DOCSLIB.ORG

Dialogue V51N04.Pdf

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Dialogue V51N04.Pdf DIALOGUE PO Box 1094 Farmington, UT 84025 electronic service requested DIALOGUE 51.4 winter 2018 51.4 DIALOGUE a journal of mormon thought EDITORS EDITOR Boyd Jay Petersen, Provo, UT DIALOGUE ASSOCIATE EDITOR David W. Scott, Lehi, UT a journal of mormon thought WEB EDITOR Emily W. Jensen, Farmington, UT FICTION Julie Nichols, Orem, UT POETRY Darlene Young, South Jordan, UT REVIEWS (non-fiction) John Hatch, Salt Lake City, UT REVIEWS (literature) Andrew Hall, Fukuoka, Japan INTERNATIONAL Gina Colvin, Christchurch, New Zealand POLITICAL Russell Arben Fox, Wichita, KS IN THE NEXT ISSUE HISTORY Sheree Maxwell Bench, Pleasant Grove, UT SCIENCE Steven Peck, Provo, UT FILM & THEATRE Eric Samuelson, Provo, UT Women and the Temple: Contemporary Voices PHILOSOPHY/THEOLOGY Brian Birch, Draper, UT ART Andi Pitcher Davis, Orem, UT Brad Kramer, Provo, UT BUSINESS & PRODUCTION STAFF BUSINESS MANAGER Emily W. Jensen, Farmington, UT Join our DIALOGUE! PRODUCTION MANAGER Jenny Webb, Woodinville, WA COPY EDITOR Richelle Wilson, Madison, WI Find us on Facebook at Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought Follow us on Twitter @DialogueJournal INTERNS Nathan Tucker, Orem, UT PRINT SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS EDITORIAL BOARD ONE-TIME DONATION: 1 year (4 issues) $60 | 3 years (12 issues) $180 Lavina Fielding Anderson, Salt Lake City, UT Becky Reid Linford, Leesburg, VA Mary L. Bradford, Landsdowne, VA William Morris, Minneapolis, MN Claudia Bushman, New York, NY Michael Nielsen, Statesboro, GA RECURRING DONATION: Verlyne Christensen, Calgary, AB Nathan B. Oman, Williamsburg, VA $10/month Subscriber: Receive four print issues annually and our Daniel Dwyer, Albany, NY Taylor Petrey, Kalamazoo, MI Subscriber-only digital newsletter Ignacio M. Garcia, Provo, UT Thomas Rogers, Bountiful, UT Brian M. Hauglid, Spanish Fork, UT Mathew Schmalz, Worcester, MA $25/month Sustainer: Receive Subscriber-level benefits, as well as Gregory Jackson, Lehi, UT John Turner, Fairfax, VA an annual book selection from BCC Press G. Kevin Jones, Salt Lake City, UT Blair Van Dyke, Cedar Hills, UT $50/month Digital Pioneer: Receive Subscriber-level benefits, as well BOARD OF DIRECTORS as two annual book selections from BCC Press, plus named recog- Joanna Brooks, San Diego, CA—chair Benjamin E. Park, Conroe, TX nition on our site and in the journal Michael Austin, Evansville, IN Boyd Jay Petersen, Provo, UT Molly McLellan Bennion, Seattle, WA Brent Rushforth, Washington, DC $100/month Sponsor: Receive Subscriber-level benefits, plus named Aaron Brown, Seattle, WA Karla Stirling, Bountiful, UT recognition on our site and in the journal, four annual book selec- William S. Hickman, Bothell, WA Rebecca de Schweinitz, Provo, UT tions from BCC Press, and invitations to two lunches per year with Kyle Monson, New York, NY Travis Stratford, New York, NY the Foundation Board. Russell Moorehead, New York, NY Morris Thurston, Villa Park, CA On the cover: Rebecca Wagstaff, Inheritance, 2016, 60’’x36’’, oil on muslin on panel On the back cover: Rebecca Wagstaff, Consider the Lilies IV, 2006, 19”x15”, oil on panel www.dialoguejournal.com DIALOGUE a journal of mormon thought is an independent quarterly established to express Mormon culture and to examine the relevance of religion to secular life. It is edited by Latter-day Saints who wish to bring their faith into dialogue with the larger stream of world religious thought and with human experience as a whole and to foster artistic and scholarly achieve- ment based on their cultural heritage. The journal encourages a variety of view- points; although every effort is made to en- sure accurate scholarship and responsible judgment, the views expressed are those of the individual authors and are not neces- sarily those of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or of the editors. ii Dialogue, Winter 2018 Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought is published quarterly by the Dialogue Foundation. Dialogue has no official connection with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Contents copyrighted by the Dialogue Foundation. ISSN 0012-2157. Dialogue is available in full text in electronic form at www.dialoguejournal.com and is archived by the University of Utah Marriott Library Special Collections, available online at www.lib.utah.edu/portal/site/marriottlibrary. Dialogue is also available on microforms through University Microfilms International, www.umi.com. Dialogue welcomes articles, essays, poetry, notes, fiction, letters to the editor, and art. Submissions should follow the current Chicago Manual of Style. All submissions should be in Word and may be submitted electronically at https://dialoguejournal.com/submissions/. For submissions of visual art, please contact [email protected]. Submissions published in the journal, including letters to the editor, are covered by our publications policy, https://dialoguejournal.com/ submissions/publication-policy/, under which the author retains the copyright of the work and grants Dialogue permission to publish. See www.dialoguejournal.com. EDITORS EMERITI Eugene England and G. Wesley Johnson Robert A. Rees Mary Lythgoe Bradford Linda King Newell and L. Jackson Newell F. Ross Peterson and Mary Kay Peterson Martha Sonntag Bradley and Allen D. Roberts Neal Chandler and Rebecca Worthen Chandler Karen Marguerite Moloney Levi S. Peterson Kristine Haglund Dialogue, Winter 2018 CONTENTS iii ARTICLES AND ESSAYS On Solace Fiona Givens 1 Heretics in Truth: Love, Faith, and Hope as Terryl L. Givens 7 the Foundation for Theology, Community, and Destiny What Would Jesus Do in Cyberspace? David W. Scott 25 A Comparison of Online Authority Appeals on Two LDS Websites Targeting Believers and Non-Members British Latter Day Saint Conscientious Andrew Bolton 49 Objectors in World War I The Restoration of Conscientious Objection Ron Madson 77 NEW VOICES Pedagogy of Perfection: Joseph Smith’s Richard Sleegers 105 Perfectionism, How It was Taught in the Early LDS Church, and Its Contemporary Applicability FICTION With Marbles for Eyes Nate Noorlander 145 Resurrection Mette Ivie Harrison 161 POETRY On Cherubim and a Flaming Sword by Tyler Chadwick 165 J. Kirk Richards Talitha koum Tyler Chadwick 166 Walking Back to the ‘70s R. A. Christmas 168 Dream Psalm William DeFord 169 Placenta William DeFord 170 PERSONAL VOICES Heavenly Mother: The Mother of All Women Blaire Ostler 171 Well-Red Tait R. Jensen 183 iv Dialogue, Winter 2018 REVIEWS What is an LDS Artist? Micah Christensen 191 Glen Nelson. Joseph Paul Vorst. Revealing the Holy in Deja Earley’s Terresa Wellborn 208 To the Mormon Newlyweds Who Thought the Bellybutton was Somehow Involved. Can Faith Survive Choice and Circumstance? Heidi Naylor 212 Jack Harrell. Caldera Ridge. Running the (Selected) Gamut of Mike Lemon 215 Missionary Experiences Mike Laughead and Theric Jepsen, eds. Served: A Missionary Comics Anthology. Making the World Light for Others Matthew James Babcock 219 Keira Shae. How the Light Gets In: A Memoir. A Private Revelation Gary James Bergera 224 William Victor Smith. Textual Studies of the Doctrine and Covenants: The Plural Marriage Revelation. ART NOTE Reflections on Life, Art, Loss, and Love Rebecca Wagstaff 229 IN MEMORIAM Wes Johnson: Visionary Historian Robert A. Rees 237 FROM THE PULPIT Ministering Kristine Haglund 241 CONTRIBUTORS 249 Dialogue, Winter 2018 v Letter to the Editor I think Dialogue readers might be interested in a recent change at the Church History Building. I was shepherding a group of Young Men from our ward at a youth conference on Temple Square. Several hundred teenagers were present from many wards to participate in a full-day’s schedule of events, involving many of the different buildings in the area. We got to a lecture area at the Church History Building, where a professional historian with a doctor’s degree