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A Mosaic for a Religious Counterculture: The Bible in the Book of Mormon
April 4, 2018Dialogue 29.4 (Winter 1998):59–83
THE BOOK OF MORMON HAS OCCASIONALLY been portrayed as a deficient
first novel. Its characters appear flat and stereotypical; the plots and characters seem to lack moral subtlety; and so on. Should we wonder that today’s high literary circles ignore it?
Baptism for the Dead and the Problematic of Pluralism: A Theological Reconfiguration
April 3, 2018As religions often do, Mormonism promises salvation to its faithful participants. It also speaks of those who are not its participants, who are in some way outside the religion. Under this second heading, there are…
Mormonism in a Post-Soviet Society: Notes from Ukraine
April 3, 2018Legend has it that in the year 988 A.D., Prince Vladimir, ruler of ancient Kievan Rus’, brought Christianity to the Slavs. The apparent catalyst for his own conversion was a plea from Emperor Basil II of Constantinople. A renegade general had gathered an army to march on the Christian capital, and the emperor begged Prince Vladimir for an army to buttress the defense of his throne.
A Place to Call Home: Studying the Indian Placement Program
April 3, 2018[…] once is disturbing to say the least/’ I reflected. “I’m wondering, should I set aside time to feed my soul in the way I believe is best? And then set aside time to look […]
The Body of the Lord’s Fair Night
April 3, 2018[…] tend the young ones while Ma works the Co-op counter.” “Your daddy needs a twenty-year-old mouth to feed? God in Heaven knows he don’t.” The woman pushed down sobs. “Fussing only proves it. You […]
“My ‘Word of Wisdom’ Blues”
April 3, 2018[…] sales over $10 billion. In contrast a stagnant $7 billion is spent for baby food.[12] Pet owners feed their critters well, while millions of children starve and die. I really become steamed-up about the […]
Take These Depositions
April 2, 2018[…] my son cries tonight, I say: Let Mama love you. When he hungers, I say: Let Mama feed you. Mama does so much for him, I so little. III. My son. Is he the […]
Hymn
April 2, 2018Lately I can’t get over the feeling that there is a man in my bed: a big man with thick, wavy hair and a broad, barrel chest that goes up-and down, up-and-down all night long…
C. Thomas Asplund: Quiet Pilgrim
April 2, 2018I am not a historian. But my limited exposure to the discipline tells me that writing history involves arriving at definitions of “eras,” “cultures,” and “movements.” In my work in literary theory, I have been…