[…] a more rigorous criticism. Do we consider our “Mormon-ness” a fascinating feature of ethnography with which to buy fifteen minutes of fame on the academic stage? Or do we use it to ground ourselves, […]
[…] national leaders; that was simply not a prominent issue in the rigidly defined world of Israelite society.[ 6] But in Henry’s own era, women were beginning to envision a different world for themselves, albeit […]
[…] slap. Clair ducked behind the steps as Brother Pratt walked toward the dance. He called back, “Courtship’s over, Sofie. I’ll tell your pa when I see him in the field.” She waited for Sofie […]
[…] left world better. My admiration and respect grew [in studying their lives], but they were hu man.”[ 6] Finally, the next year at the August 1992 Sunstone Symposium he participated in a panel discussion […]
[…] all so bad, after all. The batter for the pancakes was easy to make and we could buy margarine or jam, but the maple syrup was a different story. Most of the time we […]
[…] ritual parade of women would express their eternal gratitude for all the wonderful crap their husbands could buy them. Laurie never expressed such gratitude. She would just thank God for her testimony and children […]
[…] reader to state that …” and “in order that the reader may have a clear idea. …”[ 6] The ”Blue Minutes” At the invitation of Signature Books, in association with Smith Research Associates, I […]
[…] Smith was at best a scoundrel,” he observed, “one still must account for the Book of Mormon.”[ 6] Indeed, the book’s religious appeal—its defense of God, Jesus Christ, and spiritual gifts, and its call […]
[…] in any manner, or on any pretext, infringed. No state shall violate the equal rights of conscience.”[ 3] To Madison, the central feature of the civil right was the conscience—the morality source—the something that […]
[…] riches for himself and admires others who attain them, while undervaluing the truly precious things in life.”[ 6] Freud goes on, in a rare instance of willingness to admit his own fallibility, to discuss […]