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Learning To Be A Woman, Marilyn Bushman-Carlton
Learning To Be A Woman, Marilyn Bushman-Carlton
BYU Studies Quarterly
No abstract provided.
The Quiet Ones, Marilyn Bushman-Carlton
End Matter, Byu Studies
Front Matter, Byu Studies
Sojourner In The Promised Land: Forty Years Among The Mormons Jan Shipps, Leslee Thorne-Murphy
Sojourner In The Promised Land: Forty Years Among The Mormons Jan Shipps, Leslee Thorne-Murphy
BYU Studies Quarterly
Jan Shipps. Sojourner in the Promised Land: Forty Years among the Mormons. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2000. xiii; 400 pp. Notes, index. $34.95.
Tools Leave Marks: Material Analysis Of The Scotford-Soper-Savage Michigan Relics, Richard B. Stamps
Tools Leave Marks: Material Analysis Of The Scotford-Soper-Savage Michigan Relics, Richard B. Stamps
BYU Studies Quarterly
Extensive collections of supposedly prehistoric artifacts known as the Michigan Relics or the Scotford-Soper-Savage collection—possibly as many as 3,000 pieces—exist across the country. I have personally examined more than 1,000 from four different collections. What is so special about this collection of artifacts? Why does it merit further study? Although numerous previous studies have suggested that the materials were not made by ancient people but are of modern origin, there is ongoing interest in the collections. Dr. John Halsey, the state archaeologist of Michigan, says that his office gets more requests to see these materials than any other single collection. …
Mormonism's Encounter With The Michigan Relics, Mark Ashurst-Mcgee
Mormonism's Encounter With The Michigan Relics, Mark Ashurst-Mcgee
BYU Studies Quarterly
One of the strangest and most extensive archaeological hoaxes in American history was perpetrated around the turn of the twentieth century in Michigan. Hundreds of objects known as the Michigan Relics were made to appear as the remains of a lost civilization. The artifacts were produced, buried, "discovered," and marketed by James O. Scotford and Daniel E. Soper. For three decades these artifacts were secretly planted in earthen mounds, publicly removed, and lauded as wonderful discoveries. Because the Michigan Relics allegedly evidence a Near Eastern presence in ancient America, they have drawn interest from The Church of Jesus Christ of …
Through High Country Woods, Before Spring, Dixie Partridge
Through High Country Woods, Before Spring, Dixie Partridge
BYU Studies Quarterly
No abstract provided.
Again, October, Dixie Partridge
Cedar Waxwings, Cheryl Carlstrom
Brief Notice, Bruce A. Van-Orden
Home Production, Christin L. Porter
Full Issue, Byu Studies
Guest Editors' Introduction, Richard L. Jensen, Jed Woodworth
Guest Editors' Introduction, Richard L. Jensen, Jed Woodworth
BYU Studies Quarterly
No abstract provided.
Of Men And Mantles: Kierkegaard On The Difference Between A Genius And An Apostle, John S. Tanner
Of Men And Mantles: Kierkegaard On The Difference Between A Genius And An Apostle, John S. Tanner
BYU Studies Quarterly
I was once asked to introduce Elder Neal A. Maxwell to a group of BYU English majors. This assignment caused me some concern. I feared that my audience might be inclined to revere Elder Maxwell for the wrong reasons, or at least for secondary reasons—namely, for his considerable gifts as a writer rather than for his apostolic authority. So rather than rehearse Elder Maxwell's résumé, I decided to frame my introduction with insights borrowed from a remarkable essay by Søren Kierkeaard entitled "The Difference between a Genius and an Apostle." In it, Kierkegaard emphasizes that human genius does not confer …
The Lion And The Lioness: Brigham Young And Eliza R. Snow, Jill Mulvay Derr
The Lion And The Lioness: Brigham Young And Eliza R. Snow, Jill Mulvay Derr
BYU Studies Quarterly
He was born in 1801, she in 1804. He was a man known for his humor and gruffness, she a woman known for her sobriety and refinement. He preached unforgettable sermons, though he never learned to spell. She wrote reams of poetry and songs. He provided her a home as one of his wives for thirty years, but she never took his name. Both he and she were passionately devoted to the Prophet Joseph Smith and his expansive vision of eternity. President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and presidentess of its Relief Society, Brigham Young and …
“A Man Of God And A Good Kind Father”: Brigham Young At Home, Dean C. Jessee
“A Man Of God And A Good Kind Father”: Brigham Young At Home, Dean C. Jessee
BYU Studies Quarterly
