[…] detailed book, consisting of an extensive examination of a wide variety of topics in Mormon theology from the time of scripture to the present. Harrell announces his methodology in the first chapter: “Theology: A […]
During the cold war years after World War II, Mormons, including some Church leaders, increasingly infused national concerns about Communism with strong moral and religious overtones. J. Reuben Clark Jr.(1871–1961), first counselor in the […]
[…] Will give away my sins or keep them close to know you; Will seek you in the best and brokenest of books; Will cling hard, let loose, bring forth flesh and fruit, if […]
[…] Bender’s lips are moving. It is an arbitrary distinction. Either all things fail in a poststructural interpretive world, or we are not in a poststructural world. Bender can’t have it both ways. The Book […]
[…] remains essential in daily life. Miller’s figuring of grace as that which is unconditionally given in a quotidian world teeming with messy and diverse objects is a breath of fresh air on the topic. There […]
God once asked a murderer about the location of his victim. The murderer evaded the question by posing another: “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
[…] if in a dream, I did not stop to wonder at the moment but simply took the world as it presented itself. My most overwhelming desire, the most obvious thing to do, was to […]
[…] people do not own the land. God, forever and always, owns the land, because God created the world. Even though Israel is God’s covenant people, they are not entitled to the land, and they […]
[…] was the work of Hugh Nibley, which defended the text’s historical validity and prophetic value through Old World cultural comparisons; then came the writings of John L. Sorenson, who again focused on its historical and […]
[…] when it seems improbable, if not impossible, that the promises will be fulfilled. For many in our world today, the situation is similar. Billions of people in the world today live in poverty. Millions […]