Society for the Sociological Study of Mormon Life

SOCIETY FOR THE SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY OF MORMON LIFE

NEWSLETTER

Vol. 15, No. 1 Spring 1994 Michael E. Nielsen, Editor

In This Issue Internationalization of Mormonism SSSML in Raleigh 1 (presentations by Cardell Jacobson, Tim Heaton, Business Meeting Minutes 1 Dale Lebaron & Trina Hope; John Jarvis; Lynn Election of Officers 2 Payne, Rene Doris & Kris Goodman; Rex Cooper Name Change of SSSML 2 & Jim Smithson). Editor's Comment 2 Announcements & Conferences 3 The Glenn M. Vernon Memorial Lecture Recent Publications 3 was prepared by David Knowlton. "Debating Reference Letters 8 Religion: Postmodernism and the Study of Mormonism" Due to a family emergency, David SSSML In Raleigh was unable to deliver the address. Bonnie Mitchell Our annual meeting was held October 28- pinch-hitted admirably. David's presence was 31, 1993, in Raleigh, NC. This year, SSSML co- missed. sponsored with SSSR three paper sessions, the business meeting, and at least 14 additional The SSSML Business Session (Minutes in papers concerned Mormon studies or were this issue of the newsletter). delivered by members of SSSML. To help place these numbers in perspective, consider the fact In addition to SSSML co-sponsored that the Association for the Social Scientific sessions, many papers other dealt with Mormon Study of Jewry sponsored one session, and RRA topics or were delivered by members of SSSML. itself sponsored 12 sessions. Clearly, Mormon Topics ranged from feminism to church growth, studies made their presence known in Raleigh! and attribution to regional studies. Presenters Despite the difficulties encountered with the included Rob Lively; Marie Cornwall; Debra hotel over accommodations, the meetings were a Kaufman; Martha Beck; Larry Iannaccone, Daniel success. The sessions co-sponsored by SSSML Olson & Rodney Stark; Kay Smith; Perry and the names of presenters follow. (Space does Cunningham; Lawrence Young; Cardell Jacobson not allow inclusion of titles, but they are & Jeffrey Chin; Larry Jensen, Margean Cary & available in the SSSR/RRA program.) Janet Jensen; Laga Van Beek & Marie Cornwall; Daniel Stout; Larry Jensen & Janet Jensen; Kendall Reflections on Mormon Studies White Jr. & Daryl White. (presentations by Armand Mauss; Lawrence Young; Rex Cooper; and Steve Epperson). Business Meeting Minutes

1 Officers of SSSML were nominated. Dues for the 1993 year would be waived. Perry Cunningham was nominated for President We need to increase dues payments, possibly by at last year's meeting, but was not voted in during encouraging the payment of more than one year at the year because no mailings went out from the a time. organization. Larry Young was nominated President-Elect; Lynn Payne was nominated Election of Officers Secretary/Treasurer. The Board of Directors President-Elect Perry Cunningham began includes Merlin Brinkerhoff, Marie Cornwall, his two year term of office as President. and Kendall White. It was moved and seconded Nominations for other officers and Council that, if elected, these officers serve terms until members included: Larry Young as President-Elect, November 1995. Lynn Payne as Secretary-Treasurer, and Merlin Discussion regarding changing the name Brinkerhoff, Marie Cornwall, and Kendall White as of SSSML centered on the diversity of our Council members. An election ballot (Ballot A) is membership, and the desire that our name reflect enclosed with this newsletter. Please vote for your that diversity. After considering a number of favorite candidate by either checking the box next alternatives, Mormon Studies Association and to the person's name, or by writing in another name Association for the Study of Mormon Life were in the space provided. The new officers and council selected for a vote of the membership. members will serve a two year term of office Larry Young was thanked for his years of ending in November 1995. service as