[…] they Mormon enough?” I found that question frustrating and unanswerable until I attended a seminar on African American poetry, and a panelist claimed that one of my favorite Harlem Renaissance poets should not be […]
[…] earliest understanding of the Moroni experiences was influenced to some extent by his involvement in the early American treasure-hunting subculture. I find it even more probable that Smith’s earliest understanding of the Moroni experiences […]
[…] “Russ had a childhood about like Al Broadnax.” “Who’s Al Broadnax?” “You know, the head of the American Winners Institute. Russ is reading a book about him. Russ says Al reminds him of himself […]
I am happy to pay tribute to Gene England, a vivid and significant twentieth-century intellectual of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Gene influenced many Mormons with his rigorous ethics, his lived […]
[…] 1890s. While many of Smith’s revelations and doctrinal innovations continue to be practiced by the LDS Church today, cursing has fallen into disuse. Despite this ritual’s unique status as an act of formally calling […]
[…] But . . . ” “What?” “They’re all Peculiars.” I sigh. You will be pleased with this news. The remaining bits of Zion, the Mormons who still want to be a peculiar people finding […]
Dialogue 47.1 (Spring 2014):24–57 his article will examine hospitality as it is found in the Book of Mormon. We will look at instances when a person (or group) invites an outsider (or group of […]
[…] Magnolia Park. I was an associate in Latham and Watkins’s Los Angeles office. My dad said the American Embassy in Honduras didn’t tell Bob and Edna much, just that Reed was there with a […]
What is an adequate label for the areas outside of the so-called “Church’s center”? If it pertains to non-US countries, “international” is commonly used, but semantically it is flawed because the United States itself […]
[…] would not. As part of becoming a western expat in Suffolk County, New York—the orient of the American East—I had to confront The Question at every wine-and-cheese event. “Where are you from?” a friendly […]