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The Return Of The King, Larry Y. Wilson
The Return Of The King, Larry Y. Wilson
Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel
From a Brigham Young University devotional address on 1 December 2015.
Today I would like to talk about some of the big issues of our time through the lens of history and literature as well as the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. We live in a day of technological and scientific marvels. It is also a time of uncertainty—one in which many question whether or not faith and religion have a place in their lives or in the public square. You too will have to decide whether faith has an enduring place in your own life.
Mormonism And The Making Of A British Zion, Ronald E. Bartholomew
Mormonism And The Making Of A British Zion, Ronald E. Bartholomew
BYU Studies Quarterly
Matthew Lyman Rasmussen. Mormonism and the Making of a British Zion.
Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2016.
Birth And Calling Of The Prophet Samuel: A Literary Reading Of The Biblical Text, Steven L. Olsen
Birth And Calling Of The Prophet Samuel: A Literary Reading Of The Biblical Text, Steven L. Olsen
BYU Studies Quarterly
Chapters 1–3 of 1 Samuel describe the miraculous origins and auspicious upbringing of the first major Hebrew prophet since Joshua, who by all measures lived centuries before Samuel. The biblical account of Samuel’s beginnings forecasts the exceptional ministry of the man who served as Israel’s last complete sovereign. By faithfully filling the crucial roles of prophet, priest, and judge, Samuel helped to transform the House of Israel from a collection of weak and often warring tribes to a relatively permanent and somewhat stable nation in the contentious ancient Middle East. Thus, Samuel is rightly considered to be one of the …
"The Little Head Stones Became Monuments": Death In The Early Samoan Mission And The Creation Of The Fagali'i Cemetery, Reid L. Neilson, Scott D. Marianno
"The Little Head Stones Became Monuments": Death In The Early Samoan Mission And The Creation Of The Fagali'i Cemetery, Reid L. Neilson, Scott D. Marianno
BYU Studies Quarterly
When the call first went forth, Samoa was as far from people’s minds as the islands themselves are from the rest of the civilized world,” a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints wrote from Apia in 1899. “Women were among the Gospel pioneers on these islands; what they endured, their trials and their hardships, even to parting with life itself, it is a story that today dims the eye with tears. Samoa has never been a happy home for our sisters.”
Margaret Barker's "The Lord Is One"–A Response, Andrew C. Skinner
Margaret Barker's "The Lord Is One"–A Response, Andrew C. Skinner
BYU Studies Quarterly
Margaret Barker’s essay “The Lord Is One” aims at extending the discussion about the doctrine of theosis or deification of humans back to its earliest scriptural roots. From a certain perspective, then, the title of the essay could very well be changed from “The Lord Is One” to “The Lord Is Many,” for by its very definition that is the nature of theosis—many gods. Barker’s paper provides a resource in helping us trace the Old Testament roots and rituals of the doctrine of theosis.
An Improvisation On Margaret Baker's "The Lord Is One", Daniel C. Peterson
An Improvisation On Margaret Baker's "The Lord Is One", Daniel C. Peterson
BYU Studies Quarterly
It’s a privilege to be here, and I want to thank Dr. Barker for a really, really interesting, dense, and rich paper. What I’m going to do is not so much add to it or comment on it as do an improvisation based upon it. The thought that came to my mind as I was reading it—and as I was thinking about it just now as she was reading it—was that, first of all, Latter-day Saints are naturally going to be very sympathetic to an attempt to view the temple as a model of the universe, something of a scale-model …
No Words, Elizabeth Dodds
No Words, Elizabeth Dodds
BYU Studies Quarterly
After all these years, I’m still afraid of getting a brain aneurysm. Just a few weeks ago in church, my head started hurting, and I reached up and felt a vein throbbing on the side of my skull. I leaned over to my uncle sitting beside me and whispered, “What if it’s a brain aneurysm?” He laughed and said it wasn’t. “But how can you be sure?” I thought. Because I looked up brain aneurysms a long time ago and found out that they have no symptoms. No warnings before they hit you like an air bag. Wham. Suddenly, there’s …
Goddess Looking Up, Sowing Mercy, Tyler Chadwick
Goddess Looking Up, Sowing Mercy, Tyler Chadwick
BYU Studies Quarterly
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Let There Be Light–, Tyler Chadwick
Catholic And Mormon: A Theological Conversation, Elliott D. Wise
Catholic And Mormon: A Theological Conversation, Elliott D. Wise
BYU Studies Quarterly
Stephen H. Webb and Alonzo L. Gaskill. Catholic and Mormon: A Theological Conversation.