newsletter editor. Michael Nielsen was appointed to succeed Larry in a three year term. Change Name of SSSML The newsletter will be published twice yearly Because many of our members are affiliated (spring and autumn). with disciplines other than sociology, a motion was The Society's relationship with Sunstone made and seconded at the business meeting to was discussed. Because Sunstone poses change the name of our organization. Among our scheduling conflicts with other meetings, and membership are scholars in sociology, because it currently is not feasible for some of anthropology, criminal justice, family studies, our officers to be involved with Sunstone, the history, psychology, religion, social work, women's Society would focus its efforts on meeting jointly studies, and others. Therefore, it was proposed at with SSSML. the Business Meeting that the name of our SSSML was listed accidentally on the organization be changed to either the Mormon SSSR-RRA program cover, which caused some Studies Association (MSA) or the Association for unwarranted concern by one SSSR member. It the Study of Mormon Life (ASML). Please use the was noted that two people attended the Raleigh enclosed Ballot B to mark your preference meetings because of this error, and that SSSR regarding this proposed name change. Results will leaders wish to continue the relationship with be announced in the next issue of the newsletter. SSSML. The frequency of the Vernon lecture was discussed. By holding the lecture every other Editor's Comment year, rather than yearly, it was thought that the As a relatively young investigator of lecture would be seen as more important. Other religious behavior, I have benefitted from past reasons for less frequency included an improved editions of the SSSML newsletter. In particular, I ability to provide financial support for the have enjoyed reading the contributions that many speaker, and that the speaker pool may be of you have made to the newsletter. Past editions limited. SSSML members are encouraged to always have included something--from summaries nominate a presenter, who could be announced at of data, to commentaries, to the bibliography--that the next meeting (Use Ballot C). has been useful and informative to me. The

2 newsletter serves a vital link in keeping our theme, "Religion Approaching the members aware of developments in the field, and Millenium: What Organizational Forms I am committed to making it valuable and Will It Take?" suggest many possibilities interesting to you. My primary goals for the for SSSML members. And, as always, newsletter are that it be an effective presentations that diverge from these clearinghouse of information, and that it themese are welcome. To participate on the strengthens the sense of community among our SSSML program, contact Perry membership. Cunningham, Research Information In order to achieve these goals, however, Division, 18th Floor, 50 E. South Temple, your contributions are needed! If you have Salt Lake City, UT 84150. published or read something that might be of interest to your colleagues, please send the Dialogue Special Issue citation to me. Research notes, comments on "The Mormon Church in the 21st Century" Mormon studies or scientific studies of religion will be the subject of a special issue of (general or specific), book reviews, and graphic Dialogue to be edited by Armand Mauss. or tabular summaries of data are especially The issue promises to be a lively discussion welcome. Send notices of upcoming conferences of directions that the church may take as it or meetings that other members might be begins the next millennia. What do you interested in. The newsletter also may be a useful believe Mormonism will be like in the next tool for requesting information from your century? Contact Armand if you are colleagues or for arranging for collaboration interested in submitting work for this among our members. (In my opinion, there is a exciting issue: great, but