Monday, January 8, 2024

Doctrine on children who die fulfills a primal desire for Latter-day Saint parents

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The second-hardest thing I have ever done is hold my infant son in my arms and watch Ray die. The hardest task for my wife and me were allow...
Sunday, December 31, 2023

Biographies of George Q Cannon, Joseph F Smith provide honest in-depth portrayals

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  Observations by Doug Gibson Last fall I read two new biographies of 19th century/early 20th century LDS Church leaders Joseph F. Smith, wh...
Sunday, September 17, 2023

A 'Utah Camelot' scandal led to the death of an early-Mormon 'princess'

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I’m haunted by a ragged PDF-copied photograph, courtesy of the Utah State Historical Society, of Louisa “Louie” Wells, who 130 years ago was...
Monday, July 17, 2023

Review: Vengeance is Mine: The Mountain Meadows Massacre and Its Aftermath

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  Review by Doug Gibson In “ Vengeance is Mine: The Mountain Meadows Massacre and Its Aftermath ” (Oxford University Press, 2023), authors...
Saturday, June 10, 2023

Ron Ormond, Estus Pirkle and those hellfire and damnation films

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  -- I like the Mormon definition of hell. It’s called Sons of Perdition, which to me has always sounded like a sequel to the Laurel & H...
Monday, May 29, 2023

Review: Convicting the Mormons: The Mountain Meadows Massacre in American Culture

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  Review by Doug Gibson The Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857 was a horrific atrocity. It was unfortunately not an uncommon occurrence in t...
Monday, May 15, 2023

John Corrill was an older Christian convert to the early Mormon church

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 --- The early years of the Mormon Church are distinct for its young converts, with 20-something apostles embracing the progressive, radical...