discussed with us the story of the translation of the Book of Mormon. On a table was a large white stovepipe hat made out of “bleached beaverskin hair.” He began by showing slides of some of the paintings used in the past to illustrate how the translation occurred. He then asked what was wrong with each painting. The first showed Joseph Smith poring over the gold plates. He explained that the plates were not used in the translation. Next he showed a picture of the breastplate and urim and thummim and another of a seer stone, and asked what was wrong with that. Then he called for two volunteers. One sat by the hat, and slowly read a couple of verses from the Book of Mormon that had been placed at the bottom of the hat. The other sat across the table and carefully wrote down what the first volunteer read. “Oliver” then read back what “Joseph” had slowly dictated. The historian then explained that we needed to update in our minds how the translation really took place. We went from there to the Museum of Church History and Art and saw a film of the First Vision. The narrator explained that there were nine different accounts, by Joseph and others, of what had happened, and stated that the account in the Pearl of Great Price contained ele- ments from several of the different accounts. Large groups of teenagers meet every few days for youth conferences on Temple Square all summer long. I am impressed that the Church is now making an effort to clarify some of the foundational events of Mormonism and present them in a more accurate format. vi Dialogue, Winter 2018 Incidentally, I started subscribing to Dialogue with the very first issue, and devoured it and every single issue that has followed. Thanks for a lifetime of stimulating, informed writing on all things Mormon. I’m very grateful and impressed! —Reed Wahlquist EDITOR’S NOTE NOTE ON IDENTITY AND COMMUNITY Boyd Petersen Editing this issue, I have thought much on both identity and community. I want to assure Dialogue readers that we remain committed to being a place of continued connection, vibrant welcoming, and life-affirming discussion.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • DIALOGUE DIALOGUE PO Box 381209 Cambridge, MA 02238 Electronic Service Requested
    DIALOGUE DIALOGUE PO Box 381209 Cambridge, MA 02238 electronic service requested DIALOGUE a journal of mormon thought 49.4 winter 2016 49.4 EDITORS EDITOR Boyd Jay Petersen, Provo, UT ASSOCIATE EDITOR David W. Scott, Lehi, UT WEB EDITOR Emily W. Jensen, Farmington, UT DIALOGUE FICTION Julie Nichols, Orem, UT POETRY Darlene Young, South Jordan, UT a journal of mormon thought REVIEWS (non-fiction) John Hatch, Salt Lake City, UT REVIEWS (literature) Andrew Hall, Fukuoka, Japan INTERNATIONAL Gina Colvin, Christchurch, New Zealand Carter Charles, Bordeaux, France POLITICAL Russell Arben Fox, Wichita, KS HISTORY Sheree Maxwell Bench, Pleasant Grove, UT SCIENCE Steven Peck, Provo, UT FILM & THEATRE Eric Samuelson, Provo, UT PHILOSOPHY/THEOLOGY Brian Birch, Draper, UT ART Andrea Davis, Orem, UT IN THE NEXT ISSUE Brad Kramer, Murray, UT Brad Cook, “Pre-Mortality in Mystical Islam” BUSINESS & PRODUCTION STAFF BUSINESS MANAGER Mariya Manzhos, Cambridge, MA PRODUCTION MANAGER Jenny Webb, Huntsville, AL Allen Hansen & Walker Wright, “Worship through COPY EDITORS Sarah Moore, Madison, AL Corporeality in Hasidism and Mormonism” Richelle Wilson, Madison, WI INTERNS Stocktcon Carter, Provo, UT Nathan Tucker, Provo, UT Fiction from William Morris Geoff Griffin, Provo, UT Christian D. Van Dyke, Provo, UT Fiction from R. A. Christmas Ellen Draper, Provo, UT EDITORIAL BOARD Lavina Fielding Anderson, Salt Lake City, UT William Morris, Minneapolis, MN Mary L. Bradford, Landsdowne, VA Michael Nielsen, Statesboro, GA Claudia Bushman, New York, NY Nathan B. Oman, Williamsburg, VA Daniel Dwyer, Albany, NY Thomas F. Rogers, Bountiful, UT Ignacio M. Garcia, Provo, UT Mathew Schmalz, Worcester, MA Join our DIALOGUE! Brian M. Hauglid, Spanish Fork, UT David W.