untapped, potential for Armand Mauss interdisciplinary work in our organization.) Department of Sociology Do you have other ideas for the P.O. Box 2061 C.S. newsletter? Tell me! We will publish two issues Washington State Univ. (Spring and Autumn) yearly, but (need I state the Pullman, WA 99165-2061 obvious?) your input will be accepted anytime. Please send your information, ideas, suggestions, Science and Religion in Modern Western comments, and errata to : Thought Michael Nielsen York University will host this Department of Psychology interdisciplinary conference emphasizing Landrum Box 8041 the relationship between the philosophy of Georgia Southern University science and religion, May 18-19. Contact: Statesboro GA 30460-8041 Bernard Lightman (912) 681-5344 S932 Ross e-mail: [email protected] Office of the Dean of Arts 4700 Keele Street North York, Ontario Announcements M3J 1P3 SSSML to Meet in Albuquerque e-mail: [email protected] The 1994 meeting of SSSML, SSSR, and RRA will be November 4-6 in beautiful Albuquerque, New Mexico. We plan to Religion in Context hold three to four sessions. The SSSR The University of Haifa will hold a theme for the conference, "Religion and conference devoted to the study of religion Social Justice," and the RRA conference in all disciplines. A preliminary outline of

3 topics includes presentations representing Smith, Jr. Independence, MO: Herald history, philosophy, sociology, Publishing House, 1991. archeology, Judaic studies, anthropology, Epperson, Steven, Mormons and Jews: Early psychology, and political science. To be Mormon Theologies of Israel. Salt Lake held June 27-30, 1994. Contact: City: Signature Books, 1992. Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi Foster, Lawrence, Women, Family, and Utopia: Psychology, University of Haifa Communal Experiments of the Shakers, the fax 972-4-240966 Oneida Community, and the Mormons. e-mail: Syracuse, NY: Syracuse Univ. Press, 1991. [email protected] Gillespie, L. Kay, The Unforgiven: Utah's Executed Men. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1991. Recent Publications Hanks, Maxine, ed., Women and Authority: Re- Because the newsletter did not appear for emerging Mormon Feminism. Salt Lake some time, we have a backlog of publications to City: Signature Books, 1992. report. Our thanks to Armand Mauss, who Hardy, B. Cannon, Solemn Covenant: The Mormon provided the following bibliography. Polygamous Passage. Champaign-Urbana: Univ. of Illinois Press, 1992. A. Books Published in 1991 and 1992 Louder, Dean (ed.), The Heart of French Canada: Alexander, Thomas G., Things in Heaven and Ottawa to Quebec City. Rutgers U. Press, Earth: The Life and Times of Wilford (1992). Woodruff, a Mormon Prophet. Salt Lake Louder, Dean, & E. Waddell (eds.), French City: Signature Books, 1991. America: Mobility, Identity and Minority Alexander, Thomas G., ed., Great Basin Experience Across the Continent. LSU Kingdom Revisited: Contemporary Press, 1992. Perspectives. Logan: Utah State Univ. McPherson, Robert S., Sacred Land, Sacred View: Press, 1991. Navajo Perceptions of the Four Corners Anderson, Dawn Hall, and Marie Cornwall, eds., Region. Salt Lake City, Signature Books, Women and the Power Within: To See 1992. Life Steadily and See It Whole. Salt Lake Moorman, Donald R. and Gene A. Sessions, Camp City: Deseret Book, 1991. Floyd and the Mormons: The Utah War. Beecher, Maureen U., ed., Sisters in Spirit: Salt Lake City: Univ. of Utah Press, 1992. Mormon Women in Historical and Newton, Marjorie, Southern Cross Saints: The Cultural Perspective. Champaign-Urbana: Mormons in Australia. Laie, III: Institute Univ. of Illinois Press, 1992. for Polynesian Studies, 1991. Colson, Dennis C., Idaho's Constitution: The Tie Paul, Erich R. Science, Religion, and Mormon that Binds. Moscow, ID: Univ. of Idaho Cosmology. Champaign-Urbana: Univ. of Press, 1991 (has a lot on Mormons and Illinois Press, 1992. anti-Mormonism in the constitutional Quinn, D. Michael, ed., The New Mormon History: process. Revisionist Essays on the Past. Salt Lake Cresswell, Stephen, Mormons and Cowboys, City: Signature Books, 1992. Moonshiners and Klansmen: Federal Law Riley, Glenda. Divorce: An American Tradition. Enforcement in the South and West, New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1991. 