William J. Jensen and Dr. Ray M. Merrill, Health Sciences Background In recent decades, a common view arose that increased educational attainment led to less religious commitment and in views counter to spiritual growth but that encouraged scientific and intellectual accomplishments. 1234 Turning away from spiritual to secular explanations of life has received considerable attention […]
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Nineteenth Century Mormon Poetry
Samuel S. Harkness and Dr. Richard H. Cracroft, English I still recall the day over four years ago when a General Authority proclaimed the LDS hymnal to be a ‘book of scripture.’ His seemingly bold declaration surprised me; but after reconsideration, it made sense. Some of the most spiritual times in my life have been […]
Greeks, Mormons, and Marginalization: A Case Study
Annie Peterson Green and Dr. Phillip Snyder, English In the early twentieth century, throngs of male Greek immigrants came to Utah. They left their homeland seeking to save their families from impending poverty and to escape draft by the Greek and Turkish armies.1 The jobs they took in Utah mines, smelters, and rail yards were […]
Searching for Henry Augustus Squire: Mormon Handcart Pioneer and Old Baptist Union Minister (1825-1914)
Elizabeth M. Thomas and Dr. Kathyrn Daynes, History Introduction I used my ORCA scholarship to travel to England for research on one of my most fascinating ancestors, Henry Augustus Squire, and his wife, Sarah “Minnie” Catlin Squire. While there, I visited sites of interest to the family, found several of Henry’s published writings and other […]
ARE GUATEMALAN K’EKCHI MORMONS REALLY PROTESTANTS? A COMPARATIVE LOOK AT K’EKCHI STORIES
Robert E.M. Spencer and Dr. John Hawkins, English With blackness surrounding us both, Oscar stumbled over the words. Here I was living in the highlands of northern Guatemala, in a dirt floor shack, sitting on my wooden board bed, listening to the struggles of a Mayan man trying to read by candlelight. He was the […]
Spiritual Matter A Mormon Materialism for the 21st Century
Kevin Winters and Dr. Mark Wrathall, Philosophy In May of 1843, Joseph Smith gave a decisive statement against dualism: “There is no such thing as immaterial matter. All spirit is matter, but it is more fine or pure, and can only be discerned by purer eyes; we cannot see it; but when our bodies are […]
“Through a Glass Darkly”: Portrayal of the Mormons in Nineteenth-century American Periodical Literature
Stanley J. Thayne and Dr. Cynthia Hallen, English Language and Linguistics During the nineteenth century the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, then known primarily as the Mormon Church, was a subject of great controversy in American periodical literature. Major magazines such as The Atlantic Monthly, Scribner’s, Harper’s, The North American Review, and The […]
Migration, Resistance, and Counter-Hegemony: Mormonism’s Final Attempt at Securing the Kingdom
Scott Killian Thomas and Dr. Grant R. Underwood, Professor of History Students of America’s western history are familiar with the region’s most dominant ethnic group, the Mormons, which migrated in mass during the middle of the nineteenth-century from Illinois due to external pressures. This migration to the West has received much attention both academically and […]
Mormons and Drugs
Scott Christopherson and Professor April Chabries, Theatre and Media Arts When I originally acquired funding from the ORCA office I entitled my project Mormons and Drugs. I had planned on making a documentary film chronicling the lives of Latter-day Saints that struggle or have struggled with drug addiction. I was enrolled in a documentary production […]
ISAIAH IN THE BOOK OF MORMON AND OLD TESTAMENT: A COMPARISON IN LANGUAGE USAGE
John Larsen and Dr. Allen Manning, Linguistics Project The similarities between the Bible and the Book of Mormon have often been pointed out by Scholars and critics alike. My research was to compare language similarities in the two texts linguistically. For twelve chapters in the Book of Mormon the text runs almost exactly parallel to […]
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