    [Show full text]
  • BYU Studies Quarterly Volume 58 Number 2 (2019)
    Editor in Chief Steven C. Harper Associate Editor Susan Elizabeth Howe Involving Readers Editorial Board in the Latter-day Saint Trevor Alvord media Academic Experience Richard E. Bennett Church history Carter Charles history W. Justin Dyer social science Dirk A. Elzinga linguistics Sherilyn Farnes history James E. Faulconer philosophy/theology Kathleen Flake religious studies Ignacio M. Garcia history Daryl R. Hague translation David F. Holland religious history Kent P. Jackson scripture Megan Sanborn Jones theater and media arts Ann Laemmlen Lewis independent scholar Kerry Muhlestein Egyptology Armand L. Mauss sociology Marjorie Newton history Josh E. Probert material culture Susan Sessions Rugh history Herman du Toit visual arts Lisa Olsen Tait history John G. Turner history Gerrit van Dyk library science John W. Welch law and scripture Frederick G. Williams cultural history Jed L. Woodworth history STUDIES QUARTERLY BYU Vol. 58 • No. 2 • 2019 ARTICLES 4 Pilgrimage to Palmyra: President B. H. Roberts and the Eastern States Mission’s 1923 Commemoration of Cumorah Reid L. Neilson and Carson V. Teuscher 53 “You Had Better Let Mrs Young Have Any Thing She Wants”: What a Joseph Smith Pay Order Teaches about the Plight of Missionary Wives in the Early Church Matthew C. Godfrey 87 Is Not This Real? Joseph M. Spencer 113 The Nauvoo Temple Bells Shannon M. Tracy, Glen M. Leonard, and Ronald G. Watt 171 Brigham Young’s Newly Located February 1874 Revelation Christopher James Blythe DOCUMENT 105 The Day Joseph Smith Was Killed: A Carthage Woman’s Perspective Alex D. Smith ESSAYS 44 Rod Tip Up! Clark S. Monson 69 The Bread of Life, with Chocolate Chips Samuel Morris Brown 81 Agency and Same-Sex Attraction Ben Schilaty COVER ART 176 Ed’s Slot, Provo River Jan Perkins POETRY 80 Winter Rail Yard Matthew Scott Stenson 86 The Creator Praises Birds J.
