“Among the Mormons”
April 17, 2018Thoreau wrote in the beginning of Walden, “I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear the first syllable of valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors.” […]
Thoreau wrote in the beginning of Walden, “I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear the first syllable of valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors.” […]
Engaging in dialogue is one of the first experiences we have as human beings. Even when our communication is only inarticulate gurgling, we are participating in some kind of communication. Entering into dialogue with […]
[…] (Markow n.d., 52). Though heartened by Markow’s message, Hintze faced a reality in this part of the world that offered little encouragement. Religious ortho doxy was entrenched in both society and government. Religious leaders […]
[…] 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 […]
I first heard the tales of Hugh Nibley, the brilliant and eccentric LDS scholar whose fertile and fecund brain defended and expanded the faith of thoughtful Church members, virtually at my mother’s knee. I […]
[…] there was very little heat. I was not in student houses, which are pretty well organized. During World War II, there was quite a difference between a student house and a student hotel. So […]
[…] load.”[23] Females were called to dedicate leisure time to proselytizing, following a long tradition since the First World War of the homegrown British “lady missionary.”[24] One woman explained how she was caught up in […]
Dialogue 55.3 (Fall 2022): 75-106 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 […]
Dust clogged my nose and the strong smell of horses, the clump, clump of their hoofs regular-like and slow, the heavy creak of the wheels, and over and above everything else, like sad heartbeats, […]