[…] juxtaposing the spiritual promptings and communions often reported by temple workers with the ghostly catalogues themselves. Chapter 6, “Broadcasting Standards,” places Mormon Correlation, the Red Scare, and the proliferation of broadcast media in conversation […]
[…] combines an analysis of the records of Lee’s trials with a thorough understanding of American culture in order to illuminate the ways in which individuals and the media used (and continue to use) narratives […]
[…] most important publications or authors in that genre. In this way, the MLDB is something of an online encyclopedia of Mormon literary studies. The records for individual works are annotated with summaries, awards received, […]
Deadline: May 1st The relationship between The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its LGBTQ members has been shaped by evolving policies, theological discussions, and deeply personal experiences. From official church positions […]
[…] positive note: But at the local and communal level, the church is changing, prodded in part by online communities and connections. Some people are leaving the pews because of the church’s policies about LGBTQ […]
[…] and sleeping enough? During the twentieth-century, Church leadership and academics sought to intellectualize anything they could in order to justify it to the world. They wanted everything wrapped up in a neat narrative, like […]
[…] writing rules by incorporating elements like time travel, all while tackling profound themes of agency, chaos, and order through a distinctly Mormon lens. William Morris is the author of Dark Watch and Other Mormon-American […]
[…] Women organization. Introduced to Beehive Girls through an article in a Church magazine, Thatcher located their manual online and was enthralled by the full-bodied approach to growth in its antiquated list of requirements. They […]
[…] I’m afraid of stepping in the wrong spiritual direction. Sure, I know generally what to do in order to be “a good person”: Love other people. Treat them as I would have them treat […]
[…] Mormon–Black issue? I was dismayed, disheartened, and depressed. I feared that all the research I had done over the past three years was for naught. Indeed, his fifty-seven-page Dialogue article containing some 219 footnotes […]