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Turning The Hearts Of Fathers To Their Children: Why Religious Involvement Can Make A Difference, Loren Marks, David C. Dollahite Jan 2007

Turning The Hearts Of Fathers To Their Children: Why Religious Involvement Can Make A Difference, Loren Marks, David C. Dollahite

Faculty Publications

Charles Dickens, the English author and keen observer of human affairs, wrote of revolution-era France: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." In many ways, Dickens' dichotomy regarding "the best of times" and "the worst of times" captures the state of contemporary American fatherhood. Many fathers are more highly involved with their children than the fathers of past generations. Conversely, many other fathers are disconnected from or uninvolved with their children. For many of the fathers who are highly involved in their children's lives, their religious faith is a motivational influence.

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The "Beautiful Death" In The Smith Family, Samuel Brown Dec 2006

The "Beautiful Death" In The Smith Family, Samuel Brown

BYU Studies

Despite thoughtful attempts by Douglas Davies to situate death at the center of the Mormon “culture of salvation,” the exploration of death in early Mormonism has been somewhat limited to date, particularly as it relates to the Smith family and the earliest years of Mormonism. Against this relative silence stands the testimony of the Smiths themselves, who were deeply concerned with questions of mortality. Joseph Smith was unequivocal on this point during his 1843 funeral sermon for James Adams: “All men know that all men must die. What is the object of our coming into existence then dying and falling …

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Understanding Mazmuur Naafi: The Arabic Psalm Of Nephi, Josh E. Probert Dec 2006

Understanding Mazmuur Naafi: The Arabic Psalm Of Nephi, Josh E. Probert

BYU Studies

Arabic calligraphy is arguably the defining form of Islamic art. Jamal Qureshi has combined this centuries-old tradition and the geometric forms of Ottoman architecture with one of the richest passages from the Book of Mormon, the Psalm of Nephi (2 Nephi 4:16–35), to create an artwork rich in meaning. The artwork is visual praise; and it represents the way in which religious artforms are fluid, transgenerational, and adaptable to new meanings. This short essay explains the artwork by contextualizing it in both Islamic and Mormon traditions.

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How Religious Couples Perceive The Influence Of God In Their Marriage, Michael A. Goodman, David C. Dollahite Dec 2006

How Religious Couples Perceive The Influence Of God In Their Marriage, Michael A. Goodman, David C. Dollahite

Faculty Publications

This article builds on the work of Annette Mahoney and her colleagues regarding "sanctification of marriage" by focusing on religious married couples' perception of God's involvement in their marriages. The study includes qualitative analyses of indepth interviews with 32 middle-aged Christian, Jewish and Muslim couples married an average of twenty years. Couples' views of God's purposes influenced the pathways and processes of perceived divine involvement in their marriages. The extent and pathways in which couples perceived God to be involved in their marriage correlated with specific beliefs and practices. Several patterns emerge and a theoretical model is proposed to illustrate …

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Couching Westwood, Jeff Tucker Oct 2006

Couching Westwood, Jeff Tucker

Inscape

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Transforming Swampland Into Nauvoo, The City Beautiful: A Civil Engineering Perspective, Kyle M. Rollins, Richard D. Smith, M. Brett Borup, E. James Nelson Sep 2006

Transforming Swampland Into Nauvoo, The City Beautiful: A Civil Engineering Perspective, Kyle M. Rollins, Richard D. Smith, M. Brett Borup, E. James Nelson

BYU Studies

The history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints includes a number of significant engineering accomplishments. The Salt Lake Tabernacle was designated a national historic landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers because of the innovative bridge truss system used to support its roof. Latter-day Saints also pioneered a technique known today as dynamic compaction in their efforts to improve the soil below the foundation of the St. George temple. A one-thousand-pound cannon was repeatedly dropped from a height of twenty to thirty feet to drive lava rock into the soil below the foundation level. One of …

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God And Country: Politics In Utah. By Jeffrey E. Sells, Ed, Jacob W. Olmstead Sep 2006

God And Country: Politics In Utah. By Jeffrey E. Sells, Ed, Jacob W. Olmstead

BYU Studies

Jeffery E. Sells, ed. God and Country: Politics in Utah. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2005.