1870-1893. Tuscaloosa: University of (Includes Utah and Mormon divorces.) Alabama Press, 1991. Schoenherr, Richard A., & Lawrence A. Young, Draper, Maurice L., The Founding Prophet: An Full Pews & Empty Altars: Demographics Administrative Biography of Joseph of the Priest Shortage in United States

4 Catholic Dioceses. Madison, WI: Univ. Brinkerhoff, M.B., and Elaine Grandin, of Wisconsin Press, 1993. "Contemporary Reactions to Mormonism: Schow, Wayne, Ron Schow, and Marybeth A Case Study from Rural Alberta." Raynes, eds., Peculiar People: Mormons Canadian Journal of Sociology 16:165-85 and Same-Sex Orientation. Salt Lake (Spring, 1991). City: Signature Books, 1991. Bromley, David G., "The Satanic Cult Scare." Smith, George D., ed., Faithful History: Essays Society 28:55-56 (Feb./March, 1991). on Writing Mormon History. Salt Lake Firmage, Edwin B., "Religion and the Law: The City: Signature Books, 1992. Mormon Experience in the Nineteenth Smith, George D., ed., An Intimate Chronicle: Century." Cardozo Law Review 12:765-803 The Journals of William Clayton. Salt (Feb/March, 1991). Lake City: Signature Books, 1991. Loy, R. Philip, "Saints or Scoundrels: Images of Swetnam, Susan H., Lives of the Saints in Mormons in Literature and Film about the Southeast Idaho: An Introduction to American West." Journal for the American Mormon Pioneer Life Story Writing. Studies Association of Texas 21:57-74 Moscow, ID: Univ. of Idaho Press, 1991. (Oct., 1990). Turley, Richard E., Jr., Victims: The LDS Markstrom-Adams, Carol, "Attitudes of Dating, Church and the Mark Hoffman Case. Courtship, and Marriage: Perspectives on Champaign-Urbana: Univ. of Illinois In-Group vs. Out-Group Relationships by Press, 1992. Religious Minority and Majority Adolescents." Family Relations 40:91-96. Forthcoming in 1994 from the University of (Jan. 1991). Illinois Press Masters, K.S. et al., "Religious Life-Styles and Cornwall, Marie, Tim Heaton, and Lawrence Mental Health: A Follow-up Study." Young, eds., Contemporary Mormonism: Counseling and Values 35:211-24 (April, Social Science Perspectives 1991). Mauss, Armand L., The Angel and the Beehive: Otterstrom, S.M., "Implications of Church The Mormon Struggle with Assimilation Membership Growth in Third World Nations." Insight 6:13-16 (Winter, 1991). B. General Sociology, Social Science, and Ryan, Russell K., "And Then There Was One: An Other Scholarly Journals Analysis and Comparison of Polygamy Allgood, S.M., and D.R. Crane, "Predicting among Jews and Mormons." The Jewish Marital Therapy Dropouts." Journal of Law Journal 9:205-31 (1991). Marital and Family Therapy 17:73-79 Schoemaker, George H., "Acculturation and (January, 1991). Transformation of Salt Lake Temple Arcenaux, Cathann, "Religious Life-Styles and Symbols in Mormon Tombstone Art." Mental Health: A Follow-up Study - A Markers IX: Journal of the Association for Comment." Counseling and Values Gravestone Studies 1992:196-215. 35:225-27 (April 1991). Bloom, Harold, "The Religion-making C. Journals in Religious Studies Imagination of Joseph Smith." Yale Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Review 80(1-2):26-43 (April, 1992). Baer, Hans A., review of Anson Shupe, The Darker Boyle, T.D., "Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons, Side of Virtue: Corruption, Scandal, and the and Moonies: A Critical Look at Mormon Empire. 31(2):242-243 (June, Christian Heterodoxy in Japan." Japan 1992). Christian Quarterly 57:29-35 (Winter, Duke, J.T., and B.L. Johnson, "Religious 1991). Affiliation and Congressional

