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A Mormon Neo-Orthodoxy Challenges Cultural Mormon Neglect Of The Book Of Mormon: Some Reflections On The “Impact Of Modernity”, Louis Midgley

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

Review of Mormon Neo-Orthodoxoy: A Crisis Theology (1987), by O. Kendal White Jr.

Guinevere's Kidneys, Or The Lancelot–Grail Cycle And The Rise Of Realism, Norris J. Lacy

Quidditas

One of the most remarkable monuments of medieval literature in any language is the thirteenth-century French Lancelot–Grail Cycle (also called the Prose Lancelot, the Vulgate Cycle of Arthurian Romance, or the Pseudo-Map Cycle—the last because the texts identify the author as Walter Map, who complicated matters, however, by dying well before the cycle was written). Before turning to the subject indicated in my title, I'll situate the cycle and offer a few details about its phenomenal importance.

Risk-Taking Predispositions Among Mormon Women: Improving Communication About Health And Environmental Risks, Shelly Nicholls

Theses and Dissertations

This study measures risk-taking predisposition among a conservative religious population of women, in this instance Mormon women. Risk taking is defined as a recognition of some probability of negative consequences to an action, which can include the loss of a potential reward as well as a punishment. A risk-taking predisposition results when individuals are not risk aversive but, in fact, enjoy risk taking.

Survey research collected at two conferences in Utah reveal the likelihood of moderate levels of rebellious and adventurous risk-taking predisposition among the over 500 Mormon women respondents. It is suggested that religious affiliation or economic and educational …

Other-Centeredness And Depression In A Sample Of Mormon Women, Janice G. Nielson

Theses and Dissertations

Other-centeredness and depression were examined to see if a relationship existed between the two. One scale measuring other-centeredness and another measuring depression were given to a sample of married Mormon women who did not work outside the home. Other-centeredness and depression were significantly negatively correlated. The women scoring in the top one-third of the range of other-centeredness scores suffered no depression on the depression scale. The factor most predictive for depression was the relationship the women had with her husband, and other-centeredness was found to overlap with this variable to some extent. The factors of health, income, and education were …

Orson Scott Card: The Book Of Mormon As History And Science Fiction, Eugene England

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

Review of Homecoming (5 vols., 1992-95); A Storyteller in Zion: Essays and Speeches (1993); and “An Open Letter to those who are concerned about 'plagiarism' in The Memory of Earth” (1993), by Orson Scott Card.

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Quidditas

No abstract provided.

Mormon Bibliography 1993, Ellen M. Copley

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

The Multidimensional Assessment Of Career Decision Problems: The Career Decision Diagnostic Assessment, Jeffry H. Larson, Dean M. Busby, Stephan Wilson, Nilufer Medora, Scot Allgood

Faculty Publications

The multidimensional assessment of career decision problems as measured by the Career Decision Diagnostic Assessment (CDDA) is described and evaluted with a sample of 844 students from three universities. The results supported the reliability and validity of the CDDA as a measure of psychological blocks to career decision making.

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Brigham Young University Prelaw Review

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"Battered Woman Syndrome" As A Defense, Heather Zahn

Brigham Young University Prelaw Review

Battered Woman Syndrome refers to "the unique physiological and behavioral reactions exhibition by a person living in a violent relationship." The reaction in self-defense, is sometimes deadly force or the use of a deadly weapon for which women are sent to prison.

This syndrome has become a serious issue in courtrooms across the nation. This Paper will address the issues involved in sentencing and trying women who kill their abusers.

Two main issues are involved, the use of expert witnesses in the courtroom and the definition of self-defense. Legislation is currently being passed to address these issues. This paper cites …

From Mormon To Evangelical: A Look At Disaffiliation And Conversion, Laura M. Marwick

Theses and Dissertations

Religion is a major institution in society and for many, affiliation with a religious group shapes the way they view the world and the way they interact with other formal and informal institutions within society. In addition, particular behaviors are present during the processes an individual goes through when deciding to leave or switch their religious affiliation.
There are a variety of new affiliations that these disaffiliated individuals can make. One alternative religious group that disaffected members of the LDS Church (Mormons) can form a new affiliation with is Evangelical Christianity, often referred to as the "Born Again Movement". This …

Lds, Catholic And Secular Perspectives On Development In The Dominican Republic, Gregory L. Adams

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis discusses six world views concerning development in the Dominican Republic. Catholic and LDS traditions assert that full development is life with God and life with God as a god, respectively. The LDS church has experienced rapid growth in the Dominican Republic, but must deal with less active and illiterate members. The catholic tradition permeates Dominican culture but must deal both with a scarcity of priests and a schism among the clergy.

