Thursday, May 27, 2021

Samuel Brannan: the Mormon leader in California matched wits with Brigham Young

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Samuel Brannan is unique among Mormon historical figures because his role goes beyond his contribution to Mormonism. Brannan (1818-1889) was...
Monday, May 10, 2021

Joseph Smith for President book details Mormonism founder's frustration with states rights

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  Review by Doug Gibson The ill-fated decision by LDS Church prophet and founder Joseph Smith, Jr., to seek the U.S. presidency in 1844 is m...
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Wednesday, May 5, 2021

On the edge of Mormonism's inside -- a review of Why I Stay 2

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  " Why I Stay 2: The Challenges of Discipleship for Contemporary Latter-day Saints ," (Signature Books, 2021), is a collection of...
Sunday, April 25, 2021

Mormonism, secularism cited as sin within USA by late 19th century Protestant America

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--- At the 2013 Mormon History Association gathering, in Layton, Utah, there was a discourse delivered by Leigh Eric Schmidt, a professor at...
Sunday, April 18, 2021

Notes on our trip to Hungary

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  Note : In 2020, our family planned a month-long trip to Hungary that was canceled due to Covid-19. It would have been nine years after our...
Sunday, April 11, 2021

Baptisms for health were once more common than baptisms for the dead

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  Most of us know about the ubiquity of the LDS Church performing baptisms for the dead in church temples. In many locations there have been...
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Sunday, April 4, 2021

‘Millstone City’ an example of the Mormon pulp fiction genre

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  -- There’s been an emergence in what I call the Mormon pulp fiction genre. Far less refined than an Orson Scott Card novel, writers delve ...