[…] and manuscript dealers as well as some archivists and librarians who acquire and manage rare books and manuscripts for large institutions. However, this is a personal statement and I alone am responsible for its content.
[…] On the surface, their occupations represent initiative, freedom, and self-reliance—quintessential pioneer values. Nevertheless, the Entrepreneurial Right must buy, sell, and trade in a socio-economic world dominated by the Corporate Center. These irksome dependency relationships […]
[…] faith, and their activity levels not only vary among regions but also change over the life course.[ 6] In reality, despite outsiders’ stereotypes, Mormonism, like any religion, embraces a diverse group. LDS membership counts […]
[…] to Rome in 1510. On passing the relic merchants in the streets, he became disgusted. People would buy pieces of Moses’ burning bush, coins received by Judas for be traying Jesus, or hairs from […]
[…] thought-provoking essays than what they read in the monthly Improvement Era, then the official Mormon magazine for adults.[ 6] Two years before, while an undergraduate at the University of Utah, Eugene England had discussed the […]
There once was a time, albeit brief, when a “Negro problem” did not exist for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. During those early months in New York and Ohio no mention […]
[…] after it in commemorating the glorification of the Lord. Easter is therefore considered, the ‘Feast of Feasts.’”[ 6] According to Chadwick, beginning with the fourth century, Holy Week observances began to be formalized: “From […]
Seven and a half blocks east and five blocks south of the Salt Lake Temple, the 0,0 of the city’s cardinally aligned grid, an inconspicuous gate on the north side of the street opens onto […]
[…] Eisenhower’s decisive win as the thirty-fourth American president, McKay was elated. “In my opinion,” the venerable seventy-eight-year-old Church leader recorded, “it is the greatest thing that has happened in a hundred years for our country.”
[…] (FLDS) ranch in Texas, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) began an initiative to distinguish itself from the many polygamous groups that have branched out of the Mormon trunk over the years.