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Not For Tourists: Richard Bushman's Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling, David J. Whittaker Sep 2006

Not For Tourists: Richard Bushman's Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling, David J. Whittaker

BYU Studies

Richard Bushman’s Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling

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Book Notices, Craig Foster, Jana Lloyd, Liza Olsen, Nathan B. Orman, Josh E. Probert, James T. Summerhays Sep 2006

Book Notices, Craig Foster, Jana Lloyd, Liza Olsen, Nathan B. Orman, Josh E. Probert, James T. Summerhays

BYU Studies

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Front Matter, Religious Educator Sep 2006

Front Matter, Religious Educator

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

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An International Perspective In Teaching Church History And Doctrine And Covenants, Donald Q. Cannon Sep 2006

An International Perspective In Teaching Church History And Doctrine And Covenants, Donald Q. Cannon

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

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Biblical Hebrew Words You Already Know And Why They Are Important, Dana M. Pike Sep 2006

Biblical Hebrew Words You Already Know And Why They Are Important, Dana M. Pike

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

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Vol. 07 No. 3 Religious Educator, Religious Educator Sep 2006

Vol. 07 No. 3 Religious Educator, Religious Educator

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

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A Jesuit Interpretaion Of Mid-Nineteenth-Century America: "Mormonism In Connection With Modern Protestantism", Mark A. Noll Sep 2006

A Jesuit Interpretaion Of Mid-Nineteenth-Century America: "Mormonism In Connection With Modern Protestantism", Mark A. Noll

BYU Studies

As historians of Mormonism have long since established, Europeans took note of Joseph Smith, the Book of Mormon, and the organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints almost from the beginning. Mormon missionaries, converts, and expatriates, as well as European visitors to the United States, put the church on the European map early on. The result was a great deal of animated European commentary on, interest in, and interaction with Mormonism itself. Such engagement was illustrated in 1854 when, after a decade in the United States, the ecclesiastical polymath Philip Schaff returned to his native German-speaking regions …

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Across Arabia With Lehi And Sariah: “Truth Shall Spring Out Of The Earth”, Warren P. Aston Jul 2006

Across Arabia With Lehi And Sariah: “Truth Shall Spring Out Of The Earth”, Warren P. Aston

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

Aston draws on his own research in Yemen and Oman as well as on the work of other scholars and researchers to explore two locations in the Book of Mormon account of Lehi’s journey through Arabia: Nahom and Bountiful. Preliminarily, Aston highlights Nephi’s own directional indications for each leg of the journey, considers the relevance of existing trade routes, and suggests relative durations of stops along the way. He reviews the research on the tribal area associated with Nahom, including the discovery of an altar dating to roughly 600 bc that bears the tribal name NHM—possibly the first archaeological evidence …

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Refining The Spotlight On Lehi And Sariah, S. Kent Brown Jul 2006

Refining The Spotlight On Lehi And Sariah, S. Kent Brown

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

Royal Skousen’s endeavor to recover the original text of the Book of Mormon is more complicated than it seems because it involves more than simply reproducing the original manuscript. Rather, what Skousen means by “original text” is the very language that appeared on the Urim and Thummim. Every subsequent step, such as Joseph’s reading, his scribes’ understanding and transcribing of that utterance, and Oliver Cowdery’s copying of the manuscript for the printer, exposed the text to the possibility of human subjectivity and error. This paper explains the nature and scope of Skousen’s monumental undertaking and presents some of the methods …

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The Brightening Light On The Journey Of Lehi And Sariah, Daniel B. Mckinlay Jul 2006

The Brightening Light On The Journey Of Lehi And Sariah, Daniel B. Mckinlay

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

Until now, nearly all commentaries on the Book of Mormon have focused mainly on issues of doctrine rather than beginning with the text itself. Royal Skousen’s critical text project does the opposite by treating the text itself on the word and phrase level. Skousen weighs nearly all possible evidence to deduce the events that may have led to the variations seen in the texts and to draw conclusions about which readings are most likely original. Some conclusions may surprise readers, but Skousen is more interested in candidly documenting what the texts reveal than in interpreting all the implications. Several lengthy …

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An Archaeologist's View, Jeffrey R. Chadwick Jul 2006

An Archaeologist's View, Jeffrey R. Chadwick

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

Royal Skousen’s most significant contribution to Book of Mormon scholarship, this paper states, is in openly and systematically detailing the thousands of variants that occur across two manuscripts and twenty editions and showing that these variations do not affect the message or validity of the book as a witness of Jesus Christ. Skousen’s work also offers new insights into the process of translating and publishing the Book of Mormon. Though the work of translation appears to have involved a number of different methods, we can nevertheless be sure that the Book of Mormon was translated by the “gift and power …

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“We Did Again Take Our Journey”, Dave Lefevre Jul 2006

“We Did Again Take Our Journey”, Dave Lefevre

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

Photographic presentation of Book of Mormon editions in English.