5 Representation." 31(3):324-329 Lundgren murders in Kirtland Ohio). (September, 1992). (Includes Mormons.) Alexander, Thomas G., "Wilford Woodruff and the Richards, P. Scott and Mark L. Davison, Mormon Reformation of 1855-57." "Religious Bias in Moral Development Knowlton, David, "Thoughts on Mormonism in Research: A Psychometric Investigation." Latin America." 31(4):467-485 (December, 1992). (Biases Lindquist, Kathryn, "Sexual Hegemony and in Kohlberg's moral development scheme Mormon Women: Seeing Ourselves in the as applied to Mormons and other Bambara Mirror." conservative religions). Topping, Gary, "Reappraisal of a Classic" (review White, O.K., review of P.L. Barlow, Mormons of Thomas G. Alexander, ed., Great Basin and the Bible: The Place of the Latter-day Kingdom Revisited). Saints in American Religion. 31(3):378- Homer, Michael W., "The Survival of New 80 (September, 1992) . Religious Movements" (review of Timothy Miller, ed., When Prophets Die: The Post Review of Religious Research Charismatic Fate of New Religious Johnson, Martin, and Phil Mullins, "Mormonism: Movements). Catholic, Protestant, Different?" 34(1):51-62 (September, 1992). Fall, 1992 (25:3) Peterson, Daniel C., review of Philip L. Barlow, Heaton, Tim B., "Demographics of the Mormons and the Bible: The Place of the Contemporary Mormon Family." Latter-day Saints in American Religion. Tarjan, John, "Heavenly Father or Chairman of the 34(1):78-79 (September, 1992). Board?: How Organizational Metaphors Can Define and Confine Religious Midstream: A Monthly Jewish Review Experience." Cain, Seymour, "The Mormon Quest for the Cain, Seymour, "Judaism and Mormonism: Kingdom of God." 37:24-27 (November, Paradigm and Supersession." 1991). Sainsbury, Steven J., "Aids: The Twentieth- Century Leprosy." D. Journals from the Mormon Community Willes, Fayone B., "A Closer Focus: Challenges in Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought Doing Local History." Spring, 1992 (25:1) Taber, Susan B., "Being Mormon: The Elkton Allen, James B., "On Becoming a Universal Branch, 1976-81." Church: Some Historical Perspectives." Jorgenson, Danny, "Assessing Conflict" (review of Mackelprang, Romel W., "'And They shall be Roger D. Launius and W.B. Spillman, eds., One Flesh': Sexuality and Contemporary Let Contention Cease: The Dynamics of Mormonism." Dissent in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Silva, Erin R., "Ecclesiastical Implications of Christ of Latter Day Saints). Grace." Shaffer, Donald R., "Mormon-Gentile Conflicts in Homer, Michael W., "The Budding of Mormon Illinois Reconsidered" (review of Annette History in Italy" (review in English of P. Hampshire, Mormonism in Conflict: The two books in Italian, one on the Mormons Nauvoo Years, a 1985 book). and the Moonies, by Massimo Introvigne, Bringhurst, Newell G., "A Modern Prophet and His and one on the Mormons by Michele Times" (review of Thomas G. Alexander, Straniero). Summer, 1992 (25:2): Things in Heaven and Earth: The Life and Chandler, Rebecca Worthen, "The Wake of a Times of Wilford Woodruff, a Mormon Media Crisis: Guilt by Association or Prophet). Innocence by Proclamation?" (on the Jeff Romig, Ronald E., "The Administrative Role of the

6 Presidency" (review of Maurice L. or Fool's Errand" (review of George D. Draper, The Founding Prophet: An Smith, ed., Faithful History: Essays on Administrative Biography of Joseph Writing Mormon History). Smith, Jr.). Lindsey, Donald B., "Utah's Darkest Side" Sunstone (review of L. Kay Gillespie, The October, 1991 (15:4), Issue #84 Unforgiven: Utah's Executed Men). Knowlton, David, "Of Things in the Heavens, on the Earth, and in the Church." Winter, 1992 (25:4) Voros, Fred, "Freedom of Speech in the Household Tobler, Douglas F., "Before the Wall Fell: of Faith." Mormons in the German Democratic Depillis, Mario S., "The Persistence of Mormon Republic, 1945-89." Community into the 1990s." Koltko, Mark E., "Latter-day Myths about Counseling and Psychotherapy." November, 1991 (15:5), Issue #85 Thatcher, Linda, "Women Alone: