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Author Archives: Harlow Clark
In Tents # 8 Clever Theological End-Runs
One of our major tasks growing up is learning that words have different meanings, that any given word has different meanings, and that knowing which meaning applies when can be confusing. For example, consider a Sunday School class discussing the … Continue reading
In Tents # 7 Renounce and Reverbs
Seventy years ago come Oct 21 Bessie Lloyd Soderborg married Marden J. Clark in the Salt Lake temple and went across the street to the Hotel Utah to spend their first night together, where Marden’s brothers kept prank calling him, … Continue reading
Posted in Literary Views of Scripture, Mormon LitCrit, Personal Narratives
Tagged 17 Facts About Angels, Eric Jepson, Eternal Misfit, Herman Melville, James Bird Jr., John William King, Kirtland Temple dedicatory prayer, Leslie Fiedler, Lionel Trilling, Nathaniel Hawthorne, No! In Thunder, On the Teaching of Modern Literature, Roger Terry, Rough Stone Rolling
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In Tents 6
Renounce (Culture) War and Proclaim Peace II, Angle of Repose In my last post I left culture war somewhat undefined. That was partly because when we define ourselves as being at war anything the perceived enemy does can be seen … Continue reading
In Tents 5
Renounce Culture (War) and Proclaim Peace June. That month when 33 years ago a group of elders coming back to the Hill Cumorah for lunch after mowing lawns at the Peter Whitmer Farm (readying the historic sites for Pageant visitors) … Continue reading
In Tents # 4 The S(k)in of Blackness
Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes. –Isaiah 54:2 On one of Bob Newhart’s albums (The Button Down Mind Strikes Back?) Bob … Continue reading
Posted in Literary Views of Scripture, Mormon LitCrit
Tagged audience response, Book of Mormon, Lamanites, Nephites, Race, Racism, Textual criticism
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In Tents # 3 That Same Organization
Title: Making Sense of the Doctrine & Covenants: A Guided Tour through Modern Revelations Author: Steven C. Harper Publisher: Deseret Book Genre: Scripture Studies Year Published: 2008 Number of Pages: 601 Binding: Hardbound in perfectbound signatures, not sewn, which I … Continue reading
Posted in Literary Views of Scripture
Tagged Book reviews, Joseph Smith, Literary Criticism, mormon culture
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In tents #2: The Primitive Church
In The Primitive Church (Note: This is not a formal review, but I’ve included the bibliographical information because I like this book a great deal and want people to know where to get it. I posted a review to AML-List … Continue reading
Mormon LitCrit: Tolle Lege, This My Body
Tolle Lege, This My Body If a metaphor is successful it becomes transparent. It dies, so to speak, except no one speaks so. We know a mummy was once a living person, and when I see Joseph’s face at the … Continue reading
