[…] to say about some contemporary philosophical, social, or political issue. Where should a Mormon thinker begin? Consider the counter-example of Catholic intellectuals. Faced with such a question, they have the luxury of a rich […]
Ross C. Anderson, A Call for Compassion John-Charles Duffy, Clarifying My Own Stance Cheryl L. Bruno, Asherah Alert Kevin L. Barney, Kevin Barney Responds William P. MacKinnon, Rest of the Story
[…] our lifetimes. Writers and speakers intimated that those who didn’t fall into step with the Church’s marching order had an insufficient grasp of the gospel. They just didn’t understand; otherwise they’d be on the […]
Dialogue 45.3 (Fall 2013):188–206 The scripture I have in mind, of course, is the Book of Mormon. What follows is a Gentile’s appreciation—even recommendation—of this well-known but largely unread example of worldclass scripture.
[…] encyclical letter, is a striking beginning for his papal contribution to Catholic social teaching. In a sense, the encyclical confirms one piece of conventional wisdom about his papacy—that it is a work of consolidating […]
[…] book will cooperate. I have learned to do everything else for his unresponsive body. He begins to order me around like his personal slave, and the nurses smile and say, “That’s good. He’s learning […]
[…] family and I moved to Bloomington, Indiana, three years ago, my six-year-old son invited a neighbor boy over to play. The neighbor asked if they could go geode hunting in the wooded creek behind […]
[…] more and more historians work to situate Mormonism in American history, Mormons like me want to join the discussion. We will write better if we are less defensive, more open to criticism, more exploratory […]
George Borrow, an English travel writer, descended from the hills one evening in 1854 to report on Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, at that time the busiest iron smelting and coal town in the common wealth. […]
John Q. Cannon, Frank J. Cannon, and Abraham H. Cannon were the three eldest sons of George Q. Cannon, the man viewed by historians as second only to Brigham Young in prominence in late […]