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Introduction: The Swiss Protestant Reformation Nov 2004

Introduction: The Swiss Protestant Reformation

Swiss American Historical Society Review

On November 28th , 2002 the innocent family Lieu awoke to begin another day of prayer, devotion and work in their hometown of Danane in the Ivory Coast, West Africa. However, at 9 AM gunfire erupted and rebel forces began dropping bombs on the town, announcing that the current civil war in the Ivory Coast had reached Danane, terrifying the citizens and traumatizing the Lieu family to such an extent that they and many of their neighbors resolved to flee, with literally just the shirts on their backs, into the jungle. For months they lived like animals in the wilderness …


Beginning Of The Reformation In Valais, Gerda Altpeter Pastor, Albert Moesle Nov 2004

Beginning Of The Reformation In Valais, Gerda Altpeter Pastor, Albert Moesle

Swiss American Historical Society Review

V alais lies in southwestern Switzerland. At the time of the Reformation it was a republic loyal to the Cofnfederation, i.e. the Bishop sent one or two envoys to the Tagsatzung in Baden to join in deliberation and decision-making.


A Review Of Eric Till's Film Luther, Edmund J. Campion Nov 2004

A Review Of Eric Till's Film Luther, Edmund J. Campion

Swiss American Historical Society Review

This is a very curious movie about the great German reformer Martin Luther (1483-1546) that pleased neither Protestants nor Catholics. This is not to say that this film by the prolific director Eric Till is without value. The quality of the cinematography is extraordinary. The outside scenes were filmed in well-preserved late medieval churches, monasteries, and castles and this enables viewers to learn about early modem architecture in central Europe. Many scenes were actually filmed in the Czech Republic perhaps because production costs are significantly more expensive in Germany than in the Czech Republic. The major reason for seeing this …


Full Issue Nov 2004

Full Issue

Swiss American Historical Society Review

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Preface Nov 2004

Preface

Swiss American Historical Society Review

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End Matter Nov 2004

End Matter

Swiss American Historical Society Review

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Front Matter Nov 2004

Front Matter

Swiss American Historical Society Review

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Joseph Smith And The Missouri Court Of Inquiry: Austin A. King's Quest For Hostages, Gordon A. Madsen Oct 2004

Joseph Smith And The Missouri Court Of Inquiry: Austin A. King's Quest For Hostages, Gordon A. Madsen

BYU Studies Quarterly

On November 1, 1838, the Mormon settlement at Far West, Caldwell County, Missouri, was surrounded by state militia troops commanded by Generals Samuel D. Lucas and Robert Wilson. Mormon leaders Joseph Smith, Hyrum Smith, Sidney Rigdon, Parley P. Pratt, Lyman Wight, George Robinson, and Amasa Lyman were taken prisoner, and a court-martial was promptly conducted. General Lucas pronounced a sentence of death on all the prisoners, to be carried out the following morning, November 2, in the Far West town square. General Lucas contended that the infamous order of Missouri Governor Lilburn W. Boggs, issued to drive the Mormons from …


By The Hand Of Mormon: The American Scripture That Launched A World Religion By Terry L. Givens, Edward S. Cutler Oct 2004

By The Hand Of Mormon: The American Scripture That Launched A World Religion By Terry L. Givens, Edward S. Cutler

BYU Studies Quarterly

Terryl L. Givens. By the Hand of Mormon: The American Scripture That Launched a World Religion. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.


