[…] heard this one before? Probably not: Mormonism is continually spooked by the mere idea of an outside world, though our perception of it predicates our very sense of community. Once upon a time, when […]
[…] was like old Wylie, welcoming a young missionary home, shaking his hand, sending him out into the world to find a wife and build a life. And he had a vision of himself, rising […]
[…] load.” Females were called to dedicate leisure time to proselytizing, following a long tradition since the First World War of the homegrown British “lady missionary.” One woman explained how she was caught up in […]
<i>Dialogue 55.3 (Fall 2022): 75-106</i><br> As a contribution to the larger project of examining the King James Bible’s influence on The Book of Mormon, this essay focuses on several aspects of the problem of […]
[…] which are Caesar’s and unto God the things that are God’s.” But when the demands of Caesar’s world encroach on the spiritual sphere, or when the oracles of God feel obliged to intervene in […]
[…] other states also have numerous high-level corporate executives. The Mormon production of high achievers in the executive world is part of a larger achievement of excellence. Consequently, the first part of this article deals […]
[…] young Alvin Simmons in Wright’s story “Speak Ye Tenderly of Kings,” and to two unsettlingly glamorous “Outside World people” he boasts of his pioneer ancestor who is honored with a “big statue” that “You […]
[…] are my thoughts and meditations, to say what is the use to send missionaries to all the world to convert the world, while we have a tribe of Israel in our midst, which are […]
[…] 107) specified that seventies were to “preach the Gospel,” “be especial witnesses unto Gentiles in all the world,” be a “quorum equal in authority to that of the Twelve,” “act under the direction of […]
<i>Dialogue 23.4 (Winter 1990): 83–96</i><br>This essay explores some of the strengths of deliberately choosing to relate to our world with gender-inclusive language in three areas