[…] Theses Cameron, Scott. “The Struggle for Expression: A Study of Mormon Literature.” Stanford University Honors Essay in English, 1970. Pierce, David N. “The Rise and Fall of the Kingdom of God in Pioneer Days: […]
[…] as a more blatant monument to the correctness of Voltaire’s cynicism. Although the historians of the “free world” have severely condemned Soviet historiography, they have also become increasingly aware that the elimination of conscious […]
In the spring of 1970, with the biennial world conference of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints approaching, an acute polarization of theological positions and emotional sets seemed to have […]
[…] by four walls, and waving goodbye to those brave spirits who depart each day for the cruel world. Whenever I return from a trip, I like to sit in my living room and refurbish […]
[…] personal, reciprocal relationship between man and an extramundane authority which acts as a counterpoise to the ‘ world’ and its ‘reason.’ ” Such an awareness is not to be acquired by the usual kinds […]
[…] and Sisters, I have been asked to talk on music as a form of worship, or on the significance of music in worship.* I found in reading some scriptures trying to prepare for this […]
[…] system is well established and functioning with many schools, seminaries and institutes in various countries of the world, serving in 1976 nearly a half a million students. From this vast number there are many […]
[…] Most Latter-day Saints probably would be surprised to learn the Book of Mormon is available in modern English and has been for over a decade. More recently the 1966 RLDS “reader’s edition” has been […]
[…] Joseph Smith will want to know two things: Is there anything new, and is it sympathetic to the Prophet? The answer to both questions is definitely yes. Historians of Mormonism have been more active […]
Among Mormons, autobiography has been for decades one of the most widespread modes of literary expression and can be related to the larger tradition of the genre in terms of the nineteenth-century origin of […]