[…] chronologically, beginning with Terry’s childhood growing up in North Ogden, Utah, sheltered from the rest of the world and that “terrible decade that starred so regularly on TV newscasts,” the 1960s (6). Terry was […]
[…] a sign letting me know what is happening to me,” Alice Walker’s main character Celie writes at the start of The Color Purple.Similarly, Georgia, a real-life Black Mormon woman in current-day Baltimore stands up […]
Twenty-three years after Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power and twenty years after Mormon Hierarchy: Extensions of Power, the long-awaited third volume of D. Michael Quinn’s Mormon Hierarchy series extends his study of Latter-day Saint General […]
[…] together, and Hermana Plunge learns, gaffes, loves, and leads, growing and becoming a new person in the world, guiding her to a love she’d never imagined, one the reader never would guess. As much […]
[…] nod in agreement as you read, “The main historical legacy that each of us will leave this world will be in the form of our influence in the lives of others. Precisely because of […]
[…] new name?) but risen to admiration through the years, as in Mormon Tabernacle Choir, known, beloved, admired world-wide. How easy it was. All that went before was an “error,” a stupid mistake, a maudlin […]
[…] noncritical way—both as a recognition of their own identity and a validation of their relevance in the world; and (3) for brevity—with a single word, “Mormon” or “Mormonism” get to the point and make […]
Today, I went to the new initiatory session. When I arrived, the cute workers excitedly whispered to each other, “we have a patron!” I was the first of the day. It felt so good […]
For more articles like this, please visit the Fall 2018 Issue. Being a black Latter-day Saint and knowing that Elijah Abel was ordained to the priesthood reinforces my belief that God is no respecter […]
Six months after she’d divorced her most recent husband, Sue kicked back the silk sheets one chilly morning and decided to take back her maiden name. She packed her bags, grabbed a cab to […]