At the last Association of Writiers & Writing Programs conference, a famed historical literary figure stood for pictures and selfies next to booths piled high with books. He was bald except for a tuft […]
When reading Karen Rosenbaum’s short story collection Mothers, Daughters, Sisters, Wives, I kept thinking about the end of The Great Gatsby and Fitzgerald’s haunting conclusion: “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne […]
In her editorial in the very first issue, Claudia Bushman wrote “Exponent II, posed on the dual platforms of Mormonism and Feminism, has two aims: to strengthen The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day […]
This book will satisfy an intellectual need which has long existed in the L.D.S. Church and among all those who wish to investigate the “apostasy” from the Early Christian Church and the course of […]
[…] to deny either the innate goodness of man’s spirit or the forces that produce evil in the world (which Mosiah 3:19 and Moses 5:13 are specifically talking about). Precisely because McMurrin sees great virility […]
[…] a man may have space and time to make himself himself. Whatever is is lost — but the unmade silences teach hope, and possibility, and all the virtues God gave men to make gods […]
For those interested in expanding our understanding of the phenomena of Mormonism and of Judaism, the appearance of Glanz’s Jew and Mormon should have constituted an event of some significance. Students of the history […]
[…] atmosphere of their times, the exciting experiences of Roberts’s insistent efforts to obtain a hearing at the World Parliament of Religions in 1893, of his temporary refusal to sign the “political manifesto” of 1896, […]
[…] complete with the singing of hymn number 196, “We Thank Thee O God for a Prophet” (in English), and the immersion of the happy couple (albeit without the validating baptismal prayers). Rolf cheerfully notes […]
[…] apparent in his efforts to reform the system than in his efforts to teach the gospel. We search in vain for the affectionate reminiscences of people and places that characterize most missionary accounts. Instead […]