Marvin Hill argued in 1989 that the fundamental problem early Mormonism was designed to address was the problem of pluralism. Pluralism, according to Hill, caused a situation of social disintegration and insecurity to which […]
My involvement in biblical studies has also awakened in me an interest in other holy books. In the 1970s, I had the opportunity to do some work on the Qur’an, a fascinating combination of […]
[…] breeze to caress the nerve endings and an occasional rain shower to refresh the plant life. Social order and perfect peace reigned. A hunger for learning permeated the very atmosphere, and the resources to […]
[…] the midst of affliction, at best I feel grateful for what I learned after the experience is over, but not for the experience itself, and certainly not while it is still going on. So […]
[…] Golden nevertheless presses forward that evening with pluck and improvisation, trying ineffectively to put his house in order; but what ails this house and its inhabitants lies beyond his powers of perception and remediation. Much […]
[…] Seine holding hands or walking along a deck in white linen resort wear as the moon rose over the ocean. Boyd was tall and handsome and smart and important, and he was married to […]
Carrol and Edwin Firmage contributed papers to the fall issue that review Mormon history during the nineteenth century and early twentieth centuries and scriptural precedent, in an attempt to motivate a Mormon audience toward […]
[…] first extramarital affair unfolds almost as a matter of duty (144); in another she attempts damage control over lunch with one of the “other women” (180). At one point, after waiting all night for […]
[…] All sins are just variations on that same desire to do something else when you’re already doing something. Multitaskers are children of the devil. You can’t serve two masters. Divided attention is just dressed-up inattention.
I’m Lila, a heat-drugged woman announces, edging her weight out of an overstuffed room into the hall. How can I help you? I explain we are his family. She says she is sorry. He […]