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Full-Text Articles in Religious Education
The Evacuation Of The Czechoslovak And German Missions At The Outbreak Of World War Ii, David F. Boone
The Evacuation Of The Czechoslovak And German Missions At The Outbreak Of World War Ii, David F. Boone
BYU Studies
The evacuation of Latter-day Saint missionaries from Europe at the outbreak of World War II was truly a unique event in Church history. At the beginning of World War I, a few American missionaries serving in Europe were moved to areas of safety, but until 1939 there had never been a large-scale evacuation of missionaries as a result of their being endangered by impending war (fig. 1). As the threat of war gathered over Europe in the late 1930s, Latter-day Saint Church leaders in Salt Lake City watched anxiously. In August 1939, there were missionaries laboring in Great Britain, Germany, …
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
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. …
Nobody Can, Marilyn Bushman-Carlton
Cedar Waxwings, Cheryl Carlstrom
Again, October, Dixie Partridge
Learning To Be A Woman, Marilyn Bushman-Carlton
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Can Science Be Faith-Promoting? Sterling B. Talmage, Noel L. Owen
Can Science Be Faith-Promoting? Sterling B. Talmage, Noel L. Owen
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Sterling B. Talmage. Can Science Be Faith-Promoting? Ed. Stan Larson. Salt Lake City: Blue Ribbon Books, 2001. lxiv; 253 pp. Bibliography, index. $18.95.
A Joseph Smith For The Twenty-First Century, Richard Lyman Bushman
A Joseph Smith For The Twenty-First Century, Richard Lyman Bushman
BYU Studies
Since Henry Caswall published The Prophet of the Nineteenth Century in 1843, a year before Joseph Smith's death, nineteen book-length biographies of the Prophet have appeared in print, more than half of them since 1940. They differ wildly in tone and perspective, as might be imagined. Several are still worth considering by serious students of Joseph Smith's life. Among the more notable, I. Woodbridge Riley's The Founder of Mormonism is severely critical but ingenious and original, the first biography to attempt a scientific explanation of Joseph Smith's revelations. Fawn Brodie's No Man Knows My History is a magnificent piece of …
“All Hail To Christmas”: Mormon Pioneer Holiday Celebrations, Richard Ian Kimball
“All Hail To Christmas”: Mormon Pioneer Holiday Celebrations, Richard Ian Kimball
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To Mormon historians and members of the Church generally, Christmas is not a particularly "Mormon" holiday. Though contemporary Latter-day Saints throughout the world embrace a variety of traditions that commemorate the holiday, no major body of distinctively Mormon tradition surrounds the day in December traditionally reserved for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. Mormons celebrate the holiday like most other Christians—reading from the nativity account in Luke, exchanging presents, and spending time with family and friends. Santa Claus, decorated trees, and the redemptive story of Ebenezer Scrooge all are staples of the winter holiday for Mormons in the …
Home Production, Christin L. Porter
The Night Before My Baptism, Mark Bennion
Brief Notice, Bruce A. Van-Orden
Brigham Young And The Mission Of Mormonism, Jed Woodworth
Brigham Young And The Mission Of Mormonism, Jed Woodworth
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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.
The Garden, Ellen Gregory
Guest Editors' Introduction, Richard L. Jensen, Jed Woodworth
Guest Editors' Introduction, Richard L. Jensen, Jed Woodworth
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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
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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, …
End Matter, Byu Studies
Irony And Grace, Frederick Mark Gedicks
Popol Vuh: The Mythic Sections—Tales Of First Beginnings From The Ancient K'Iche'-Maya Allen J. Christenson, John S. Robertson
Popol Vuh: The Mythic Sections—Tales Of First Beginnings From The Ancient K'Iche'-Maya Allen J. Christenson, John S. Robertson
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Allen J. Christenson, translator and editor. Popol Vuh: The Mythic Sections—Tales of First Beginnings from the Ancient K'iche'-Maya. Provo, Utah: FARMS, 2000. xv; 278 pp. Illustrations, notes, appendix, bibliography. Softbound, $19.95.
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Front Matter, Byu Studies
Father Brigham In His Western Canaan, John K. Carmack
Father Brigham In His Western Canaan, John K. Carmack
BYU Studies
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 …
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
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 …
“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
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
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
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.
“A Man That You Could Not Help Likeing”: Joseph Smith And Nauvoo Portrayed In A Letter By Susannah And George W. Taggart, Ronald O. Barney
“A Man That You Could Not Help Likeing”: Joseph Smith And Nauvoo Portrayed In A Letter By Susannah And George W. Taggart, Ronald O. Barney
BYU Studies
The Prophet Joseph Smith's call for members of The Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints to gather to Nauvoo, Illinois, had a wide effect once the settlement acquired the trappings of civilization. What had been the obscure riverside village of Commerce soon evidenced expansion and progress: new inhabitants and bustling construction. Among those who gathered to Nauvoo were Washington and Susannah Taggart, who converted to Mormonism in 1841 or 1842 in Peterborough, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. Taught the gospel by Elder Eli P. Maginn, the Taggarts soon planned their departure for the Mormon capital. Their eldest son, George Washington Taggart …
Late Gardens, Dixie Partridge
Vernal Equinox, Brett Walker
“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
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 …