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Peterson Kristine Haglund Dialogue, Fall 2019 CONTENTS iii ARTICLES AND ROUNDTABLES Article Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon: Co-Founders Steven L. Shields 1 of a Movement Roundtable Responses The Mormon Church and the Language of Michael Austin 19 My Faith Why I’m So Bad at Not Using “Mormon” Rebbie Brassfield 25 On “Mormon” in Mormon Studies Publishing Loyd Isao Ericson 29 “Mormon”: A Journalist’s Dilemma Peggy Fletcher Stack 35 What’s a Mormon Expert to Do? Mette Ivie Harrison 39 I’m Not a Mormon, and Neither Are You Clifton H. Jolley 45 Still You Kalani Tonga 51 Post Mormon Past Ronald Wilcox 55 Article “There Is No Equality”: William E. Berrett, Rebecca de Schweinitz 59 BYU, and Healing the Wounds of Racism in the Latter-day Saint Past and Present Roundtable Responses Listening for a Change Déborah Aléxis 85 Imagery and Identity Daylin Amesimeku 91 Room for Me A. J. Boully 95 True Joy Cannot Be Found in the Garden Jenna Rakuita 101 Pioneer Day Tinesha Capri Zandamela 105 POETRY Jesus Christ Tyler Clark 109 Bridegroom Dennis Clark 110 Creek Skating Anita Tanner 111 Advent: Moose in Moonlight Anita Tanner 112 The Four Stanzas of the Apocalypse Michael Hicks 113 iv Dialogue, Fall 2019 The Agreement Michael Hicks 114 True Religion, by James Michael Hicks 115 FICTION The Sacrifice Steven L. Peck 117 PERSONAL VOICES A Mormon Boy Meets a King Henry Landon Miles 161 To the Bishop Who Conducted My Kif Augustine 175 Father’s Funeral Service Yesterday ART ESSAY The Absurd in Art and Mormonism Kent Christensen, 181 Andi Pitcher Davis, Kristine Haglund, and Rita Wright REVIEWS On Truth Madison Bowman 189 George B. Handley. If Truth Were a Child: Essays. Crossings Allison Hong Merrill 191 Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye. Crossings: A Bald Asian American Latter-day Saint Woman Scholar’s Ventures through Life, Death, Cancer & Motherhood (Not Necessarily in that Order). “Is this the Promised End?” Kylie Nielson Turley 194 Steven L. Peck. The Tragedy of King Leere, Goatherd of the La Sals. Embraced in Love Jenny Webb 199 Eric D. Huntsman. Becoming the Beloved Disciple: Coming unto Christ through the Gospel of John. FROM THE PULPIT Racism James C. Jones 203 Wrestling with the Racism Margaret Olsen Hemming and 209 of the Book of Mormon Fatimah S. Salleh CONTRIBUTORS 219 ARTICLE JOSEPH SMITH AND SIDNEY RIGDON: CO-FOUNDERS OF A MOVEMENT Steven L. Shields With the recent push by President Russell M. Nelson to refer to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by its proper name and stop using the term “Mormon,” perhaps the time has come to advocate for a more objective term for the academic study of the larger movement than “Mormon Studies,” which has tended to focus solely on the Utah-based branch. Students and scholars need a more objective name for the move- ment, one that is based in the history of its foundations. The studies they do must be done with a broader rubric of interpretation—not one that is focused on telling one side of the story.1 For historical and theological purposes, then, I argue that the academic community should adopt the term “Smith-Rigdon Movement” in their studies and publications. To call the movement “Mormonism” is confusing, even though “Mormon” and “Mormonite” are among the earliest nicknames to appear in history. A French scholar proposed referring to the movement as “Mor- monisms.” His argument is that because Mormonism is widely understood, The author presented on this topic at the thirty-ninth annual meeting of the John Whitmer Historical Association in Nauvoo, Illinois, Sept. 23, 2011. This is an updated and expanded version. 1. For a catalog of almost five hundred expressions of the movement, see the author’s Divergent Paths of the Restoration, 5th edition, Greg Kofford Books, forthcoming. 1 2 Dialogue, Fall 2019 making the word plural signals there is more than one brand.2 However, many denominations within the movement do not identify with the term.3 Furthermore, the term “Latter Day Saint movement” is anachronistic, regardless of whether the beginning of the movement is counted from 1820, 1829, or 1830.4 The phrase was not introduced to the movement until 1833.5 The name was formalized in 1834.6 But, as with “Mormon- ism,” many of the denominations in the movement do not identify with the phrase.7 2. Chrystal Vanel, interview with author, May 9, 2011. 3. Eber D. Howe, in early 1831, popularized the terms.