Body and Blood
March 18, 2018[…] what he means by that. I go to punk/hardcore shows, and I’ve heard the term on the news reports about gang violence in Salt Lake. But Jacob says most of the media coverage of […]
[…] what he means by that. I go to punk/hardcore shows, and I’ve heard the term on the news reports about gang violence in Salt Lake. But Jacob says most of the media coverage of […]
[…] deal of stoic resolve. Boys at play happily imagine themselves in combat conditions that in the real world leave adult soldiers—if they survive—shattered in mind and body. Furthermore, the excoriations of conscience may be […]
Dialogue 45.3 (Fall 2013):188–206 The scripture I have in mind, of course, is the Book of Mormon. What follows is a Gentile’s appreciation—even recommendation—of this well-known but largely unread example of worldclass scripture.
Many religious believers today are comfortable with the notion of an evolutionary process over many millions of years as God’s means for achieving the creation. In other words, they believe that, while God governed […]
We didn’t have much stuff when we moved into the new place. Not carpets or a dining table, or even curtains or beds at first. My dad must have thought if we weren’t allowed […]
This paper is entitled “Religious Studies as Comparative Religion,” and its purpose is to suggest that comparative religion, as one way of engaging in religious studies, can be fruitful for historians of Mormonism.
[…] Mormon history and the backlash of fear and punitiveness that accompanied that discovery. Walking back into that world dominated by Mark E. Petersen, Ezra Taft Benson, Bruce R. McConkie, and Boyd K. Packer was […]
Dialogue 55.1 (Spring 2022): 69–98 Although the concept of Heavenly Mother is empowering for many women, the focus on God as a cisgender, heterosexual couple also limits who can see their own divinity reflected […]
[…] expect to influence the direction of public policy in America today is a futile effort because the world is so evil that it cannot be saved from destruction. Others would argue that the world […]
[…] “In a certain sense, the face is the icon of the body, the place where the inner world of the person becomes manifest. The human face is the subtle yet visual autobiography of each […]