The sensibility described by Amy Lowell—that there is something odd about women who write serious poetry—is still given substance today by the endangered state of the species. Even I will not waste time […]
Among the things Mormon brought into the spotlight by the Sonia Johnson affair, perhaps the least well understood was the LDS notion of “excommunication.” To non-Mormons the process seemed, in Phil Donahue’s widely heard […]
[…] the Church cannot easily write off proselyting in Indonesia. It is the fifth largest nation of the world after China, India, Russia, and the United States of America. It has bounteous natural resources, including […]
[…] always be explained in these terms and hence interpreted according to this view of the way the world is. Part of what makes Foster’s view of such things distinctive is precisely its avoidance of […]
[…] she described as “both national . . . and personal problems,” Fawn turned inward to the “fantasy world of literature.” During what she characterized as “the three most rewarding months of study of my […]
[…] was especially interested in Jungian psychology. Her study of eastern mysticism led her to think of the world in terms of balance and harmony. To her an excess of patriarchy in the Church upset […]
[…] for more than five seconds he just goes crazy. You’d think it was the end of the world.” “It sounds like it,” Pancha said, trying for something neutral. Pancha hadn’t been alone with her […]
[…] Said Kimball: The mount with its provisional flag signified the ensign to which “the oppressed of the world should flee for refuge.”39 Kimball’s flag waving was an impulsive act, a foreshadowing of what might […]
Dialogue 29.4 (Winter 1996): 119–135 The Book of Mormon variously uses “white” and “pure” in the same verse in different editions. This article traces the history of those changes, who was behind them, and why.
[…] first week, I borrowed Charles’s car and took Marilyn driving. I was very happy and the entire world seemed right. On Sunday we agreed to meet at church. On my way to meeting that […]