Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 844

“Historic Freedmens Bureau Project Completed”

    The Church has just made an enormous contribution to Afro-American family history research:   http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article...   Posted from Brockwood Hall, Cumbria, England    

“Narcissists get more dates”

    http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/06/...   Posted from Brockwood Hall, Cumbria, England    

“Donald Trump’s claims about radical jihadists are very wrong”

    Say it ain’t so!   https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/i...   Well, of course, it actually ain’t so.   Since we’re talking about Mr. Donald Trump. Posted from Brockwood Hall, Cumbria, England    

“John Knox and the Scottish Reformation”

    The latest installment of the Hamblin/Peterson Deseret News column:   http://www.deseretnews.com/article/86...   Posted from Brockwood Hall, Cumbria, England    

Where critics come from?

    Reviewers are usually people who would have been poets, historians, biographer, if they could. They have tried their talents at one thing or another and have failed; therefore they turn critic.  Samuel Taylor Coleridge   Posted from Brockwood Hall, Cumbria, England    

“Dalai Lama meets with two high-ranking LDS leaders”

    Some of you might find this interesting, if you’re not already aware of it:   http://www.sltrib.com/lifestyle/faith...   I apologize for the hat that he’s wearing in the photograph that accompanies the Tribune article.  And I seek your forgiveness on his behalf.  I’m sure that he was unaware that it would give offense to decent [Read More...]

BOM Alma 36

    I simply can’t pass by Alma 36, today’s reading, without mentioning the seeming presence in it of an intentionally constructed chiasm.   If you don’t know about the literary device known as chiasmus, or if you’re unaware of its occurrence in Alma 36, I suggest that you browse through this concise introduction:   http://www.jefflindsay.com/chiasmus.s... [Read More...]

“‘Neas’ and ‘Sheum’ in the Book of Mormon”

    http://scripturalmormonism.blogspot.c...   Posted from Brockwood Hall, Cumbria, England    

“Beauty Way More Than Skin Deep”

    Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture published a second article today:   Beauty Way More Than Skin Deep   We wish you a great weekend!   P. S.:  Despite the title and the photo of the author, his article isn’t actually autobiographical.   Posted from Brockwood Hall, Cumbria, England    

“Anti-Muslim incidents at mosques surged last year”

    https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/201...   Of course, anti-Jewish incidents are also surging:   http://europe.newsweek.com/anti-semit...   http://www.breakingisraelnews.com/703...   https://www.theguardian.com/world/201...   We are, as I’ve said before, in danger of going tribal.  In politics as elsewhere.   Posted from Brockwood Hall, Cumbria, England