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Birds Along Lehi's Trail, Stephen L. Carr Jul 2006

Birds Along Lehi's Trail, Stephen L. Carr

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

Royal Skousen’s work on his Book of Mormon critical text project demonstrates that he is an able textual critic who employs sound judgment and proven methods to uncover the original text of the Book of Mormon. In many cases, these decisions seem counterintuitive to untrained readers, but Skousen correctly applies the principle that a more awkward reading is most likely original. He also shows his ability to make conjectural emendations for which no direct textual evidence is available. In every case, Skousen clearly lays out his reasoning so that readers who disagree with his inferences can examine the evidence for …

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Speaking Out Of The Dust: Religious Reenactments With The Specific Iconic Identity Of Place, Heidi Diane Lewis Jul 2006

Speaking Out Of The Dust: Religious Reenactments With The Specific Iconic Identity Of Place, Heidi Diane Lewis

Theses and Dissertations

Sometimes, the place where a play is performed is as important as or more important than the play itself. The first known theatrical rituals were performed in spaces which came to hold deep religious significance. Many religious traditions regard certain places as sacred because of spiritually significant events which took place there, sometimes involving the presence of Deity. In an effort to build on that sacrality, sometimes religious cultures bring theatre to these spaces, which, in turn, tend to alter the nature of the theatrical event. This seems especially true in regards to theatre which presents a re-enactment of the …

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Personal Scripture Study Of Prospective Missionaries, Eric Lyon Wing Jul 2006

Personal Scripture Study Of Prospective Missionaries, Eric Lyon Wing

Theses and Dissertations

The call of Church leaders to "raise the bar" placed direct attention on the preparation of future missionaries. Also, the new Preach My Gospel missionary guide emphasized effective personal scripture study in order for missionaries to fulfill their purposes of teaching by the Spirit and inviting others to come unto Christ. Thus, "raising the bar" and Preach My Gospel together created an important focus on the personal scripture study of prospective missionaries. However, available social research offered little indication of the state of scripture study among future missionaries. Consequently, this study maintained an exploratory design and utilized qualitative research methods …

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Profiles Of The Prophets: Wilford Woodruff, Lawrence R. Flake Jul 2006

Profiles Of The Prophets: Wilford Woodruff, Lawrence R. Flake

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

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Front Matter, Religious Educator Jul 2006

Front Matter, Religious Educator

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

No abstract provided.

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The Omniscience Of God, Roger K. Terry Jul 2006

The Omniscience Of God, Roger K. Terry

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

No abstract provided.

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The Radical Reformation And The Restoration Of The Gospel, Stephen J. Fleming Jul 2006

The Radical Reformation And The Restoration Of The Gospel, Stephen J. Fleming

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

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End Matter, Religious Educator Jul 2006

End Matter, Religious Educator

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

No abstract provided.

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Vol. 07 No. 2 Religious Educator, Religious Educator Jul 2006

Vol. 07 No. 2 Religious Educator, Religious Educator

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

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Chapters, Verses, Punctuation, Spelling, And Italics In The King James Version, Kent P. Jackson, Frank F. Judd Jr., David R. Seely Jul 2006

Chapters, Verses, Punctuation, Spelling, And Italics In The King James Version, Kent P. Jackson, Frank F. Judd Jr., David R. Seely

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

No abstract provided.

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The 2005 Workshop For Overseas Librarians Sponsored By The Korea Foundation And The National Library Of Korea: A Report, Hana Kim Jun 2006

The 2005 Workshop For Overseas Librarians Sponsored By The Korea Foundation And The National Library Of Korea: A Report, Hana Kim

Journal of East Asian Libraries

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