[…] Curator of Special Collections at Weber State University—keeps me well aware of developments in the Mormon publishing world. Over the last few years, a number of important and well-written studies of the Mormon past […]
Like many baby-boomers, philosopher Roger Scruton as a young man accepted the sexual standards of his generation, eschewing marriage in favor of “experiments” with less binding relationships. Scruton finally did marry when he found […]
[…] were leaving, Mother told me she hoped that Shigeru was now a guardian warrior in the spirit world.” He watched her, waiting. “So?” A stubborn pause. “What did you tell her?” “I didn’t answer, […]
[…] “[T]he Quaker peace testimony [is] the most remarked-on feature of the Religious Society of Friends. When the world‘s people think of Friends, they think of our [fundamental disapproval] of war, and when Quakers want […]
[…] even before he and Beth married. Sometimes he would write, “Thank you for bringing Beth into this world.” Other times, “You’re the mother that I never had.” Although he did have a mother: a […]
Tongues of fire. All attentive persons within traditions that accept the New Testament are at least familiar with the phrase. Certainly I remember it from childhood when I celebrated the Feast of Pentecost as […]
[…] societies insulated by affluence, where life runs in routine and moves by diversion, it is visible that the word of God is something most people get along very well without. But in the lives […]
[…] New Mormon History were of two generations. The first group was “for the most part, survivors of World War II, educated by the G. I. Bill, and thus part of the greatest achievement in […]
I well remember the spring and summer of 1965 when Gene England, Wesley Johnson, Paul Salisbury, Joseph Jeppson, and I got together to explore the idea of an unofficial Mormon publication. There were lively […]
Just about twenty years ago, the editors of Dialogue commissioned a general survey of subscribers. The results were published in its spring 1987 issue under the title, “The Unfettered Faithful,” intended to evoke an […]