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Fragments of Revelation: Exploring the Book of Doctrine and Covenants

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Brigham Young: Hollywood and the Mormons in 1940

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Simon Peter Eggertsen’s Hawking Comes Close to Finding God

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Heretic, Humanism, and the Modern Transcendental Mormon Film

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The faith of a heretic

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Heretic: A post-secular masterpiece

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Nathan Kitchen on The Boughs of Love: Navigating the Queer Latter-day Saint Experience During an Ongoing Restoration

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The Question of Sad, by Mary Clyde

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  • Klein, “Loved Ones: Poems” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Hales, “Sacred Scar: Poems” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
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  • Bailey, “The Sun Has Shifted As Have I” (Reviewed by Andrew Hamilton)
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  • McBeth, “Deseret Series” (Reviewed by Andrew Hamilton)
  • Allred, “Seeing (Themes in the Doctrine and Covenants)” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Barlow “Time (Themes in the Doctrine and Covenants)” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Stark, “The Desert Prophet“ (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Collings, “Divine Law (Themes in the Doctrine and Covenants)” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
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  • Swallow, Blythe, Eliason, Rudy “The Three Nephites: Saints, Service, and Supernatural Legend” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Hanks, “To Be A Friend of Christ: The Life of Marion D. Hanks” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Stapley, “Holiness to the Lord: Latter-day Saint Temple Liturgy” (Reviewed by Kevin Folkman)
  • Smith “The Juvenile Instructor Office: The Growth of Specialized Publishing in Utah in the 1880’s, a History and Bibliography” (Reviewed by Andrew Hamilton)
  • Stark, “The Desert Prophet” (Reviewed by Henrik Sorensen)
  • Sorensen, “A Thin Black Veil” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Hoklotubbe and Zacharias, “Reading the Bible on Turtle Island: An Invitation to North American Indigenous Interpretation” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
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New Reviews

  • Nielson, “A Barn Full of Angels: The Spiritual World and Pioneer Journey of Zerah Pulsipher” (Reviewed by Melvin Clarno Johnson)
  • Becerra, et al. “Picturing Christ: Understanding Depictions of Jesus in History and Art” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Oman, “Living Oracles: Law and the Latter-day Saint Tradition” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Klein, “Loved Ones: Poems” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Hales, “Sacred Scar: Poems” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Beshears, “40 Questions About Mormonism” (Reviewed by Kevin Folkman)
  • LeSueur, “Life and Death on the Mormon Frontier: The Murders of Frank LeSueur and Gus Gibbons by the Wild Bunch” (Reviewed by Melvin C Johnson)
  • Bailey, “The Sun Has Shifted As Have I” (Reviewed by Andrew Hamilton)
  • Gómez/Núñez, “Volveré…con el alma silenciosa: poemas de Consuelo Gómez” (Reviewed by Jessie Christensen)
  • Hutchins, Joseph: An Epic (Reviewed by Henrik Sorensen)
  • McBeth, “Deseret Series” (Reviewed by Andrew Hamilton)
  • Allred, “Seeing (Themes in the Doctrine and Covenants)” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Barlow “Time (Themes in the Doctrine and Covenants)” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Stark, “The Desert Prophet“ (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Collings, “Divine Law (Themes in the Doctrine and Covenants)” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Givens, “Agency (Themes in the Doctrine and Covenants)” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Swallow, Blythe, Eliason, Rudy “The Three Nephites: Saints, Service, and Supernatural Legend” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Hanks, “To Be A Friend of Christ: The Life of Marion D. Hanks” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Stapley, “Holiness to the Lord: Latter-day Saint Temple Liturgy” (Reviewed by Kevin Folkman)
  • Smith “The Juvenile Instructor Office: The Growth of Specialized Publishing in Utah in the 1880’s, a History and Bibliography” (Reviewed by Andrew Hamilton)
  • Stark, “The Desert Prophet” (Reviewed by Henrik Sorensen)
  • Sorensen, “A Thin Black Veil” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Hoklotubbe and Zacharias, “Reading the Bible on Turtle Island: An Invitation to North American Indigenous Interpretation” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Shae, “Eden Skin” (Reviewed by Andrew Hamilton)
  • Easton, Divine Aid (Themes in the Doctrine and Covenants) (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Harris, Redeeming the Dead (Themes in the Doctrine and Covenants) (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)

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