[…] generated particularly confusing perplexities. Muslim communities have long histories of resistance to Christian intrusions. Unlike other great world religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism, Islam was a bearer of civilization to far-flung regions of […]
[…] proportions of Buddhism in Asia, simply because Shinto is too closely bound to Japanese self-definition, while the world religion of Buddhism continues to expand not only on the Pacific Rim but also in North […]
[…] to identify. More difficult to identify are the shared values, beliefs, meanings, and basic assumptions about the world which define the core of an organization. While some shared values and assumptions may be obvious, […]
[…] my past in getting me where I am. Two aspects of Emerson’s thought that shaped my teenage world shape my adult world as well. The one that first seized my imagination was the notion […]
LDS church standards require that sexual relations be confined to marriage. While the world in general seems to have grown more tolerant of premarital sex, church standards have remained stringent. Sermons, articles, and auxiliary […]
[…] Mormon past with respect and affection and looks with a more critical eye at the contemporary Mormon world. Her memories of childhood, as they appear in her poems, are especially rich. In section 3 […]
[…] then that Sheehan was a beacon of calm ness, a point of reference for me, that the world was not entirely mad— particularly during a demanding final business stretch. And though not a runner, […]
[…] deranged immigrant had walked into the Family Research Center in Salt Lake City and started shooting. The world had turned suddenly sinister. We were just finishing our course of study, the Doctrine & Covenants, […]
[…] whispering attendants to my lifelong dialogues with Joseph. I had to remind myself that I see the world differently than I did forty years ago. I’d come on a long and tortured journey. Until […]
[…] In this paper I will explore official and unofficial messages that theLDS church has sent to girls and women about childbearing during the twentieth century and the effect those messages have had on women’sreproductive choices.