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“An Obstacle To Deeper Understanding”, John Gee

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

Review of Early Mormonism and the Magic World View (1998), by D. Michael Quinn

Feasting Upon The Works: A Tribute To John L. Sorenson, Cynthia L. Hallen

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

Review of Mormons, Scriptures, and the Ancient World: Studies in Honor of John L. Sorenson (1998), edited by Davis Bitton

Connecting The Nephite Story To Mesoamerican Research, Cherry B. Silver

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

Review of Images of Ancient America: Visualizing Book of Mormon Life (1998), by John L. Sorenson

A New Look At Historic Christianity, David Waltz

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

Review of Restoring the Ancient Church: Joseph Smith and Early Christianity (1999), by Barry R. Bickmore

To All The World: The Book Of Mormon Articles From The Encyclopedia Of Mormonism, Daniel H. Ludlow, S. Kent Brown, John W. Welch

Maxwell Institute Publications

This new selection of materials from the incomparable Encyclopedia of Mormonism includes 151 Book of Mormon articles by 115 scholars and articulate authors.

Within this compilation, readers will find: 45 illustrative photographs, maps, and charts, bibliographies, a unique list of entries by category, and a full index of passages.

Christus In Amerika? Mormonentum Als Christliche Religion In Vergleichender Kirchengeschichte Christian Gellinek, Richard Hacken

BYU Studies

Christian Gellinek. Christus in Americka? Mormonentum als christliche Religion in vergleichender Kirchengeschichte. Münster, Germany: agenda Verlag, 1999. 150 pp. Foreword, introduction, bibliography. Paperback, 24.80 DM ($10.00 from BYU Studies).

Cultural Adjustment Factors Of Senior Missionaries On Assignment In The South Pacific For The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints, Jonathan W. Shute

Theses and Dissertations

The number of senior missionaries serving missions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has increased in recent years. Many of these volunteers travel overseas and are therefore immersed in a different culture. Some of them adjust successfully and others do not. The purpose of this research was to assess senior missionaries' perceptions of the type of preparation they made and training they received before departure, the expectations they had of their assignment, the people and way of life in the islands, and the accuracy of those expectations, the challenges they faced, the factors that they felt helped …

Fronting And Palatalization In Two Dialects Of Shoshoni, Dirk Elzinga

Faculty Publications

In Western Shoshoni, a Uto- Aztecan language spoken in northern Nevada, coronal obstruents are found in distributional patterns which depend on the presence or absence of a preceding front vowel ([i] or [e]). In the pattern I refer to as FRONTING, alveolar stops alternate with dental stops - dental stops occur following front vowels (la), while alveolar stops occur elsewhere (lb); this pattern is common to all dialects:

Representing Culture: Reflexivity And Mormon Folklore Scholarship, David A. Allred

Theses and Dissertations

When writing about a culture, ethnographers can convey important insights about society. However, ethnography can also misrepresent culture. To address this fact, reflexive ethnography attempts to influence both the methodology and the rhetoric of writing about culture. Reflexivity seeks to acknowledge the bias of the researcher. To include the voice of the cultural insiders, and to more closely represent the dynamics of cultures that always have an element of hybridity. However, reflexive ethnographies can also be unwieldy and impractical. Therefore, one must find a pragmatic application of reflexivity.

Reflexivity can have application to Mormon folklore studies. The most important Mormon …

Review Essay: Jeffrey Jerome Cohen, Ed. The Postcolonial Middle Ages, Dorothy Kim

Quidditas

Jeffrey Jerome Cohen, ed. The Postcolonial Middle Ages. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2000. 286 pp. ISBN 0312219296.

Pitirim A. Sorokin On Order, Change And The Reconstruction Of Society: An Integral Perspective, Barry V. Johnston

Comparative Civilizations Review

Integration is simultaneously an epistemology, psychology, sociology of change and theory of history. It is the theoretical foundation of Sorokin’s general sociology and later works on the crisis of modernity, altruism and social reconstruction. This paper delineates the evolution of the concept from Social and cultural Dynamics to Sorokin’s work at the Harvard Research Center in Creative Altruism. What results from this chain of historical analysis is an integrated conceptual approach to the nature of humanness, knowledge, conflict resolution, and prosocial forms of human organization. As a result, integralism broadens sociological discourse and yields new insights into social problems and …

Ernest Gellner: Civilizational Analysis As A Theory Of History, Leonidas Donskis

Comparative Civilizations Review

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Ninian Smart, Dimensions Of The Sacred: An Anatomy Of The World's Beliefs., Ashok Malhotra

Comparative Civilizations Review

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Bowels Of Mercy, John Durham Peters

BYU Studies

Although perhaps too earthy for squeamish readers, the idea of the "bowels of mercy" is found frequently in the scriptures, reflecting ancient views about human emotions and offering powerful insights about divine compassion.

Editor's Note, Joseph Drew

Comparative Civilizations Review

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Tanya M. Luhrmann. The Good Parsi: The Fate Of A Colonial Elite In A Postcolonial Society, Ronald R. Robel

Comparative Civilizations Review

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Classic Maya Religion: Beliefs And Practices Of An Ancient American People, Stephen D. Houston

BYU Studies

Though difficult to decipher, Maya religion permeated a complex ancient world with an overriding sense of the sacral nature of all things and reveals much about how those people lived and why they vanished.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The East Asian Library Collection At The University Of Kansas, Vickie Fu Doll

Journal of East Asian Libraries

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Contributors, Journal Of Book Of Mormon Studies

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

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Ecological Impacts Of Pogonomyrmex On Woody Vegetation Of A Larrea-Ambrosia Shrubland, Simon A. Lei

Great Basin Naturalist

Plant species richness, density, and frequency were quantitatively examined within Pogonomyrmex rugosus (seed-harvester ant) nest discs and at various distances from nest discs in a Larrea tridentata–Ambrosia dumosa (creosote bush–white bursage) shrubland in southern Nevada. Woody vegetation at and near the edge (perimeter) of nest discs showed decreased species richness, density, and frequency compared with vegetation in adjacent reference areas (nonnest; 4 m beyond discs). Four of 17 species were found with significantly lower density and frequency on nest discs than at greater distances from the nest. Thirteen of 17 species were not found on nest discs at all. Species …

Visual Image Databases And Research Projects At Nichibunken : Possibilities And Limitations For Japanese Studies, Masako Ema Watanabe

Journal of East Asian Libraries

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Journal Assessment: A Protocol Analysis For Establishing Criteria For Shared Responsibilities For The Japanese Vernacular Journal Collection, Kazuko Sakaguchi

Journal of East Asian Libraries

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Civilizations As Rhetoric, Ann Hemming

Comparative Civilizations Review

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S.J. De Laet (Ed.), A.H. Dani, J.L. Lorenso, R.B. Nunoo (Eds.) History Of Humanity, Vol. 1, Prehistory And The Beginning Of Civilization, Arthur S. Iberall

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

Hill Gates, China's Motor: A Thousand Years Of Petty Capitalism., Ronald R. Robel

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

On Civilizational Worldview, Part 2, David Richardson

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

John Ruedy (Ed.), Islamism And Secularism In North Africa, Corinne Lathrop Gilb

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

Ole Bruun And Arne Kalland, Eds. Asian Perceptions Of Nature., William H. King

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

Richard E. W. Adams. Prehistoric Mesoamerica. Revised Edition, Arthur S. Iberall

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

Stephen K. Sanderson. Social Evolutionism: A Critical History, Laurence Grambow Wolf

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.