The Economic Ulrich, Wendy L., "Not for Adam's Transgression: and Emotional Plight of Early LDS Paths to Intergenerational Peace." Women." Thorp, Malcolm R., "Some Reflections on the New Embry, Jessie L., (two successive articles): Mormon History and the Possibilities of a "Ethnic Groups and the LDS Church" and 'New' Traditional History." "Speaking for Themselves: LDS Ethnic Mackelprang, Romel W., "Neither Hero nor Groups Oral History Project." Service Project: Developing Healthy Hawkins, Chester Lee, "Selective Bibliography Attitudes toward People with Disabilities." on African-Americans and Mormons, Firmage, Edwin, Jr., "Jewish Perspectives on 1830-1990." Abortion." Riley, Glenda, "Mormon Women and Families" Mauss, Armand, "The Darker Side of Scholarship" (review of Lawrence Foster's Women, (review of Anson D. Shupe, The Darker Family and Utopia: Communal Side of Virtue: Corruption, Scandal, and the Experiments of the Shakers, the Oneida Mormon Empire, with subsequent exchange Community, and the Mormons). between author and reviewer in issue #87 Launius, Roger D., "Is There a Nw Mormon [February, 1992]:5-7). History?" (review of D. Michael Quinn, Young, Stephen, "Canadian Saints" (review of B.Y. ed., The New Mormon History: Card, et al., The Mormon Presence in Revisionist Essays on the Past). Canada). Western, Carla S., "Finding our Voices" (review of April Daniels and Carol Scott, December, 1991 (15:6), Issue #86 Paperdolls: Healing from Sexual Abuse Elliott, Dorice Williams, "Women, the Mormon in Mormon Neighborhoods). Family, and Class Mobility: Nineteenth- Lewis, David R., "Place and Identity in the Century Victorian ideology in a Twentieth- Southwest" (review of Robert S. Century Church." McPherson, Sacred Land, Sacred View: Bergera, Gary James, "Toward 'Psychologically Navajo Perceptions of the Four Corners Informed' Mormon History and Biography." Region). Smith, George D., "William Clayton: Joseph Gutjahr, Paul, "Measuring the Measuring Stick" Smith's 'Private Clerk' and Eyewitness to (review of Philip L. Barlow, Mormons Mormon Polygamy in Nauvoo." and the Bible: The Place of the Latter-day Saints in American Religion). February, 1992 (16:1), Issue #87 Poll, Richard D., "Seeking the Past: Noble Quest Marquardt, H. Michael, "An Appraisal of

7 Manchester as Location for the Organization of the Church." The Journal of Mormon History Quinn, D. Michael, "150 Years of Truth and Spring, 1992 (18:1) Consequences about Mormon History." Howard, Richard P., "The Mormon-RLDS Boundary, 1852-1991: Walls to Windows." August, 1992 (16:2), Issue #88 Bergera, Gary James, "Seniority in the Twelve: The Knowlton, David, "On Mormon Masculinity." 1875 Realignment of Orson Pratt." Ritchie, J. Bonner, "Let Contention Cease: The Tobler, Douglas F., "The Jews, the Mormons, and Limits of Dissent in the Church." the Holocaust." Capener, Cole R., "Justice." Embry, Jessie L., "Ultimate Taboos: Incest and Lambert, Glen, review of Paperdolls: Healing Mormon Polygamy." from Sexual Abuse in Mormon Leonard, Glen M., "The Mormon Boundary Neighborhoods, by April Daniels and Question in the 1849-50 Statehood Carol Scott. Debates." Clark, Stephen C., And They All Prayed On" Ridge, Martin, "Mormon 'Deliverance' and the (review of J. Gordon Melton, The Closing of the Frontier." Churches Speak on AIDS). Scott, Patricia L., James E. Crooks, and Sharon G. Pugsley, "'A Kinship of Interest': The Brigham Young University Studies Mormon History Association's Fall, 1991 (31:4) Membership." Contains a review of the new Encyclopedia of Mormonism by Davis Bitton, and a complete Fall, 1992 (18:2) Index for BYU Studies from the beginning Arrington, Leonard J., "The Founding of the LDS through 1991 (Volumes 1 through 31). It is an Church Historical Department, 1972." unusually useful index. since it is arranged not Homer, Michael W., "Masonry and Mormonism in only by author and title, but also by topical Utah, 1847-1984." category. Mehr, Kahlile, "Enduring Believers: Czechoslovakia and the LDS Church, 1884- Winter and Spring, 1992 (32:1 and 2) 1990." Double issue containing a large and varied Holzapfel, Richard N., "Stereographs and collection of historical essays on the Nauvoo Stereotypes: A 1904 View of Mormonism." period. They are not social science pieces, except Underwood, Grant, review of Thomas G. in the most marginal sense, although one of Alexander, Things in Heaven and Earth: them, by Kenneth Godfrey, covers "Crime and The Life and Times of Wilford Woodruff, a Punishment in Mormon Nauvoo, 1839-1846." Mormon Prophet. All are very interesting as history, however. Allen, James B., review of Paul M. Edwards, Our Among the book reviews is Thomas Alexander's Legacy of Faith: A Brief History of the review of Richard S. Van Wagoner's Mormon Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Polygamy: A History (second edition, 1989, Latter Day Saints. paperback). Poll, Richard D., review of the Encyclopedia of Mormonism: The History, Scripture, Summer, 1992 (32:3) Doctrine, and Procedure of the Church of Contains a series of articles on library collections Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. of Mormon Americana at Yale University, Bishop, M. Guy, review of Thomas G. Alexander, Huntington Library (and elsewhere), plus the ed., Great Basin Kingdom Revisited. very valuable annual "Mormon Bibliography" Godfrey, Kenneth W., review of George D. Smith, (for 1991). ed., The Journals of William Clayton.

8 Ritchie, J. Bonner, review of Roger D. Launius Hardy, B. Cannon, review of Thomas G. and W.B. Spillman, eds., Let Contention Alexander, Things in Heaven and Earth: Cease: The Dynamics of Dissent in the The Life and Times of Wilford Woodruff a Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Mormon Prophet. Latter Day Saints. LeSueur, Stephen C., review of Thomas G. Shirts, Kathryn H., review of Philip L. Barlow, Alexander, ed., Great Basin Kingdom Mormons and the Bible: The Place of the Revisited: Contemporary Perspectives. Latter-day Saints in American Religion. Conrad, Larry W., review of Philip L. Barlow, Mormons and the Bible: The Place of the The John Whitmer Historical Association Latter-day Saints in American Religion. Journal Volume 12 (1992) In addition to the above bibliography are a few Bringhurst, Newell G., "The 'Renegade' and the publications that either were written by members of 'Reorganites': Fawn M. Brodie and her SSSML, or included Mormons as subjects (with Varied Encounters with the Reorganized apologies from the editor if any have appeared in Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day previous editions of the newsletter): Saints." Madison, Robert B., "'Heirs According to the Belks, R.W. (1992). Moving possessions: An Promise' : Observations on Ethnicity, analysis based on personal documents from Race, and Identity in the Two Factions of the 1847-1869 Mormon migration. Journal Nineteenth-Century Mormonism." of Consumer Research, 19, 338-361. Embry, Jessie L., "'Separate but Equal?': Canfield, K.R., et al., (1990). Factorial validity of American Ethnic Groups in the RLDS brief satisfaction scales in surveys of and LDS Churches - A Comparison." Mormon, Roman Catholic, and Protestant Book Reviews in this issue: fathers. Psychological Reports, 67(3, pt. 2), Leonard, Glen M., review of Richard P. Howard, 1319-1322. The Church through the Years: Volume 1 Fultz, J., & M.E. Nielsen, (1993). Anticipated - RLDS Beginnings to 1860. vicarious affect and willingness to be Szilagyi, Flora, review of Roger D. Launius and exposed to another's suffering. Basic and W.B. Spillman, eds., Let Contention Applied Social Psychology, 14, 273-283. Cease: The Dynamics of Dissent in the Hawks, R.D., & S.H. Bahr, (1992). Religion and Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of drug use. Journal of Drug Education, 22(1), Latter Day Saints. 