The secular chapter combines many secular views into four, based on lan Mitroff's and Ralph Kilmann's extension of C.G. Jung psychological types. Analytic Scientists have historically dominated …

To Have Revenge On The Self-Righteous University: Pietism And Religious Doubt In Sophus Keith Winther's Beyond The Garden State, John M. Nielsen

The Bridge

In the spring of 1978, Arizona Quarterly published what

was to be the last of Sophus Keith Winther's scholarly

articles. Entitled, "The Emigrant Theme," this essay in many

ways was a summation of Winther's thoughts, not only regarding

the experience of Scandinavian-Americans as told in

literature, but more importantly of his reflections regarding

the whole of human experience. For him, emigration was the

great human story, stretching from the dawn of humankind

in the Olduvai Gorge to a foreboding present. It was the

story of the Israelites wandering in the wilderness; it was the

myth of the American westward movement. …

Unhealed Wounds: Japan's Colonization Of Korea, Aaron H. Skabelund

Sigma: Journal of Political and International Studies

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Mormon Opposition Literature: A Historiographical Critique And Case Study, 1844-57, William P. Connors

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis is in three parts. The first part looks at the historical scholarship on writings opposed to Mormonism, especially those from the nineteenth century. The conclusion is that, despite hundreds of works written against Mormonism in its early years, the historical scholarship has not done justice to the writings or people involved. The vast majority of the writings and writers have not been analyzed, and those that are discussed are usually the most sensational and not representative of the genre.

The second part of this thesis is a a case study giving an example of the kind of work …

Human Fatalities Caused By Venomous Animals In Utah, 1900–90, Richard C. Straight, James L. Glenn

Great Basin Naturalist

An examination of death certificates at the Utah Bureau of Health Statistics from 1900 through 1990 indicates that Utah has a very low incidence of human fatalities due to venomous bites and stings. During this 91-year period, 20 fatalities were recorded from bee (10) or hornet (1) stings, spider bites (4), and rattlesnake bites (5). There were eight additional fatalities during the early part of this century recorded "insect bite," "apparently insect bite," or "unknown agent poisoning," some of which may have included spiders. No deaths were recorded from Gila monster or scorpion evenomizations, although in 1962 one death in …

Ttuantin-Suyo, Alphonso Lingis

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

Confronting Abuse Edited By Anne L. Horton, B. Kent Harrison, And Barry L. Johnson, Janet Hooper

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

Index, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

The Story Of The Truth, The Way, The Life, James B. Allen

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

“The Power Of Combination”: Emmeline B. Wells And The National And International Councils Of Women, Carol Cornwall Madsen

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

A Khaldunian Perspective On The Dynamics Of Asiatic Societies, Syed Farat Alatas

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

Elaine Morgan. The Scars Of Evolution: What Our Bodies Tell Us About Human Origins., Roger W. Wescott

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of The Postdivorce Relationship On Paternal Involvement: A Longitudinal Analysis, Constance R. Ahrons, Richard B. Miller

Faculty Publications

Longitudinal analyses of data from 64 pairs of former spouses indicate that the quality of their postdivorce relationship had a significant impact on fathers' involvement with their children. The strength of the influence declined over time, however, as the patterns of interaction in the reorganized binuclear family became more stable.

Visual Narratives From The Life Of Christ, Linda Jones Gibbs

BYU Studies

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Rule Of Law In Legal And Economic Theory, Noel B. Reynolds

Faculty Publications

Legal positivism, the leading version of legal theory, has shown that a concentration on the meanings and logical relations of legal concepts, however much supplemented by intuition, common sense and legal experience, is not adequate to make full sense out of the human experience of law, and the traditional understandings of legal obligation and rule of law in particular. However, modern economic science has advanced a radically individualistic theoretical approach which has propelled economics to the fore as the most successful of the social sciences. And its basic theoretical stance is proving both attractive and adaptable to all the other …

A New Use For Ellipsis Points..., Larry G. Childs

Deseret Language and Linguistic Society Symposium

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A Pedagogical Framework For Communicative Competence: Content Specifications And Guidelines For Communicative Language Teaching, Marianne Celce-Murcia, Zotán Dörnyei, Sarah Thurrell

Deseret Language and Linguistic Society Symposium

No abstract provided.

Vocabulary-Building Strategies: A Guide For Students Of A Foreign Language, Tina Marie Collings

Deseret Language and Linguistic Society Symposium

No abstract provided.

A Description Of Bridge, An Army Research Institute-Sponsored, Nlp-Based, Foreign Language Tutor, Cathie E. Alderks

Deseret Language and Linguistic Society Symposium

No abstract provided.