New York: Oxford University Press, 2015.
Future Mormon: Essays In Mormon Theology, James E. Faulconer
Future Mormon: Essays In Mormon Theology, James E. Faulconer
BYU Studies Quarterly
Adam S. Miller. Future Mormon: Essays in Mormon Theology.
Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2016.
Kingship, Democracy, And The Message Of The Book Of Mormon, Gregory Steven Dundas
Kingship, Democracy, And The Message Of The Book Of Mormon, Gregory Steven Dundas
BYU Studies Quarterly
Chapter 29 of the book of Mosiah, in which the people of Zarahemla transform their government from a monarchy to a rule of judges, is a crucial—indeed, pivotal—chapter in the Book of Mormon. Modern readers of the book, particularly those of us raised in Western nations, are prone to react very positively to this story, viewing it as the creation of a free, democratic system, and we are inclined to read this account with something of the same thrill with which we observed the freedom-loving, democratic urges of peoples worldwide, most notably in Eastern Europe in 1989 and in more …
Reading Competency In The Book Of Mormon: Abish And Other Model Readers, Michael J. Call
Reading Competency In The Book Of Mormon: Abish And Other Model Readers, Michael J. Call
BYU Studies Quarterly
In chapter 19 of the book of Alma, we are introduced to Abish, described in the narrative as one of the “Lamanitish women” serving in King Lamoni’s court (Alma 19:16). Mormon’s account of her experience on the day of the king’s conversion is compelling for many reasons, but I would like to explore here how Abish and other important figures in the text function as model readers, exhibiting the traits and competencies that the Book of Mormon authors expected the future reader of their text to bring to the reading act. In fact, a careful analysis of important reading acts …
The Latter-Day Saint Reimagining Of "The Breath Of Life" (Genesis 2:7), Dana M. Pike
The Latter-Day Saint Reimagining Of "The Breath Of Life" (Genesis 2:7), Dana M. Pike
BYU Studies Quarterly
The creation and flood accounts in Genesis in the Hebrew Bible (the Christian Old Testament) contain variations on a phrase commonly translated “the breath of life.” This phrase additionally occurs in some uniquely Latter-day Saint materials relating to creation. After overviewing and analyzing this phrase and its meaning in the Bible, this paper then examines the occurrences of the phrase “the breath of life” in important early Latter-day Saint texts. The purpose of this study is to illustrate and explain how and why many Latter-day Saints have come to often employ the phrase “the breath of life,” transforming its traditional …
Ann Booth's Vision And Early Conceptions Of Redeeming The Dead Among Latter-Day Saints, Christopher James Blythe
Ann Booth's Vision And Early Conceptions Of Redeeming The Dead Among Latter-Day Saints, Christopher James Blythe
BYU Studies Quarterly
On October 5, 1840, Joseph Smith addressed the general church body in Nauvoo on the subject of baptism for the dead, an ordinance he had introduced less than two months previously. On this historic occasion, the Prophet referenced a vision or dream that has until now escaped thorough study by Church historians. The vision was received by Ann Booth, a recent convert in Great Britain, and included images of John Wesley accepting the restored gospel and being baptized in the spirit world through the administration of David W. Patten. Booth’s revelation had garnered attention of missionaries in England and among …
America 1844: Religious Fervor, Westward Expansion, And The Presidential Election That Transformed The Nation, Benjamin E. Park
America 1844: Religious Fervor, Westward Expansion, And The Presidential Election That Transformed The Nation, Benjamin E. Park
BYU Studies Quarterly
John Bicknell. America 1844: Religious Fervor, Westward Expansion, and the Presidential Election That Transformed the Nation.
Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2015.
Geology Of The Book Of Mormon, Benjamin R. Jordan
Geology Of The Book Of Mormon, Benjamin R. Jordan
BYU Studies Quarterly
Jerry D. Grover Jr. Geology oof the Book of Mormon.
Provo, Utah: By the author, 2014.
Eighth Witness: The Biography Of John Whitmer, Kyle R. Walker
Eighth Witness: The Biography Of John Whitmer, Kyle R. Walker
BYU Studies Quarterly
Ronald E. Romig. Eighth Witness: The Biography of John Whitmer.
