Sunday, September 22, 2019

When Socialism was popular with Mormons and Utah

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Mormons, as well as the state of Utah, have been identified as conservative/Republican for so long that it may surprise many to know that...
Sunday, September 15, 2019

Mormonish stories from Peck tap into the subtexts of our faith

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A while back, Steven L. Peck, a biology professor at Brigham Young University, wrote  “ A Short Stay in Hell . ” It was a fascinating pi...
Sunday, September 8, 2019

Orson Pratt was Mormonism’s first intellectual

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Originally published at StandardNET  in 2011. In the 19th century, for many in the East Coast of the United States, Brigham Young may ...
Sunday, September 1, 2019

Polygamy was no Mormon harem, but it tore at marriages and hearts

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(Originally published at StandardNET in 2011) I spent some time re-reading the late Richard S. Van Wagoner’s excellent book, “ Mormon ...
Saturday, August 24, 2019

Charles Shuster Zane was a fair judge Mormons loved to hate

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Ever heard of Utah territorial Chief Justice Charles Shuster Zane ? He’s one of those fascinating footnotes in history. Appointed in 188...
Sunday, August 11, 2019

Review: The Mormon Menace: Violence and Anti-Mormonism in the Postbellum South

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In “ The Mormon Menace: Violence and Anti-Mormonism in the Postbellum South ,” (Oxford University Press, 2011), author Patrick Q. Mason...
Friday, August 2, 2019

Mormonism and Dime Novels; pulp fiction and the culture of those times

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Review by Doug Gibson I really enjoy the Mormon-themed book offerings from Greg Kofford Books. They are often edgy, grizzly-bear histor...