1-8. Lancaster, Richard B., review of Maurice L. Mickel, H.A. (1991). A critique of Kellehear's Draper, The Founding Prophet: An transcendent society. Journal of Near Death Administrative Biography of Joseph Studies, 10(2), 123-130. Smith, Jr. Ozanne, J.L. (1992). Material concerns while Muir, Harold T., review of George D. Smith, coming of age in the Mormon faith: eds., An Intimate Chronicle: The Journals Spiritual work in a secular world. In J. of William Clayton. Sherry & B. Sternthal (Eds.) Advances in Elkins, Gina A., review of Cynthia S. Sasse and consumer research (pp. 397-399). Provo Peggy M. Widder, The Kirtland UT: Association for Consumer Studies. Massacre. Wright, N.D., & V. Larsen, (1992). Material values Hansen, Eric, review of Pete Earley, Prophet of in the Book of Mormon. In F. Rudmin & M. Death: The Mormon Blood-Atonement Richins (Eds.) Meaning, measure and Killings (the Lundgren murders in morality of materialism (pp. 51-57). Provo, Kirtland). UT: Association for Consumer Studies.

9 have had in the 30 years that I have been teaching (his volleyball skills have never been rivalled). A User's Guide to Reference Letters John is even better than the student I described last year as the best student I had ever had (who we [Editor's note: Members of SSSML frequently hope will be "released" next year and back on the are called upon to write letters of reference for job market) and he is clearly superior to the three their students. The following letter is included other students that I am writing letters for this year. here with the hope that SSSML members may By the way, an unfortunate computer glitch has find some help, solace, or at least a smile, as they caused this same sentence to appear in all three contemplate their next letter of reference. It letters. (If you believe this I have some nice coastal appeared in the Spring 1991 issue of Dialogue, property in Iraq for sale....) the newsletter of the Society for Personality and I have also known John in his capacity as Social Psychology, and is reprinted with my teaching assistant in Introductory Psychology permission of the author, Todd Heatherton, and and although there are 30 other teaching assistants Dialogue (SPSP).] in the course, he has stood out among them (mainly because he is so tall--see the earlier comments by Todd Heatherton regarding volleyball abilities). John is highly creative (I've never seen such Dear Committee Members (Suckers): an ability to create data) and also very productive (see earlier comment). He works hard at polishing It is my pleasure (I haven't had so much written material (or, there is so much liquid paper fun since I did my taxes) to write this letter for that his written material looks polished) and, as you John Deaux, and I can honestly say (just like I can plainly see, he has a very impressive CV was on my taxes) that he is a superb candidate (counting citations for unpublished poetry and for the social psychology position in your "Life's Like That" stories from Reader's Digest). illustrious department (is there really a psych Finally, it is a genuine pleasure to have dept in Armpit, Arizona?). I have known John John in our department (it does our other students well (for nine painful years) as a member of his good to compare themselves with him). He is dissertation committee (I have checked with outgoing (as soon as we can arrange it), cheerful lawyers and I can't be held liable, in any way, for (irritatingly so), and happy-go-lucky (one might the results of that thesis). John's progress is so say John is an idiot). exceptional that we joke we should have given If I can be of further assistance, please do him tenure rather than a Ph.D.! (Of course, this not hesitate to call (I'll say anything to get this guy says more about my institute than about John... out of here). we've been known to tenure sheep.) I have also had the privilege of observing Sincerely, John as a student in research seminars (sort of like observing fish at an aquarium). I can say [Insert Alias Here] without a doubt that he is the best student we