Full Issue, Byu Studies Oct 2004

Full Issue, Byu Studies

BYU Studies Quarterly

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Introductory Pages, Byu Studies Oct 2004

Introductory Pages, Byu Studies

BYU Studies Quarterly

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To Journey Beyond Infinity, Kent A. Bessey Oct 2004

To Journey Beyond Infinity, Kent A. Bessey

BYU Studies Quarterly

The notion of infinity has fascinated philosophers, scientists, and mathematicians for millennia. Its enigmatic nature seemed to thwart all attempts to unlock its secrets. Scriptural allusions to the infinite evoke a similar sense of mystery. Few have been as intrigued by the concept of infinity—or as tenacious in trying to understand it—as the German mathematician Georg Cantor. Between 1874 and 1884, Cantor published numerous papers that illuminated some of the shadowy regions of the infinite. He discovered a remarkable realm where half of a pie is as large as the whole, infinity comes in different sizes, and miracles are mathematically …


What Does God Think About America?: Some Challenges For Evangelicals And Mormons, Richard J. Mouw Oct 2004

What Does God Think About America?: Some Challenges For Evangelicals And Mormons, Richard J. Mouw

BYU Studies Quarterly

I visited an Evangelical church once in my younger years where the sermon of the day featured a straightforward exposition of the teachings associated with dispensationalist premillennialism. The signs of the time are clear, the preacher said. Wars and rumors of wars. Earthquakes and famine. Widespread lawlessness. The prophetic clock is ticking. God's plan for the future of the earth centers on the Jewish people, who will eventually recognize the true Messiah and inherit all the earthly promises given to them of old. All other nations are doomed to pass away. The destiny of Gentile Christians is a spiritual and …


“Every Book…Has Been Read Through” The Brooklyn Saints And Harper's Family Library, Lorin K. Hansen Oct 2004

“Every Book…Has Been Read Through” The Brooklyn Saints And Harper's Family Library, Lorin K. Hansen

BYU Studies Quarterly

On February 4, 1846, two groups of Latter-day Saints in the United States began their emigration out of the United States. The main body of the Church was leaving from Nauvoo, Illinois, under the leadership of Brigham Young, going overland to the West. The same day, also under instructions from Brigham Young. Samuel Brannan led a group from New York aboard the ship Brooklyn, going by sea around Cape Horn to San Francisco Bay.


An Examination Of The 1829 “Articles Of The Church Of Christ” In Relation To Section 20 Of The Doctrine And Covenants, Scott H. Faulring Oct 2004

An Examination Of The 1829 “Articles Of The Church Of Christ” In Relation To Section 20 Of The Doctrine And Covenants, Scott H. Faulring

BYU Studies Quarterly

The 1829 "Articles of the Church of Christ" is a little-known antecedent to section 20 of the Doctrine and Covenants. This article explores Joseph Smith's and Oliver Cowdery's involvement in bringing forth these two documents that were important in laying the foundation for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.


Falling Leaves, Jane D. Brady Oct 2004

Falling Leaves, Jane D. Brady

BYU Studies Quarterly

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By The Hand Of Mormon: The American Scripture That Launched A World Religion By Terry L. Givens, Daniel C. Peterson Oct 2004

By The Hand Of Mormon: The American Scripture That Launched A World Religion By Terry L. Givens, Daniel C. Peterson

BYU Studies Quarterly

Terryl L. Givens. By the Hand of Mormon: The American Scripture That Launched a World Religion. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.


Under The Banner Of Heaven: A Story Of Violent Faith By Jon Krakauer, Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp Oct 2004

Under The Banner Of Heaven: A Story Of Violent Faith By Jon Krakauer, Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp

BYU Studies Quarterly

Jon Krakauer. Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith. New York: Doubleday, 2003.


Enduring Ties: Poems Of Family Relationships Ed. Grant Hardy, Lance Larsen Oct 2004

Enduring Ties: Poems Of Family Relationships Ed. Grant Hardy, Lance Larsen

BYU Studies Quarterly

Grant Hardy, ed., Enduring Ties: Poems of Family Relationships. South Royalton, Vermont: Steerforth, 2003.