On January 31, 1857, Brigham Young (fig. 1) walked into the Church Historian's Office in Salt Lake City and gave instructions that he wanted very little about his family included in the history of the Church. His reticence no doubt stemmed form people's curiosity about the Mormon leader's polygamous lifestyle, which subjected his family to an inordinate amount of scrutiny and ridicule in the public press. Consequently, during his lifetime, the story of Brigham Young's family remained largely untold. Even now, the literature about Brigham Young focuses disproportionately on his public life, his accomplishments as Church President, colonizer, governor of …
The Environmental Ethics Of Mormon Belief, George B. Handley
The Environmental Ethics Of Mormon Belief, George B. Handley
BYU Studies Quarterly
The time has come to find common ground between environmentalism and Mormon belief. The perceived divide between the two has all but shut down the possibility of dialogue. Some Mormons dismiss the political causes of environmentalists as being the fears of faithless hedonists, just as otherwise responsible environmental scholars and activists sometimes perpetuate myths and inaccuracies about what they perceive to be the anti-ecological stance of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. But Mormon belief has more than enough in common with environmentalism to promote genuine and productive change in our environmental behavior. Not only is Mormon doctrine …
Mormon Healer And Folk Poet: Mary Susannah Fowler's Life Of “Unselfish Usefulness.” Margaret K. Brady, Kristi A. Bell
Mormon Healer And Folk Poet: Mary Susannah Fowler's Life Of “Unselfish Usefulness.” Margaret K. Brady, Kristi A. Bell
BYU Studies Quarterly
Margaret K. Brady. Mormon Healer and Folk Poet: Mary Susannah Fowler's Life of "Unselfish Usefulness." Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press, 2000. xi; 222 pp. Photos, sketches, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $44.95.
Leopold Bierwirth's Impressions Of Brigham Young And The Mormons, 1872, Donald Q. Cannon
Leopold Bierwirth's Impressions Of Brigham Young And The Mormons, 1872, Donald Q. Cannon
BYU Studies Quarterly
Tourists frequently passed through Salt Lake City after the trans-continental railroad was completed in 1869. Many visitors recorded their impressions of the city and its inhabitants. One visitor, Leopold Bierwirth, a New York City merchant, kept a diary during his 1872 railroad journey from New York to San Francisco. The diary is similar to other travel narratives but contains much more detail and insight than most others. Bierwirth's observations are particularly valuable because they were written during his visit rather than later. The portion of Bierwirth's diary reporting his visit to Salt Lake City, including his impressions of Brigham Young, …
Vernal Equinox, Brett Walker
Brigham Young And The Mission Of Mormonism, Jed Woodworth
Brigham Young And The Mission Of Mormonism, Jed Woodworth
BYU Studies Quarterly
For the most part, Brigham Young chose to ignore his critics, but on occasion he personally responded to them. The letter printed below contains Brigham Young's 1869 answer to a newspaper editor's question, "What is the mission of the Mormons?" Mormonism's fruits, Brigham attested, substantiated its faith claims.
Irony And Grace, Frederick Mark Gedicks
Santa Anas, R. A. Christmas
Late Gardens, Dixie Partridge
End Matter, Byu Studies
Full Issue, Byu Studies
Front Matter, Byu Studies
Father Brigham In His Western Canaan, John K. Carmack
Father Brigham In His Western Canaan, John K. Carmack
BYU Studies Quarterly
If you were to paint a word picture of Brigham Young by comparing him to an earlier spiritual leader, to whom would you compare him? Maybe the most dramatic comparison comes from that pivotal moment when he spoke to nearly five thousand Saints gathered in Nauvoo to select those who would take the reins of leadership in the restored Church. To many, including my own forbears, as he delivered his address he looked and sounded like Joseph Smith. Or perhaps, as Leonard Arrington did, you would compare him to Moses leading the children of Israel on a long and perilous …
“Cows To Milk Instead Of Novels To Read”: Brigham Young, Novel Reading, And Kingdom Building, Richard H. Cracroft
“Cows To Milk Instead Of Novels To Read”: Brigham Young, Novel Reading, And Kingdom Building, Richard H. Cracroft
BYU Studies Quarterly
To read true books in a true spirit, is a noble exercise.
—Henry David Thoreau
Read the true and the wise. The perusal of the rest is worse than time wasted, it is time abused.
—Brigham Young