Independence, Mo.: John Whitmer Books, 2014.
Hammerhead Six: How Green Berets Waged An Unconventional War Against The Taliban To Win In Afghanistan's Deadly Pech Valley, Cless Young
BYU Studies Quarterly
Captain Ronald Fry, with Tad Tuleja. Hammerhead Six: How Green Berets Waged on Unconventional War against the Taliban to Win in Afghanistan's Deadly Pech Valley.
New York: Hachette Books, 2016.
From The Editor, John W. Welch
From The Editor, John W. Welch
BYU Studies Quarterly
This being the one hundredth issue of BYU Studies Quarterly for which I have served as editor in chief, this occasion calls for a moment of grateful celebration. I am extremely thankful for the numerous people whose goodwill and devoted service make the continued publication of this journal possible. Their wise judgment and brilliant assistance mean the world to me! They include longtime BYU faculty members in many disciplines, members of our staff and editorial boards, a steady stream of new blood from undergraduates who toil happily as interns and budding colleagues, as well as committed authors, university administrators, and …
"In The Land Of The Chaldeans": The Search For Abraham's Homeland Revisited, Stephen O. Smoot
"In The Land Of The Chaldeans": The Search For Abraham's Homeland Revisited, Stephen O. Smoot
BYU Studies Quarterly
Readers of the Hebrew Bible first encounter Abram (later Abraham), the spiritual father of the three great monotheistic faiths—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—at the end of Genesis 11. There they discover he was the son of a certain Terah and claimed “Ur of the Chaldeans” as his home (Gen. 11:28). Being as central as Abraham is to the patriarchal narratives of Genesis and, subsequently, to the faith of scores of believers across the globe, both faithful and nonbelieving readers have turned a critical eye toward the passages where Abraham makes an appearance and have attempted to discern if any historicity lies …
The Ancient Doctrine Of The Two Ways And The Book Of Mormon, Noel B. Reynolds
The Ancient Doctrine Of The Two Ways And The Book Of Mormon, Noel B. Reynolds
BYU Studies Quarterly
From its opening pages to the end, the Bible describes a bifurcated world in which God bids, commands, and teaches the people he has created to follow him in the way of righteousness, and in which the devil leads people into wickedness. And while great blessings and cursings are promised and realized in this life according to which way people choose to live their lives, the final judgment comes after this life when all will be judged according to whether they chose to follow good or evil. This way of seeing things surfaces explicitly in various texts and is known …
The Experience Of Love And The Limitations Of Psychological Explanation, Brent D. Slife
The Experience Of Love And The Limitations Of Psychological Explanation, Brent D. Slife
BYU Studies Quarterly
BYU Studies has a long history of publishing the annual lecture given by the recipient of the Karl G. Maeser Distinguished Faculty Lecturer Award, BYU’s highest faculty honor. It is with great pleasure that BYU Studies Quarterly publishes this year’s lecture by Dr. Brent D. Slife, a clinical psychologist and professor of psychology. His speech was delivered as a forum address on May 16, 2017, at Brigham Young University.
The Political Climate Of Saxony During The Conversion Of Karl G. Maeser: With Special Reference To The Franklin D. Richards Letter To Brigham Young, November 1855, A. Legrand Richards
The Political Climate Of Saxony During The Conversion Of Karl G. Maeser: With Special Reference To The Franklin D. Richards Letter To Brigham Young, November 1855, A. Legrand Richards
BYU Studies Quarterly
In September 1855, Franklin D. Richards, who was serving as “President of the Church in Europe,” toured the Church membership on the Continent. In three weeks, he visited the members in France, Switzerland, and Italy, bearing testimony, strengthening the members, and hearing the stories of their struggles.
Samuel And His Nephite Sources, John Hilton Iii, Sunny Hendry Hafen, Jaron Hansen
Samuel And His Nephite Sources, John Hilton Iii, Sunny Hendry Hafen, Jaron Hansen
BYU Studies Quarterly
Samuel the Lamanite is a unique and powerful individual in the Book of Mormon. Dennis Largey described him as “one of the most colorful figures in the Book of Mormon,” stating that “few readers can forget the image of this fearless servant of God announcing the dramatic signs of Christ’s birth and death, crying repentance from the walls of Zarahemla."