    [Show full text]
  • LIST of STATUES in the NATIONAL STATUARY HALL COLLECTION As of April 2017
    history, art & archives | u. s. house of representatives LIST OF STATUES IN THE NATIONAL STATUARY HALL COLLECTION as of April 2017 STATE STATUE SCULPTOR Alabama Helen Keller Edward Hlavka Alabama Joseph Wheeler Berthold Nebel Alaska Edward Lewis “Bob” Bartlett Felix de Weldon Alaska Ernest Gruening George Anthonisen Arizona Barry Goldwater Deborah Copenhaver Fellows Arizona Eusebio F. Kino Suzanne Silvercruys Arkansas James Paul Clarke Pompeo Coppini Arkansas Uriah M. Rose Frederic Ruckstull California Ronald Wilson Reagan Chas Fagan California Junipero Serra Ettore Cadorin Colorado Florence Sabin Joy Buba Colorado John “Jack” Swigert George and Mark Lundeen Connecticut Roger Sherman Chauncey Ives Connecticut Jonathan Trumbull Chauncey Ives Delaware John Clayton Bryant Baker Delaware Caesar Rodney Bryant Baker Florida John Gorrie Charles A. Pillars Florida Edmund Kirby Smith Charles A. Pillars Georgia Crawford Long J. Massey Rhind Georgia Alexander H. Stephens Gutzon Borglum Hawaii Father Damien Marisol Escobar Hawaii Kamehameha I C. P. Curtis and Ortho Fairbanks, after Thomas Gould Idaho William Borah Bryant Baker Idaho George Shoup Frederick Triebel Illinois James Shields Leonard Volk Illinois Frances Willard Helen Mears Indiana Oliver Hazard Morton Charles Niehaus Indiana Lewis Wallace Andrew O’Connor Iowa Norman E. Borlaug Benjamin Victor Iowa Samuel Jordan Kirkwood Vinnie Ream Kansas Dwight D. Eisenhower Jim Brothers Kansas John James Ingalls Charles Niehaus Kentucky Henry Clay Charles Niehaus Kentucky Ephraim McDowell Charles Niehaus
    [Show full text]
  • Fear in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and a Pathway to Reconciliation
    Fear in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a Pathway to Reconciliation Meandering Philosophy and Musings Mingled with Scripture Revision B By Tom Irvine Email: [email protected] July 4, 2020 To fear God is to have absolute reverence and awe for an Almighty God, the Creator of all things. But the fear discussed in this paper is worry and dread over potential loss or calamity. This fear can include angst regarding a pending change, even though that change may be a needed growth opportunity, or otherwise bring blessings. The fear may be deeply rooted in a person’s subconscious due to genetic predispositions or past traumatic experiences. Furthermore, fear can exist on an individual or an institutional basis. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has accomplished an immeasurable amount of good for innumerable souls by providing a faith community for like-minded people, offering disaster relief to those in distress and in so many other ways. In addition, the LDS Church provides excellent education opportunities through its BYU campuses and the BYU Pathway program. 1 But the Church has traumatized others via certain fear-based policies and unrighteous dominion. Some trauma victims leave the Church and may never return. Others are the “walking wounded” who still participate in Church for social or altruistic reasons even though their bubbles have burst, or their “shelves” have broken. This paper is neither a vindication of the Church nor an expose. Rather it is a paper that wrestles with some real and messy issues with the hopes that some mutual understanding and peaceful reconciliation can be achieved.
    [Show full text]
  • Mormon Literature: Progress and Prospects by Eugene England
    Mormon Literature: Progress and Prospects By Eugene England This essay is the culmination of several attempts England made throughout his life to assess the state of Mormon literature and letters. The version below, a slightly revised and updated version of the one that appeared in David J. Whittaker, ed., Mormon Americana: A Guide to Sources and Collections in the United States (Provo, Utah: BYU Studies, 1995), 455–505, is the one that appeared in the tribute issue Irreantum published following England’s death. Originally published in: Irreantum 3, no. 3 (Autumn 2001): 67–93. This, the single most comprehensive essay on the history and theory of Mormon literature, first appeared in 1982 and has been republished and expanded several times in keeping up with developments in Mormon letters and Eugene England’s own thinking. Anyone seriously interested in LDS literature could not do better than to use this visionary and bibliographic essay as their curriculum. 1 ExpEctations MorMonisM hAs bEEn called a “new religious tradition,” in some respects as different from traditional Christianity as the religion of Jesus was from traditional Judaism. 2 its beginnings in appearances by God, Jesus Christ, and ancient prophets to Joseph smith and in the recovery of lost scriptures and the revelation of new ones; its dramatic history of persecution, a literal exodus to a promised land, and the build - ing of an impressive “empire” in the Great basin desert—all this has combined to make Mormons in some ways an ethnic people as well as a religious community. Mormon faith is grounded in literal theophanies, concrete historical experience, and tangible artifacts (including the book of Mormon, the irrigated fields of the Wasatch Front, and the great stone pioneer temples of Utah) in certain ways that make Mormons more like ancient Jews and early Christians and Muslims than, say, baptists or Lutherans.
