<i>Dialogue 45.3 (Fall 2013):188–206</i><br>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.
[…] ring amid the smear of jelly sandwiches and the yammer of Elmo or Blue; and when the call finally came, she would take the phone to the master bathroom, close the door behind her, […]
[…] human embodiment. It merely diminishes femaleness as a reflection of divinity. We do not need fewer images to understand God; we need more. Critics of Heavenly Mother have not fully grasped the negative consequences […]
[…] carousing around the domain, just a decade or so after Confederation (1867), living what they came to call “the robust life” at the sites matched to the way the stars settled on the map. […]
[…] 89–115</i><br>I thus argue that Mormonism exists wherever there is belief in the Book of Mormon, even though many adherents reject the term “Mormonism” to distance themselves from the LDS Church headquartered in Salt Lake City.
<i>Dialogue 50.1 (Spring 2017): 167–180</i><br>This tendency to rewrite Relief Society history continued from the 1850s into the 1990s.
[…] Allen shows that the First Vision was not well known during Joseph Smith’s lifetime. It became well known after the Prophet’s death, which is when missionaries started to teach about it for the first time.
[…] for young children is the non-LDS classic, by Sidonie Gruenberg, The Wonderful Way You Were Born. Available now in paper back, this remarkable book deserves its popularity because of its excellent text and charming […]
[…] quarters somewhere else. She turned to Caridad and the little shack by the creek. I paid a call or two on her there, but I suddenly found myself a stranger in a world of […]
[…] have been, the factors which have sustained the Tanners’ anti-Mormon activities over more than two decades also call for explanation. Of prime importance was the cooperative relationship which developed between Jerald and Sandra Tanner. […]