[…] in the German Democratic Republic (GDR)—then East Germany. Henry J. Burkhardt, president of the Dresden Germany Mission and a key figure in that surprising event, provided this enduring image of the ceremony: We had […]
[…] in a unique manner the personal experience of being cared for by a loving God with the national experience of the exodus from Egypt and entry into the Promised Land. Psalm 78:52-55 speaks of […]
[…] (Spring 20061: 188-91). As I read, I found myself privately overwhelmed by the power of her message and, in an admittedly unscholarly manner, commenced planting tear-moistened kisses on the final, long-awaited paragraphs. It has […]
[…] debates over Book of Mormon historicity among Mormon intellectuals, as compared to analogous debates between Protestant fundamentalists and liberals. Fundamentalists, despite their reputation for being anti-scientific, were “deeply committed to Enlightenment concepts of ‘objective […]
[…] one piece of conventional wisdom about his papacy—that it is a work of consolidating the monumental legacy of John Paul II and, less directly, the ecclesiastical and theological developments of the whole post-Vatican II period.
This short piece responds to Mack C. Stirling’s article, “Violence in the Scriptures: Mormonism and the Cultural Theory of René Girard,” 43, no. 1 (Spring 2010): 59–105. I offer a counter-interpretation of what I […]
[…] a northern shrike in the frozen steppes of the Skull Valley Indian Reservation. Fortune smiled upon me, and I not only survived my trek across hazardous and poorly plowed West Desert gravel roads, but […]
Dialogue 44.3 (Fall 2014):53–101 Initially, I intended only one article on the usage of archaic pronouns and the implications of certain irregularities. But as I delved deeper into the implications, particularly what the erratic […]
[…] McClendon and Bruce Chadwick states, “The divorce rate among returned missionary women is much lower than the national rate. . . . Nearly all returned missionaries who were married had a spouse who is […]
[…] December 10–12, 2014. The production was supported by the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center’s Second Season Program and the School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies of the University of Maryland. Directed by Jessica […]