    [Show full text]
  • National Register of Historic Places Registration Form
    NPSForm 10-900 (Oct. 1990) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in I MM1 fn ?*ti?(ttu\f(f(ftaL*$t1'f ' Register of Historic Places Registration Form (National Register Bulletin 16A). Complete each item by marking "x1 in the appropriate LiJJl' <wJ*V g"Tri"1 the information requested. If an item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NFS Form 10-900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items. historic name Granite IDS Ward Chaoel/Avard Fairbanks Studio other name/site number N/A street name 9800 South 3100 East D not for publication city or town Sandy D vicinity state Utah code UT county Salt Lake codele>«D zip code 84092 As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this E3 nomination D request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property 03 meets D does not meet the National Register criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant *"" nationally n statewide d locally. ( QQ See continuation sheet for additional comments.) Signature of certifying official/Title""" Utah Division of State History.
    [Show full text]
  • The Vox Populi Is the Vox Dei: American Localism and the Mormon Expulsion from Jackson County, Missouri
    Utah State University DigitalCommons@USU All Graduate Theses and Dissertations Graduate Studies 5-2012 The Vox Populi Is the Vox Dei: American Localism and the Mormon Expulsion from Jackson County, Missouri Matthew Lund Utah State University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd Part of the History Commons Recommended Citation Lund, Matthew, "The Vox Populi Is the Vox Dei: American Localism and the Mormon Expulsion from Jackson County, Missouri" (2012). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 1240. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/1240 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate Studies at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in All Graduate Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. THE VOX POPULI IS THE VOX DEI : AMERICAN LOCALISM AND THE MORMON EXPULSION FROM JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI by Matthew Lund A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS in History Approved: __________________________ __________________________ Philip Barlow Daniel J. McInerney Major Professor Committee Member __________________________ __________________________ Anthony A. Peacock Mark R. McLellan Committee Member Vice President for Research and Dean of the School of Graduate Studies UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY Logan, Utah 2012 ii Copyright © Matthew Lund 2012 All Rights Reserved iii ABSTRACT The Vox Populi Is the Vox Dei : American Localism and the Mormon Expulsion from Jackson County, Missouri by Matthew Lund, Master of Arts Utah State University, 2012 Major Professor: Philip Barlow Department: History In 1833, enraged vigilantes expelled 1,200 Mormons from Jackson County, Missouri, setting a precedent for a later expulsion of Mormons from the state, changing the course of Mormon history, and enacting in microcosm a battle over the ultimate source of authority in America’s early democratic society.
    [Show full text]
  • Wise Or Foolish: Women in Mormon Biblical Narrative Art
    BYU Studies Quarterly Volume 57 Issue 2 Article 4 2018 Wise or Foolish: Women in Mormon Biblical Narrative Art Jennifer Champoux Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq Part of the Mormon Studies Commons, and the Religious Education Commons Recommended Citation Champoux, Jennifer (2018) "Wise or Foolish: Women in Mormon Biblical Narrative Art," BYU Studies Quarterly: Vol. 57 : Iss. 2 , Article 4. Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq/vol57/iss2/4 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in BYU Studies Quarterly by an authorized editor of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. Champoux: Wise or Foolish Wise or Foolish Women in Mormon Biblical Narrative Art Jennifer Champoux isual imagery is an inescapable element of religion. Even those Vgroups that generally avoid figural imagery, such as those in Juda- ism and Islam, have visual objects with religious significance.1 In fact, as David Morgan, professor of religious studies and art history at Duke University, has argued, it is often the religions that avoid figurative imag- ery that end up with the richest material culture.2 To some extent, this is true for Mormonism. Although Mormons believe art can beautify a space, visual art is not tied to actual ritual practice. Chapels, for exam- ple, where the sacrament ordinance is performed, are built with plain walls and simple lines and typically have no paintings or sculptures. Yet, outside chapels, Mormons enjoy a vast culture of art, which includes traditional visual arts, texts, music, finely constructed temples, clothing, historical sites, and even personal devotional objects.
