http://www.juvenileinstructor.org Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:19:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Happy Independence Day. Here's a discourse given by George A. Smith on the fourth in 1854. Remember that at this time the Saints are struggling with the federal government over the right to self government. Notice how Smith negotiates in his narration his commitment to both an American identity and a Mormon identity. George ... http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/our-forefathers-by-their-blood-have-purchased-for-us-liberty-but-as-far-as-the-rights-of-the-weak-are-concerned-the-revolution-has-progressed-slowly/ This is, quite simply, the single most extensive canvass of American religious life ever achieved. http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/in-defense-of-the-pew-survey-a-recap/ Literary scholar Lawrence Buell, in his excellent New England Literary Culture, explored one of the most important ideas related to the antebellum Romantic thinkers--an idea that he defines as "literary scripturism." http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-transcendentalists-new-bible-the-book-of-mormon-and-the-romantic-desire-for-modern-scriptural-texts/ In It Does Not Die, Maitreyi Devi wrote a “she said” to Mircea Elidae’s Bengal Nights, the “he said” semi-autobiographical account of his time in 1930s Calcutta and his relationship with Devi.[1] Unsurprisingly, Devi offered a very different version of events in her narrative. Academia (and even Oprah thanks to ... http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/it-does-not-die-the-mountain-meadows-massacre/ Bruce Jorgensen is looking for submissions for this year’s Mormon Letters session at RMMLA–a great opportunity to present at a conference, especially for anyone doing stuff in Mormon literature or film. I’ve posted Jorgensen’s CFP and submission details below: For about three decades, since shortly after its organization, AML has had ... http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/aml-at-rmmla-in-reno-rescue-call-for-papers-2/ We at the JI are honored to host the esteemable Janiece Johnson for the next couple of weeks. In her own words, Janiece's biography relevant to this blog can be measured out in "BYU, BYU, Vandy, the U," corresponding roughly to "poli-sci, history, theology, history."   She's currently PhD'ing in the ... http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-juvenile-instructor-guest-starring-janiece-johnson/ Please welcome out latest grad student acquisition, Edje, who after two weeks of guestblogging is now joining us permanently. See here for his bio. http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-ji-scores-yet-another-great-acquisitionedje/ Thank goodness for laptops and wireless internet. For this post I had to dress my young, whippersnapping self as a black stew-pot and climb onto a very high horse. Balancing a desktop would have been nigh impossible, especially with all the kettles watching. This pot is stewing a rant (with ... http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/on-numbers-or-women-speak-too-often-in-general-conference/   Tradition has it that Madame Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, co-founder of the well-known Theosophical Society, had wanted to travel to Nauvoo to see the Mormons but was unable to do so due to their expulsion from the state of Illinois shortly before she arrived in the U.S. [1]. Though such a ... http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/theosophies-and-mormonism-etc/ No time for a real post dealing with the martyrdom today, but here's ERS's memorial of Joseph Smith's death. http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/for-never-since-the-son-of-god-was-slain-had-blood-so-noble-flowd-from-human-vein/