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- Church Working With Oklahoma Officials to Provide Support in Wake of Tornadoes May 21, 2013
- Funeral Services for Frances J. Monson Announced May 20, 2013
- Frances J. Monson, Wife of President Thomas S. Monson, Passes Away May 17, 2013
- Elder Dallin H. Oaks Honored for Championing Religious Freedom May 16, 2013
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- Mormon Delegation Encourages Religious Dialogue at International Conference May 14, 2013
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Blog Archives
Twisted
Baseball cards and Pokemon cards are the modern descendants of the 18th and 19th century trade card Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Roll Call: Non-U.S. Readers of T&S
Comments expressing love for President Faust have been left by readers in India and the Netherlands Antilles. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
James E. Faust, 1920-2007
President James E. Faust, second counselor to President Gordon B. Hinckley, has passed away at age 87. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Tickled by the Fringes
For more than 200 years, my father’s family has lived in western New York, centered between Canandaigua and Palmyra. Whenever anyone publishes a description of Joseph Smith’s neighborhood and the neighbors who knew him or hired him or harassed him, I scour the writing for familiar names. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
My Love Letter to Boy Scouts
I heard today from a great-grandchild (one of 30) of the little girl in the story below Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
To the Mountains of Ephraim
This is a talk I gave in Sacrament Meeting today. 1 person likes this post. Like Unlike Read more »
The Opening Up of Africa
An editorial by this title appeared in the Deseret News late in 1877. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
“Corianton”: Genealogy of a Mormon Phenomenon
This is the paper I read at the recent Mormon History Association meeting. I post it now in connection with T&S’s Mormon Writers Series commemoration of the 30th anniversary of President Spencer W. Kimball’s call for a renaissance in Mormon cultural arts Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
“New Pioneers … On the March!”
What does today’s Deseret Morning News editorial have in common with my 1941 copper medal bearing the legend “Our Standard Bearer†over the likeness of President Heber J. Grant? Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Les Arabes
They weren’t like us. “Watch out for les Arabes,†I learned as a missionary in the south of France. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
A flower? A hanky?
So what was it? What did your ward pass out to its mothers/all women on Mother’s/Every-Woman-Over-18 Day? Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
A Bundle of Bandlos
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Have You Read All These Books?
I’ll bet all of us with sizable book collections have heard this question from time to time. 1 person likes this post. Like Unlike Read more »
Wanted: Mormon Folk Songs
I love Mormon folk songs. 2 people like this post. Like Unlike Read more »
“The Mormons” on PBS
We have never suffered a shortage of outside experts who would explain us to ourselves and the world. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Justice for Peggy
It may not have been the worst thing I ever did, but I regretted it the longest. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Ronald Davis Bitton, 1930-2007 (Updated)
“He had dedicated his life – his time, his energy, his talents – to the greatest cause of all, the work of God on earth.†The evaluation with which Davis Bitton closed his award-winning biography of George Q. Cannon tells us what Davis considered to be the highest and best use of a lifetime, and it serves equally well as Davis’s own epitaph. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
A Ward Family
How comfortable would you be if someone important – your prospective father-in-law, or that trophy client you’ve been courting – showed up at your door and asked to go to church with you? Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Needling Grandma
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Patriarchal Blessings
FYI. A change in policy effective this month: Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Ora Johnson Dalton: Willing to Assist Him
Of all the women whose stories have been told in these pages, Ora Johnson Dalton would probably be the most astonished to learn that her life could be honored as a model of faith. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Brigham Invites a Kiss
I love Brigham Young. I really do. He was a great man by just about every measure. My appreciation for his finer qualities, however, doesn’t blind me to his weak spots. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Forget polygamists, Mitt descends from a DESERTER!!!!
With all the recent attention to Mitt Romney’s polygamous ancestors, I’m surprised no one has yet commented on the really colorful and interesting ancestor, a decorated Prussian soldier who emigrated to the U.S., marched with the Utah Expedition against the Mormons in 1857, then deserted the army and sought asylum in Salt Lake City, eloping with his Iron Cross. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Julie’s Papers (2 of 2)
After transcribing Julie’s papers, which surprisingly took only a few weeks since they were so interesting that I became fanatical about transcribing during the day and polishing a translation at night, I gave a presentation to the Archives staff about their newest collection. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Julie’s Papers (1 of 2) [Updated]
In the Age of Too Much Information, we may forget the unrelenting forces of fire, vermin, carelessness, ignorance, vandalism, damp, and neglect that have destroyed so much of the written evidence of history. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Julie Desaules Desaules: Heart of Her Extended Family
Thousands of French Protestants fled to Switzerland during the religious wars of the 16th century. One such family settled in the village of Saules, in Neuchatel. 1 person likes this post. Like Unlike Read more »
“Echoes of Lives Wrecked”
[Disclaimer: This post is in tribute to BYU’s excellent but short-lived page on the history of Mormon polygamy. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Will They Remember Me?
I ordinarily don’t post or even link to my Salt Lake Tribune column here on T&S. This one is a little different, though, because it’s about an extraordinary young Mormon man, and the Tribune being the Tribune, I couldn’t include all the Mormon elements I might have liked to. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Without Purse or Scrip
Arriving in Salt Lake City in 1898, a young preacher named James Hart tested the generosity of the people among whom he had landed. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Conferences and Events
- American Society of Church History Annual Meeting
- American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting
- Communal Studies Association Annual Meeting
- Society for the Scientific Study of Religion/Religious Research Association
- Western History Association Annual Conference
- Utah State Historical Society Annual Meeting
- Center for Studies on New Religions
- Mormon History Association
- European Mormon Studies Association Conference
- Sunstone Symposium