    [Show full text]
  • Disability in Dangerous Times 1. Prologue
    MEDIA REVIEW : Disability in Dangerous Times “Disability in Dangerous Times” is based on a public lecture given by Catherine Frazee for the Disability Studies Speaker Series, 2009, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, and New College, University of Toronto, November 5, 2009. Dr. Frazee is former chair of the Ontario Human Rights Commission and Professor of Distinction with Ryerson University’s School of Disability Studies. In her lecture, given to an audience of disabled academics, activists, Author advocates and community members, she engages with past and imme- diate media stories. Dr. Frazee wedges the concerns of developmen- Catherine Frazee tally disabled people into these urgent public discussions. In doing so, she exposes the ways in which “public health crises” ignore and sac- School of disability rifice disabled people. She ends hopefully, urging us to use the stories Studies and Ryerson-RBC we hear through the media as an opportunity for empathy. Foundation for Disability Studies Research and Education, 1. Prologue Ryerson University, Toronto, ON You are, you know, a tough crowd. And that is as it should be, on this day of action,1 this day of making visible our claims, our solidarity, our insistence. Tough is what it will take, if we are to sever the ever-tighter hold that binds privi- lege to education, class to health, self-interest to sustainabil- ity, profit to dignity. Tough we must be, if we are to awaken the moral outrage of fellow citizens who have been lulled into a dreamless and compliant sleep, wrapped in blankets of “common sense” and liberal reason.
    [Show full text]
  • The Return of Oliver Cowdery
    The Return of Oliver Cowdery Scott H. Faulring On Sunday, 12 November 1848, apostle Orson Hyde, president of the Quorum of the Twelve and the church’s presiding ofcial at Kanesville-Council Bluffs, stepped into the cool waters of Mosquito Creek1 near Council Bluffs, Iowa, and took Mormonism’s estranged Second Elder by the hand to rebaptize him. Sometime shortly after that, Elder Hyde laid hands on Oliver’s head, conrming him back into church membership and reordaining him an elder in the Melchizedek Priesthood.2 Cowdery’s rebaptism culminated six years of desire on his part and protracted efforts encouraged by the Mormon leadership to bring about his sought-after, eagerly anticipated reconciliation. Cowdery, renowned as one of the Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon, corecipient of restored priesthood power, and a founding member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, had spent ten and a half years outside the church after his April 1838 excommunication. Oliver Cowdery wanted reafliation with the church he helped organize. His penitent yearnings to reassociate with the Saints were evident from his personal letters and actions as early as 1842. Oliver understood the necessity of rebaptism. By subjecting himself to rebaptism by Elder Hyde, Cowdery acknowledged the priesthood keys and authority held by the First Presidency under Brigham Young and the Twelve. Oliver Cowdery’s tenure as Second Elder and Associate President ended abruptly when he decided not to appear and defend himself against misconduct charges at the 12 April
    [Show full text]
  • ISSUE 14 FEBRUARY / MARCH 2011 Editor-In-Chief Mormonartist Ben Crowder Covering the Latter-Day Saint Arts World Managing Editor Katherine Morris