End Matter, Byu Studies Oct 2004

End Matter, Byu Studies

BYU Studies Quarterly

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Index, Byu Studies, Byu Studies Oct 2004

Index, Byu Studies, Byu Studies

BYU Studies Quarterly

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Book Notices, Byu Studies Oct 2004

Book Notices, Byu Studies

BYU Studies Quarterly

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Introductory Pages, Byu Studies Jul 2004

Introductory Pages, Byu Studies

BYU Studies Quarterly

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Mormons, Opera, And Mozart, Gideon O. Burton Jul 2004

Mormons, Opera, And Mozart, Gideon O. Burton

BYU Studies Quarterly

One of the world's great operatic works, The Magic Flute is the subject of this issue of BYU Studies, which presents a variety of perspectives from scholars and performers who have enjoyed and explored Mozart's masterpiece both critically and personally. It may seem unusual for BYU Studies to devote so much attention to a single operatic work, but opera is itself an inclusive art from, inviting the very sort of interdisciplinary study to which this periodical is com(1.15)mitted.


Preface, Paul E. Kerry Jul 2004

Preface, Paul E. Kerry

BYU Studies Quarterly

The multidisciplinary appeal and what Goethe called the "generative force" of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte, 1791) is abundantly evident in the diversity of perspectives represented in this special issue of BYU Studies: anthropology, art history, comparative literature, the classical tradition, Egyptology, English, German, history, management studies, law, music, religion, theater and media studies, and vocal performance.


A Magic Summer With The Magic Flute, Kaye Terry Hanson Jul 2004

A Magic Summer With The Magic Flute, Kaye Terry Hanson

BYU Studies Quarterly

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A Performer's Reflections On Die Zauberflöte, Lawrence P. Vincent Jul 2004

A Performer's Reflections On Die Zauberflöte, Lawrence P. Vincent

BYU Studies Quarterly

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Toward An Anthropology Of Apotheosis In Mozart's Magic Flute: A Demonstration Of The Artistic Universality And Vitality Of Certain "Peculiar" Latter-Day Saint Doctrines, Alan F. Keele Jul 2004

Toward An Anthropology Of Apotheosis In Mozart's Magic Flute: A Demonstration Of The Artistic Universality And Vitality Of Certain "Peculiar" Latter-Day Saint Doctrines, Alan F. Keele

BYU Studies Quarterly

It seems there are certain notions held by Latter-day Saints, deviating almost diametrically from those promulgated by orthodox Christianity, that have the power to evoke form certain conservative Christian quarters the most vituperative fulminations. One thinks immediately of the idea expounded by Joseph Smith at King Follett's funeral that humans have the potential to become gods through a process of perfection experienced by the gods themselves. The orthodox response to this notion in the form of the Godmakers films and other manifestations of righteous indignation has been extraordinary. The paradox, however, is this: Scratch the orthodox surface of Christianity, explore …


Notes On The Egyptian Motifs In Mozart's Magic Flute, John Laurence Gee Jul 2004

Notes On The Egyptian Motifs In Mozart's Magic Flute, John Laurence Gee

BYU Studies Quarterly

Operas are noted for their music rather than their librettos. They are attributed to their composers rather than their librettists. Thus the perennial popularity of Mozart's Magic Flute is attributed to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's music rather than Emanuel Schikaneder's libretto. Schikaneder's plot revolves around the conversion and initiation of Tamino, Pamina, and Papageno into the mysteries of Isis and Osiris, seen largely from Tamino's point of view. (This can provide some confusion for those who encounter the opera for the first time as Tamino learns in the second act that what he thought was good and evil in the first …


Sarastro's Repentance: One Dramaturg's Advice On The Magic Flute, Michael Evenden Jul 2004

Sarastro's Repentance: One Dramaturg's Advice On The Magic Flute, Michael Evenden

BYU Studies Quarterly

Traditionally, the scholar of dramatic literature and the director of plays (or the stage director of an opera) are opposed figures. Despite common passions, they have different goals, methods, and materials. In the end, a scholar's polished critical argument and a director's persuasive theatrical performance are held to be two decidedly different things. But a dramaturg (a kind of in-house scholarly advisor to the theater or opera company) attempts to be a scholar of dramatic literature and theatrical history and, at the same time, a canny and practical advisor to the artistic team of an actual stage production. A dramaturg …