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Tuesday, June 4, 2024

The Church and Mormonism

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by David Knowlton Introduction It seems so simple to join “church” and “mormonism,” as in my title, though both of these words are dev...
Sunday, December 17, 2017

Thoughts on Approaches to the Book of Mormon

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A suggestive quote jumped out at me while I was reading for a very different project.  It proposed a lot of ideas and opened analytical p...
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Friday, May 19, 2017

Missionaries and LDS Pilgrimages

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A tall, redheaded guy in a BYU ball cap slowly wound with the line waiting to go through security at the Lima airport for national flig...
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Monday, April 4, 2016

What Happened when Mormons Came to Mine and Build Peru?

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Daffodils and forsythia bloomed with abandon as April conference ended. Soon will come lilacs and high spring, and the Church just released...
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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Black and White and Authority, a Breaking Mormon Mood

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More than two decades ago, now, I spent some time with my Stake President, Kerry Heinz, discussing the articles I had published in Mormon...
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Saturday, May 30, 2015

One Current of the Mormon River, Highly Active Members in Bolivia

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Many Latter-day Saints have expressed concerns over the loss of members, especially among the young. These are very important concerns, but...
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Thursday, December 11, 2014

Ramah, Chiapas, and Vogt: What They Say about Mormons

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As you drive around the little Mormon town of Ramah, New Mexico, close to the city of Gallup and Zuni Pueblo, you see a mailbox standing on...
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