    MormonArtistISSUE 14 FEBRUARY / MARCH 2011 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF MormonArtist Ben Crowder COVERING THE LATTER-DAY SAINT ARTS WORLD MANAGING EDITOR Katherine Morris SECTION EDITORS Mormon Artist is a bimonthly magazine Literature: Katherine Morris published online at mormonartist.net Visual Arts: Liesl Hansen Music & Dance: Annie Mangelson Film & Theatre: Meagan Brady issn 1946-1232. Copyright © 2011 Mormon Artist. All rights reserved. ASSISTANT EDITOR Jon Ogden All reprinted pieces of artwork copyright their respective owners. THIS ISSUE Front cover and back cover photographs WRITERS © Robert Anthony DeRosa 2010–2011. Elizabeth Rhondeau Meagan Brady INTERVIEWERS Design by Ben Crowder. Elsie Boyer Katherine Morris Liesl Hansen Mahonri Stewart Myrna Layton Shelia Cosper PHOTOGRAPHERS Lizzy Bean Tiffany Tertipes Val Hunter CONTACT US Want to help out? WEB MORMONARTIST.NET http://mormonartist.net/volunteer EMAIL [email protected] Table of Contents lds film festival reviews Cricketless iv Review by Elizabeth Rhondeau My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend v Review by Elizabeth Rhondeau The Book of Life vi Review by Meagan Brady literature Stephanie Black 1 Interview by Katherine Morris visual & applied arts Ashley Smith 8 Interview by Elsie Boyer Robert DeRosa 18 Interview by Liesl Hansen music & dance Janice Kapp Perry 28 Interview by Myrna Layton film & theatre Eric Samuelsen 36 Interview by Mahonri Stewart Kymberly Mellen 42 Interview by Shelia Cosper Mormon Artist Magazine iii LDS Film Festival Reviews Cricketless Review by Elizabeth Rhondeau Writer, Director: Joel Ackerman Producer: Raven Alard Envision. Create. Illuminate. For an entire decade now the LDS Film Fes- tival has called to creators everywhere for the fulfillment of their mission— and in Joel Ackerman’s 2011 entry Cricketless, they got it.
    [Show full text]
  • Guide to State Statues in the National Statuary Hall Collection
    U.S. CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER GUide To STATe STATUes iN The NATioNAl STATUArY HAll CollecTioN CVC 19-107 Edition V Senator Mazie Hirono of Hawaii addresses a group of high school students gathered in front of the statue of King Kamehameha in the Capitol Visitor Center. TOM FONTANA U.S. CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER GUide To STATe STATUes iN The NATioNAl STATUArY HAll CollecTioN STATE PAGE STATE PAGE Alabama . 3 Montana . .28 Alaska . 4 Nebraska . .29 Arizona . .5 Nevada . 30 Arkansas . 6 New Hampshire . .31 California . .7 New Jersey . 32 Colorado . 8 New Mexico . 33 Connecticut . 9 New York . .34 Delaware . .10 North Carolina . 35 Florida . .11 North Dakota . .36 Georgia . 12 Ohio . 37 Hawaii . .13 Oklahoma . 38 Idaho . 14 Oregon . 39 Illinois . .15 Pennsylvania . 40 Indiana . 16 Rhode Island . 41 Iowa . .17 South Carolina . 42 Kansas . .18 South Dakota . .43 Kentucky . .19 Tennessee . 44 Louisiana . .20 Texas . 45 Maine . .21 Utah . 46 Maryland . .22 Vermont . .47 Massachusetts . .23 Virginia . 48 Michigan . .24 Washington . .49 Minnesota . 25 West Virginia . 50 Mississippi . 26 Wisconsin . 51 Missouri . .27 Wyoming . .52 Statue photography by Architect of the Capitol The Guide to State Statues in the National Statuary Hall Collection is available as a free mobile app via the iTunes app store or Google play. 2 GUIDE TO STATE STATUES IN THE NATIONAL STATUARY HALL COLLECTION U.S. CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER AlabaMa he National Statuary Hall Collection in the United States Capitol is comprised of statues donated by individual states to honor persons notable in their history. The entire collection now consists of 100 statues contributed by 50 states.
    [Show full text]