[…] in the study of Mormon interrelationships is how polygyny fits into the larger picture of the modern American family. In his witty, provocative volume on reproductive rights and law in Ameri can society, Reproduction […]
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[…] I am reminded of the words of renowned physicist Robert Oppenheimer. In his prophetic address to the American Psychological Association in 1955, he pleaded with psychologists not to base their psychological thinking on models […]
[…] can it be built at all? [1] See William O. Nelson, “Refrain from Speculating about Zion,” Church News, 13 Feb. 1982,13. Here Zion is narrowly defined to mean only the city to be built […]
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[…] and Gray’s historical fiction explores the experiences of Elijah Abel, Jane Manning James, and other early African American Latter-day Saints. Brother Joseph’s voice was never angry and never hopeless. Nothing could get Brother Joseph […]
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