[…] he remembers an act of childish insensitivity that can never be undone: “Unwelcome guest in that memory world of gumdrops and candy canes, it sneaks along the edges of the mind, demanding it be […]
[…] it does not touch Sister Durant’s drunken husband. As the sisters ride away, they hear shouting and breaking glass behind them. More than joy, that shared grief is the bond. The other situations ring […]
[…] literature was, because of its “Mormonness,” too exclusive in its subject matter and too facile in its world view to be meaningful to a non-Mormon audience. Would a Mormon literary work be intellectually, emotionally […]
[…] devalued and intellectual inbreeding encouraged. Stereotyped phrases with unclear meanings become entrenched, and response to a changing world becomes less and less successful. These problems are faced by many social organizations. The extensive and […]
Dr. Mortensen’s book is readable; it has a flowing style and is brief. The author is entertaining, effectively using case vignettes to illustrate his points. Perhaps because of the brevity and ease of reading […]
The study of early Utah history has been notably enriched by the recent publication of two contemporary accounts from the 1850s. The Journal of Martha Spence Hey wood, 1850 to 1856 includes Martha’s […]
[…] parts of the earth, the tree of a new and thriving art must ultimately draw upon the world of which it too is a part. The nonreading Mormon by very definition will see little […]
Medicine has rediscovered that all life ends in death, and now seems marginally willing to explore the possibility of life after death. Raymond Moody, a psychiatrist trained in philosophy, writes one of the more […]
[…] by national powers of finance and government. Church members were no longer part of a distinctly Mormon world, but members of a national and international economy. With religious authority unable to organize society, the […]
[…] with the controversial and timely.” Other periodicals such as Americana, Saturday Evening Post and U.S. News & World Report were content in 1980 with reporting the Church’s 150th anniversary. A broad spectrum of writers […]