In July 2004, the LDS Church published True to the Faith, a handbook of doctrines and beliefs arranged alphabetically from A (“Aaronic Priesthood”) to Z (“Zion”): 190 pages of what Mormons are supposed to […]
During the last few years, I have come to feel that, if I were in charge of Church jargon, we would get rid of the words blessings, rewards, punishments, and tests. In place of […]
[…] some an amazing growth rate for the American-born church and viewing Mormonism as the first new “ world religion” since the advent of Is lam. The current volume, a collection of loosely connected analyses, […]
There is no way to describe the day-to-day anxiety associated with being connected to an autistic life. The first time I held Gregory I felt an impression from God that said he was lucky […]
Throughout the second half of the twentieth century, critics regularly bemoaned what they regarded as the New Mormon History’s exceptionalist viewpoint. Jared Farmer’s On Zion’s Mount may finally shatter that perception. Or, alternatively, it […]
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[…] deserted by his ne’er-do-well father, Royal, ignored by his martyred mother, Malke, and sequestered from the outside world. Udall describes young Golden as the “boy at the window”—a description he also uses for Golden’s […]
[…] the whole? Do you expect the stories to be connected by characters or theme or tone and therefore search for universal elements? Do you come to each story afresh, hungry for wonder and new insights?
The thesis of this paper is a modest one, namely, that reading the Book of Mormon with an eye to its literary context significantly enhances the reading experience regardless of whether one’s objective […]
[…] and a love of God and of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have […]