with less binding relationships. Scruton finally did marry when he found […]